The No. 6 Texas Longhorns narrowly avoided disaster on the road, holding off the Vanderbilt Commodores to stay in the SEC Championship race and go into the season’s second bye week in the win column. Vanderbilt came into the game with a recipe for an upset, one they had used perfectly in the previous two weeks, and Texas seemed willing to play its part in helping them accomplish that goal.
Texas: 10 penalties, 108 yards
One of the biggest keys to successful road performances is limiting preventable mistakes on offense, but Texas couldn’t get out of their own way.