2005 Texas Vs. Texas A&M Football Game - First Quarter

First Quarter

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UT won the coin toss and decided to kick off. The Aggies took a touchback and started on their own 20 yard line. Stephen McGee kept the ball himself for an eight yard gain on first down; he followed this with a ten yard gain on second down. The next two plays were also running plays: two yards by Jorvorskie Lane and ten yards by Courtney Lewis, to bring the ball to mid-field. Lane rushed again for six yards followed by a ten yard run by Lewis. On 2nd and four on the UT 44 yard line McGee attempted his first pass (intended for DeQwan Mobley) but it was incomplete. Both teams were called with personal foul penalties on the play. McGee threw another pass and an A&M penalty was declined by Texas to bring up fourth down fourth down. Justin Brantly's punt went into the end zone for a touchback.

The Longhorns began their drive with a two yard rush by Vince Young. He followed this with a 24 yard pass to tight end David Thomas. Ramonce Taylor then lost two yards on a running play and Vince Young made five yards on 2nd and twelve. One 3rd and seven, Young's pass to Billy Pittman fell incomplete. This led to Richmond McGee punting the ball to the Texas A&M 13 where Todd Pegram made a fair catch. On A&M's second possession McGee rushed twice (−4 yards, +2 yards) then threw an interception to UT's Drew Kelson. Young's first down pass to Billy Pittman was incomplete. Ramonce Taylor rushed for five yards to the A&M 12 and a penalty against the Aggies moved the ball to the eight yard line. Henry Melton punched in the touchdown and the extra point by David Pino gave Texas a seven point lead.

The Aggies were not able to gain a first down and after their punt the Longhorns had the ball around mid-field. They mounted a seven play, 48 yard drive culminating in a five yard Ramonce Taylor touchdown run. Texas A&M answered with a scoring drive of their own: 12 plays, 67 yards, and three points from a Todd Pegram field goal. This made the score Texas 14, Texas A&M 3.

Texas got the ball on their own 35 and Vince Young immediately through a pass that was picked off my Melvin Bullitt near mid-field, with a return to the UT 35. Texas A&M ran a trick play by having running back Jorvorsky Lane throw the ball to Jason Carter for a touchdown. According to the Associated Press, the touchdown "whipped the crowd of 86,617 into a frenzy as the Aggie fans waved their white 12th Man Towels." They tried to follow this by a trick two-point conversion but Todd Pegram's pass was intercepted by UT's Brian Robison to leave the score at UT 14, TAMU 9. Texas got the ball at their 33 and ran only one play for a slight loss before time expired in the first quarter.