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FINAL: Texas pulls away late to beat West Virginia 42-31; Austin Kendall throws 4 interceptions

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WEST VIRGINIA TOUCHDOWN, 0:48 4th quarter, 42-31 Texas: Austin Kendall hits freshman Bryce Wheaton in the back corner of the end zone.
TEXAS TOUCHDOWN, 3:03 4th quarter, 42-24 Texas: Sam Ehlinger scores his second rushing touchdown of the game from 23 yards out.
WEST VIRGINIA TOUCHDOWN, 3:57 4th quarter, 35-24 Texas: TJ Simmons catches his first touchdown of the season from Austin Kendall, but it may be too little too late for the Mountaineers.
TEXAS TOUCHDOWN, 10:31 4th quarter, 35-17 Texas: Texas gets a fat guy touchdown — quarterback Sam Ehlinger throws it back it across the field to offensive lineman Samuel Cosmi, who rumbled for the score.
TEXAS TOUCHDOWN, 12:42 4th quarter, 28-17 Texas: After Austin Kendall’s third interception of the day, Devin Duvernay scores from 13 out to give the Longhorns a two-possession lead.
WEST VIRGINIA 29-YARD FIELD GOAL, 1:59 3rd quarter, 21-17 Texas: After Kieth Washington’s interception, the WVU offense sputters again in the red zone, but Evan Staley makes his first field goal of the day to pull the Mountaineers within four.
TEXAS TOUCHDOWN, 3:28 2nd quarter, 21-14 Texas: After Evan Staley misses a 36-yard field goal for WVU, the Longhorns march right down the field and score on a 13-yard Sam Ehlinger run up the middle.
TEXAS TOUCHDOWN, 7:56 2nd quarter, 14-14: John Burt catches a 13-yard touchdown as Burt finds an open spot in front of Keith Washington.
WEST VIRGINIA TOUCHDOWN, 12:59 2nd quarter, 14-7 WVU: Austin Kendall fakes out everyone and keeps it on the zone read from a yard out to put the Mountaineers back in front.
TEXAS TOUCHDOWN, 5:52 1st quarter, 7-7: After WVU forces a missed field goal from Texas, Austin Kendall throws a bad interception. Two plays later, Sam Ehlinger throws a 27-yard touchdown pass to Malcolm Epps in the right corner of the end zone.
WEST VIRGINIA TOUCHDOWN, 13:31 1st quarter, 7-0 WVU: Austin Kendall launches a bomb to Sam James as he gets his hands under it for a 44-yard touchdown. The type of opening the Mountaineers needed against the Longhorns — a 4-play, 76-yard drive to open things up in front of a stellar striped home crowd.