The Texas Longhorns will travel in Big 12 conference action to face the West Virginia Mountaineers in an NCAA college football game set for Saturday night.
Kick off time from West Virginia is scheduled for 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by FOX.
The point spread from this week eleven game has the road team Texas Longhorns favored by -7 points with the total lined at 56 points.
Texas has won five straight to go to 6-2 on the season after a 35-13 home victory last week to the Kansas Jayhawks as a -27 point betting favorite. The game total went under 52 points. The Longhorns were up 14-3 at the half.
The team gained 418 offensive yards with 221 rushing for 5 yards per carry. Case McCoy hit on 20 of 29 passes for 196 yards and two picks. Malcolm Brown on the ground ran for 119 yards and four touchdowns. On the defensive side of the ball Texas allowed the Kansas offense 306 yards with 140 to their running attack for 4 yards per attempt. The Longhorns defense stopped the Jayhawks 10 of 14 times on third down.
West Virginia breaks a three game losing streak to go to 4-5 on the year after a 30-27 road overtime victory against the TCU Horned Frogs as a +11 point betting favorite. The game came in at over 45 ½ points. The Mountaineers overcame a second quarter 17-3 deficit.
The team on offense gained 415 yards with 148 running for 4 yards a carry. Clint Trickett hit on 25 of 41 passes for 267 yards with two touchdowns and two picks. Charles Sims had 24 rushes for 154 yards and a touchdown. West Virginia had two turnovers and took four from TCU. Defensively the Mountaineers gave up 454 yards to the Horned Frogs offense with 60 rushing for 2 yards per attempt.
