Live updates: Longhorns lead Texas Tech 24-14 at the half in Lubbock
It's the Big 12 Conference opener for both teams and the first road game of the season for the Longhorns, so the 60,000-plus fans in Jones AT&T Stadium are bound to be a bit rowdy and hostile, to say the least.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — After a shaky start, the Texas Longhorns defense got settled in and the offense made some big plays to take a 24-14 halftime lead Saturday against Texas Tech in Lubbock.
The Longhorns have allowed just 180 total yards to the typically productive Red Raiders offense. Through three games this year, Texas Tech has averaged 475 yards per game of total offense, so they are way off that pace so far.
Hudson Card has 203 yards on 13 of 18 passing with two touchdowns and an interception. He threw his scores to Xavier Worthy on a 39-yard pass with 6:07 left in the second quarter and a 35-yard pass to Keilan Robinson on the third play of the game.
Bijan Robinson scored just before the first half ended on an 8-yard run and has 44 yards on six carries so far. Jordan Whittington has five catches for 53 yards.
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Red Raiders quarterback Donovan Smith has completed 18 of 23 passes but for just 103 yards with a touchdown.
Live updates
12:48 3Q: The Red Raiders stop the Longhorns on fourth down. Wow. Roschon Johnson's wildcat run is stopped short. TTU takes over on its own 32.
14:38 3Q: Texas Tech goes for it on 4th-and-5 from their own 40 and the pass is low. Longhorns take over with a short field
14:55 3Q: DeMarvion Overshown is back in the game for the Horns after serving his first-half suspension for a targeting penalty last week.
Halftime: Longhorns 24, Red Raiders 14. Card is 13-18 for 203 yards with a couple of scores. Texas holds TTU to 180 total yards in the first half.
0:24 2Q: Bijan Robinson cuts in and out of the defense for an 8-yard TD. PAT good. Longhorns 24, Red Raiders 14.
0:29 2Q: Longhorns get a chunk play from the short pass to Roschon, but he runs to make it a 24-yard play down to the TTU 8. Horns in great shape with all 3 TOs to get points here
0:57 2Q: Texas Tech calls a timeout as Ja'Tavion Sanders takes a Card pass for 8 yards to the Texas Tech 48-yard line
4:35 2Q: Longhorns defense makes another stop and forces a punt. Worthy makes the return a little interesting by taking it on a short hop, but Texas takes over on their own 18-yard line up a field goal
6:07 2Q: Card finds Xavier Worthy wide open behind the TTU defense for a 39-yard TD. PAT good. Longhorns 17, Red Raiders 14
9:22 2Q: Red Raiders can't turn the INT into any points as D'Shawn Jamison and Barryn Sorrell chase Smith out of bounds. TTU shanks a punt and the Longhorns take over on their own 31.
11:05 2Q: Card intercepted by TTU's Reggie Pearson and he returns it to the TTU 45. Pearson playing a little center field there. Can of corn for him.
12:06 2Q: Smith to Tahj Brooks on playaction for a 17-yard TD. Brooks wide open out of the backfield. 13-play, 83-yard drive, 4:46. PAT good. Red Raiders 14, Longhorns 10
13:01 2Q: The Longhorns return the favor and commit pass interference to give the Red Raiders a first down. TTU has it on the Longhorns' 42
13:56 2Q: A holding penalty wipes out a Texas Tech 1st-down pass and turns it into 2nd-and-23.
End 1Q: Longhorns 10, Red Raiders 7. TTU's Donovan Smith is 12-13 for 72 yards and TTU has the ball on its 40 to start the 2nd quarter.
1:52 1Q: Bert Auburn hits a 40-yard field goal, but the play before Card stepped up into a 3-man pass rush and got sacked. He walked off the field a bit gingerly. Longhorns 10, Red Raiders 7
And Texas Tech sends the kickoff out of bounds and that's not ideal for the Red Raiders. Longhorns take over on their own 35-yard line
5:41 1Q: Tech goes for another 4th down, this one 4th-and-goal from the 4, and Smith powers his way into the end zone. 17-play, 75-yard drive that took 7:55 off the clock. PAT good. Longhorns 7, Red Raiders 7
9:10 1Q: Texas Tech converts a 4th-and-7 with a Donovan Smith pass to Xavier White that was right on the sticks. What a call early on by TTU coach Joey Maguire.
13:37 1Q: Hudson Card lobs a playaction pass out to Keilan Robinson for a 35-yard touchdown. 3 plays, 62 yards. 1:24. PAT good. Longhorns 7, Red Raiders 0