ESPN.com · Sep 5, 2016
Swoopes, Longhorns stun Irish in 2OT thriller
AUSTIN, Texas -- Back in April, No. 10 Notre Dame and Texas agreed to reschedule their Kickoff Week showdown to steal the Sunday night spotlight. And, boy, they took that national stage and give us a classic.
A back-and-forth game full of bonkers plays and wild swings did not deserve to end in regulation. A double-overtime brawl ended with a boom from Tyrone Swoopes, a 50-47 score, and the biggest win of Texas coach Charlie Strong’s tenure.
In a ballgame full of craziness, of course it was decided by the one thing Texas fans have been panicking about all offseason long: the quarterbacks.