AUSTIN, Texas (AP)—Texas quarterback Colt McCoy needed a Heisman Trophy-type game.
By JIM VERTUNO, AP Sports Writer (with edits)
How about 304 yards passing, 175 yards rushing and five total touchdowns in a nationally televised win over a bitter rival? He truly led UT to a 49 to 39 win over Texas A&M on Thanksgiving Day.
He needed a Heisman moment. How about a 65-yard touchdown run that evoked memories of Vince Young in Texas’ national championship season of 2005?
A career you say, how about the all time NCAA record for wins (44 and counting) and NCAA pass completion percentage (over 70.6%). Leadership you say, there is no question who is the UT team leader and he even helped recruit the quarterback mentioned as his likely replacement.
His season stats you say? How about a quarterback rating of 152.9,310 out of 432 passes completed for 71.8% completion, 3382 yards, 27 touchdowns, with 368 additional yards on the ground.
Tim Tebow you say, well he already won well deserved Heisman 2 years ago. Mark Ingram you say, well he's a sophomore and has 2 more possible years to get one. McCoy is a senior who stated all 4 years with Texas and should that say something about commitment and loyalty as well.
With 2 games remaining, McCoy's career statistics are as follows:
Profile
Career Passing Rushing Sacked
Year Team G QBRat Comp Att Pct Yds Y/A Yds/G TD Int Rush Yds Yds/G Avg TD S
2006 Texas (10-3) 13 113.8 217 318 68.2 2570 8.1 197.7 29 7 68 170 13.1 2.5 2 14
2007 Texas (10-3) 13 88.4 276 424 65.1 3303 7.8 254.1 22 18 114 492 37.8 4.3 4 24
2008 Texas (12-1) 13 121.6 332 433 76.7 3859 8.9 296.8 34 8 136 561 43.2 4.1 11 24
2009 Texas (12-0) 12 106.1 310 432 71.8 3328 7.7 277.3 27 9 111 368 30.7 3.3 2 21
Career 51 107.5 1135 1607 70.4 13060 8.1 256.1 112 42 429 1591 31.2 3.6 19 83
In a Heisman race that until this weekend seemed rather ho-hum and wide-open, McCoy had the kind of game that could break him out of the pack in the No. 3 Longhorns’ 49-39 win at Texas A & M on Thursday night.
“I don’t get to vote for the Heisman, but if anyone has a better Heisman moment than that, I’d like to see it,” Texas coach Mack Brown said.
The next week should provide plenty of highlights among the top contenders for Heisman voters to compare.
Running back Mark Ingram and No. 2 Alabama played rival Auburn on Friday. Tim Tebow and top-ranked Florida play rival Florida State on Saturday in his final home game with the Gators. Alabama and Florida meet next week for the SEC title.
Clemson and all-purpose standout C.J. Spiller play South Carolina this week before heading to the ACC championship game.
Way out West, Stanford and star running back star running back Toby Gerhart play Notre Dame on Saturday night, a game that could draw a lot of viewers with Irish coach Charlie Weis’ job on the line.
And McCoy gets one more game when Texas plays Nebraska next week for the Big 12 championship. A win there and the Longhorns are headed for the BCS title game.
McCoy got the final Heisman push started with his special game.
After a 2008 season in which he finished runner-up for the Heisman to Oklahoma’s Sam Bradford, McCoy endured lots of “what’s wrong?” questions after some early season sputters and misfires.
Even when Texas beat rival Oklahoma 16-13, his biggest play of the day was a touchdown-saving tackle after a fourth-quarter interception.
Since that game, McCoy has turned his so-so season into one of the best in school history.
Over Texas’ last five wins, McCoy has passed for 1,791 yards and 18 touchdowns against two interceptions. His 3,352 total passing yards this season now ranks fourth best in Texas history.
In his highlight play of the season against A&M, McCoy zipped through the middle of the Aggies defense on a called run, shook off a tackler and broke into the open field. He was fast enough to leave behind three tacklers on his 65-yard romp to the end zone.
“I don’t know if I looked slow,” McCoy said. “I felt slow.”
McCoy was in a game where he had to keep making big plays to save the Longhorns from a huge upset. Texas A&M and quarterback Jerrod Johnson ripped the Texas defense for 532 total yards and counter-punched just about every time McCoy seemed to get some room.
“When they’re having a rough night, we’re going to step up,” McCoy said. “We bailed the defense out.”
Texas A&M defensive back Jordan Pugh, one of the A&M tacklers McCoy left behind on the long run, was impressed.
“I think I played (the Heisman trophy winner). He led the team,” Pugh said. “Before the game we talked about how we were going to miss this. After the game, I told him to go get a championship, a Big 12 and national championship.”
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Over 45 University of Texas Career Records
UT - Most Total Touchdowns, Career: 131 (Took lead on October 18, 2008 versus Missouri)[14]
UT - Most Touchdown Passes, Career: 112 (Took lead on September 20, 2008 versus Rice)[12]
UT - Most Touchdown Passes, Single Season: 29, (2006 season),[6] beaten by McCoy in 2008
UT - Most Touchdown Passes, Single Season: 34, (2008 season - reached 30 on November 15, 2008 vs. the Kansas Jayhawks) [13]
UT - Most Touchdown Passes, Game: 6, (October 14, 2006 versus Baylor)
UT - Most Passing Completions, Game: 41, (January 5, 2009 versus Ohio State Buckeyes)[63]
UT - Most Consecutive Passing Completions, Game: 18 (October 25, 2008 versus Oklahoma State (surpassed his own record of 17 on October 18, 2008 versus Missouri).[14]
UT - Most Career wins as a quarterback: 44 (November 27, 2008 vs. Texas A&M, surpassed Vince Young)[15]
UT - Most Career passing yards, Season: 3,594+ yards (November 27, 2008 vs. Texas A&M, surpassed Major Applewhite)[15]
UT - Tie - Most Passing Attempts, Game: 58, (January 5, 2009 versus Ohio State Buckeyes)[63]
NCAA - Highest Single Season completion percentage: 77.6%.[94]
NCAA - Highest Career completion percentage: 70.9%.[95]
NCAA - Most wins by a starting quarterback with 44.[96]
NCAA - Tied for second place for most passing touchdowns by a freshman with 29 alongside Nevada's David Neill in 1998 [52]
[edit] College awards and honors
College Football News 2006 "All Freshman Team"[8]
2006 “National Freshman of the Year” by The Sporting News and the Touchdown Club of Columbus[97]
Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year by the Associated Press.[19]
2006 Valero Alamo Bowl Offensive MVP
2008 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl Offensive MVP
2008 Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year by the Associated Press[98]
2008 Big 12 2nd Team Quarterback by the Associated Press[99]
2008 Walter Camp Award by the Walter Camp Foundation[100]
2008 All America 1st Team Quarterback by the Walter Camp Foundation,[101] FWAA,[102] and Sports Illustrated[103]
2008 Archie Griffin Award[104]
2008 co-Sporting News Player of the Year[105]
2008 Heisman Memorial Trophy Runner-up [106]
2009 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Offensive MVP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_mccoy
Colt McCoy Stats
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/players/134939
Tim Tebow Stats
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/players/136113
Mark Ingram Stats
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/players/165580
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