3 takeaways: Texas becomes 1st road non-conference team to beat Bama in 16 years

Alabama struggled to get receivers open downfield, its quarterback was slow to scramble away and a lackluster offensive line didn’t make it any easier. Meanwhile, its defense had moments but conceded too many explosive plays.

Mirloe delivered five touchdowns and history against Middle Tennessee State in Week 1. But even as quick as his postgame press conference, Nick Saban noted tougher competition was coming. And when it did come in the form of the Longhorns’ stout front seven, UA looked overwhelmed. The reprieve came when Milroe had time to do one or the other. Like his multiple first-down runs, a 49-yard dime to Burton that gave UA its first lead in the game and a 39-yard broken play to Amari Niblack that helped the comeback effort. Milroe threw for 255 yards on 14-of-27 attempts with two touchdowns. But it wasn’t enough to make up for the timely errors.Alabama’s penalty issues first emerged last year against Texas when the Tide committed 15 total.

Longhorns star Xavier Worthy dropped his first target of the day. He had been wide open in the endzone, but head coach Steve Sarkisian kept feeding him. On its next drive, quarterback Quinn Ewers launched three straight fly routes. Worthy was open on the first attempt, but the pass was overthrown. On the second, Worthy drew pass interference. On the third, Worthy caught a 44-yard touchdown in stride.

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