New Texas football head coach Steve Sarkisian saw a nice chance to bounce back from a bad loss to the Arkansas Razorbacks and head coach Sam Pittman last weekend. On the night of Sep. 18, Texas faced the Rice Owls out of the Conference-USA at home. Texas needed a dominant win to get some confidence built for this team ahead of the Big 12 opener.
Sark and the Longhorns got a nice spark on the offensive side of the ball from the ground game in this win over Rice. In this big 58-10 win over Rice this weekend, Texas got nearly 430 rushing yards and more than 10 yards per carry.