Texas ties sack record in 20-17 win at Tennessee — SkimNews
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- Colin Simmons tied the Texas program record with five sacks as the Longhorns' defense totaled 10 in the win over Tennessee
- Raleek Brown rushed for 67 yards and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead 4-yard run with 5:41 left that gave Texas the winning margin
- Arch Manning passed for 201 yards but was sacked six times and intercepted once in his first career game at Knoxville, where his uncle Peyton played in the 1990s
- President Donald Trump attended the Longhorns' first-ever visit to Neyland Stadium for the SEC opener
- Tennessee's Faizon Brandon capped an 80-yard drive with a 30-yard TD to Mike Matthews with 1:22 left, but Arion Carter's onside-kick recovery was wasted when Jelani McDonald batted down the final pass to Travis Smith Jr.
- Qua Moss returned a punt 57 yards for a Tennessee touchdown that tied the game at 10 with 11:14 left in the third quarter
- Simmons was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct after a vulgar celebration following one of his record-tying sacks
Why it matters: Texas stays unbeaten at 4-0 and holds onto its AP No. 1 ranking, while Tennessee falls to 3-1 and extends a drought that dates to 1985 without a win over an AP top-ranked team. The Longhorns needed all 10 team sacks — including Simmons' program-record-tying five — to offset six sacks of Arch Manning and two illegal-forward-pass penalties on their own quarterback.
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