This Week's Two-Minute ReadRecap · graded Sunday
34–20
Final: Texas by 14
23–20
Our call: PARTLY, Missouri's 20 exactly, Texas 11 light
9 / 4 / 3
Claims right / partly / wrong
The call was PARTLY right: Texas 23, Missouri 20 against 34–20, the winner and Missouri's 20 exactly, Texas 11 light. It was 10–10 at the half and 20–20 after three; Texas scored the last 21. Manning was 28 of 38 for 297 and three touchdowns, Brown scored twice, and Roberson's strip and Littleton's 44-yard return set up the last touchdown. Every miss went Texas's way.
Our score prediction was PARTLY right: we had Texas winning and Missouri scoring 20, but Texas scored 11 more than we said. The game was tied 20 to 20 after three quarters, and Texas scored the last two touchdowns. Everything we got wrong underrated Texas.
Three tells, graded: sacks on Manning over his first 20 dropbacks RIGHT (one) · Jamal Roberts's first 15 carries RIGHT (3.5) · Texas's first 10 third downs RIGHT (five). Read the recap
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Press conferences · Week 10 · Missouri
Coach · Nov 8 · Postgame press conference (Texas Athletics) · Hear from Head Coach Steve Sarkisian after today's win at Missouri
Coach · Nov 7 · Postgame press conference (Texas Athletics) · Hear from Head Coach Steve Sarkisian after today's win at Missouri
Coach · Nov 5 · Media availability (Texas Athletics) · Hear from Head Coach Steve Sarkisian ahead ot his weekend's matchup against Missouri
Coach · Nov 2 · Press conference (Texas Athletics) · Hear from Head Coach Steve Sarkisian as he recaps this past weekend's win and looks ahead to Missouri
Coach · Nov 1 · Postgame press conference (Texas Athletics) · Steve Sarkisian addresses the media following Texas' 31-3 win over Mississippi State.
Players · No player interviews found this week.
Player interviews are posted on the official channel, youtube.com/@TexasLonghorns.
Checked Nov 9. Video is linked from the official Texas Athletics site, with no transcripts. When the school posts no player session, beat coverage from Burnt Orange Nation is linked instead, with no quote text.
Season archive
Week 11 · at LSU · Sat Nov 14, kickoff TBD, Tiger Stadium · the scouting report Monday, the Saturday pregame pass, the Sunday recap
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Week 10 · Missouri · W 34–20 · Recap · Two-minute read · Scouting report
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Week 9 · Mississippi State · W 31–3 · Recap · Two-minute read · Scouting report
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Week 8 · Ole Miss · W 34–27 · Recap · Two-minute read · Scouting report
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Week 7 · Florida · L 24–27 · Recap · Two-minute read · Scouting report
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Week 6 · Oklahoma, Dallas · L 24–27 · Recap · Two-minute read · Scouting report
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Week 5 · bye · no game Oct 3 · The bye week report
Regraded
Week 4 · at Tennessee · W 20–17 · Recap · Two-minute read · Scouting report
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Week 3 · UTSA · W 30–6 · Recap · Two-minute read · Scouting report
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Week 2 · Ohio State · W 24–23 · Recap · Two-minute read · Scouting report
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Week 1 · Texas State · W 59–7 · Recap · Scouting report
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2026 Preseason Report · the season baseline, published Aug 26
2026 Season Card · the one-page season view
The words we use
The words we use
The call is the final score we are predicting. We write it down before the game and leave it alone, the way you would write your guess on a napkin before kickoff and not touch it after.
The market is the betting line, which is the number of points the people wagering real money expect the favorite to win by. Those people have been better at this than our computer so far, so our call leans on their number.
The model is our computer's own guess at the score, built from the season's numbers. We print it next to the betting line so you can see when the two agree and when they do not.
Tells are three early signs to watch in the first stretch of the game. If they show up, the game is going the way we said; if they do not, we were probably wrong, and you will know it before we do.
Edges are our answer, one matchup at a time, to the question of which team has the better side of it.
Graded means that on Sunday we go back over everything we said and mark each piece right, partly right, or wrong.
Gameday songs and yells
The Eyes of Texas · the school song, sung arm in arm after the game · Longhorn Band · the crowd at DKR · Lyrics
Texas Fight · the fight song, after every touchdown and extra point; the crowd swaps in "Give 'em hell, give 'em hell, go Horns go" · Longhorn Band · Lyrics
March Grandioso · the band's pregame entrance, wall to wall across the field · Longhorn Band · Traditions
The Texas Fight yell · half the stadium yells "Texas," the other half answers "Fight" · plus the Whisper Chant and the old yells, words on the Texas Exes yells page