Covey Passes for 323 Yards, 2 Touchdowns as Brigham Young Rolls Over Texas, 47-6
Sean Covey passed for 323 yards and 2 touchdowns as Brigham Young ran away from No. 19-ranked Texas, 47-6, Thursday night, handing the Longhorns their third straight season-opening loss.
Texas played without tailback Eric Metcalf, who sat out a one-game suspension by the NCAA.
BYU, which lost to Wyoming, 24-14, last week, got scoring passes of 80 and 52 yards from Covey.
The Cougars also scored on a 70-yard interception return by Rodney Rice in the third quarter, a 20-yard run by Fred Whittingham, a 20-yard pass from backup quarterback Ty Detmer, a 17-yard run by Eric Mortensen in the fourth quarter and field goals of 31 and 51 yards by Earl Kauffman.
Covey, a junior, gave the Cougars a 7-0 lead on their first snap from scrimmage when he found freshman wide receiver Bryce Doman all alone at midfield. From there, Doman scored on the 80-yard play.
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