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AUSTIN, Texas – University of Texas third-year quarterback Quinn Ewers was named the Week 2 Great Eight Davey O’Brien Award winner for his dominating performance in UT’s 31-12 road win over No. 10/No. 9 Michigan on Sept. 7 and was named the Manning Award Star of the Week on Monday.
In addition to earning weekly Davey O’Brien and Manning Award honors, Ewers was also named the Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Week on Monday morning.
The road win over Michigan snapped the Wolverines’ winning streak of 16 overall wins, a Big Ten record 29 regular season wins, 23 home wins (the longest streak since 28 wins from 1969-73), 23 home non-conference wins since 2014, and 15 regular season wins in non-conference games. Texas’ 19-point win was the Longhorns’ largest margin of victory against a top-10 team on the road since 1979. That year, UT beat No. 5/7 Missouri, 21-0, in Columbia. It was also the Longhorns’ largest point margin of victory against a top-10 team since 2005, when UT defeated No. 10/8 Texas Tech, 52-17, in Austin.
Ewers led the Longhorns to victory, completing 24 of 36 passes for 246 yards and three touchdowns. It was Texas’ second straight top-10 road win, following last year’s win over No. 3 Alabama. Ewers has won eight straight true road games since 2022, throwing 15 touchdown passes with just one interception. Three of those wins have come at top-15 opponents’ stadiums, and in those games he has completed 63% of his passes for 792 yards and eight touchdowns (with zero interceptions). The Southlake, Texas native led the Longhorns to scoring opportunities on all five of his first-half attempts against Michigan, scoring three touchdowns and one field goal. His only missed point came on a missed field goal after a touchdown pass was called back due to a penalty.
In the first half, Ewers led the offense by completing 8 of 10 third-down conversions, including one touchdown on 6 of 7 passing and an 8-yard rush on a third-down, seven-yarder. Ewers has scored at least one passing touchdown in each of his past 15 starts, dating back to the 2022 season. Ewers is 2-0 under center this season, completing 44 of 63 passing attempts for 506 yards and six scores.
Ewers and Texas will return to the friendly surroundings of Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium to take on UTSA on Saturday, September 14th at 6pm CST on ESPN, with Mark Jones (play-by-play), Roddy Jones (commentary) and Quint Kessenich (sideline) providing play-by-play coverage.
