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Colt McCoy threw for 396 yards and four touchdowns on senior day in his final home game to lead third-ranked Texas to a Big 12 South title and 51-20 victory over Kansas Senior wideout Jordan Shipley caught 10 passes for 108 yards, including a 38- yard touchdown.

Colt McCoy accounted for 479 yards and five touchdowns Thursday, carrying No. 2 Texas to a 49-39 shootout victory over century-old rival Texas A&M. Texas posted a regular-season 12-0 record for the first time in school history and a win in the Big 12 title game next week against Nebraska will almost certainly vault the Longhorns into the national ...

Texas A&M, which hasn't had an All-American on defense in a decade, finally has a defender to brag about.

Colt McCoy fired the cannon. He banged the big drum. Then he left the field to chants of "Colt for Heisman!" There's still plenty of work to do for the quarterback of No.

Now that was a nice spread. Receiving spread, that is. There were appetizers: the short passes.

3 Longhorns defeated the Jayhawks 51-20 here Saturday evening. Kansas drops to 5-6 on the season, including 1-6 in Big 12 play.

Colt McCoy set an NCAA record with his 43rd career victory as a starter, passing for 396 yards as No.

No one covers University of Texas sports like the American-Statesman beat writers.

No. 2 Texas at Baylor , Saturday, Noon ET Line: Texas by 24. Series record: Texas leads 72-22-4. Last meeting: 2008, Texas, 45-21. What's At Stake Texas QB Colt McCoy can tie Georgia's David Greene for most career NCAA victories as a quarterback with 42.

Texas linebacker Roddrick Muckelroy is suffering from a left knee injury, but is listed as probable for Saturday's game at Baylor, according to the team's official injury report.

Horns QB sits out UT's final series. By Mark Rosner AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Sunday, November 08, 2009 Colt McCoy had already set a mark for personal accomplishment, and now Mack Brown had to decide whether to allow his quarterback to take an eraser to the Longhorns' record book.

's teammates realized it probably wasn't going to happen. But as they watched him run amok Saturday in No.

After spending the summer mentally preparing himself to be an integral part of the Texas Longhorns' success, James Kirkendoll thought his happiness would go hand-in-hand with that of the rest of his team.

The Texas Longhorns will have two new starters in the lineup against Baylor on Saturday.

BOULDER, Colo. - Colorado quarterback Tyler Hansen, basking in a rare Buffaloes victory, offered this succinct eulogy of his vanquished opponent on Saturday: "Texas A&M is no slouch." Hansen's right - the Aggies just looked like it in the fourth quarter, in blowing a 10-point lead and inadvertently adding a bit more intrigue to the 270-mile Texas ...

Originally published November 8, 2009 at 11:30 a.m., updated November 8, 2009 at 12:20 p.m. AUSTIN, Texas a ' A wrecking ball of a runner, Cody Johnson has been the short-yardage specialist for No.

UCF's silver lining: It wasn't all bad for UCF, just mostly bad. UCF punter Blake Clingan looked like a Heisman Trophy candidate, booming 70- and 50-yard kicks.

Jordan Shipley set a Texas record with 273 yards receiving, including an 88-yard touchdown, and the No.

Ding dong, the golden boys are gone. If there is anyone reading this blog who didn't want USC to lose, thank you for searching me out through the interweb from what ever non-Southeastern city you may live in.

With all the talk about whether preseason All-American Kendall Hunter would start, running back Keith Toston looked solid on the opening drive.