2025 Kentucky Postmortem: Defense/Special Teams

NCAA Football: Texas at Kentucky — Oct 18, 2025; Lexington, Kentucky, USA; Texas Longhorns defensive back Michael Taaffe (16) celebrates after the game against the Kentucky Wildcats at Kroger Field. Mandatory Credit: Jordan Prather-Imagn Images

The Longhorns defense and special teams set up the Longhorn offense with multiple short fields (with drives starting on the Kentucky 5, 42, and 46 yard line, respectively) that resulted in 10 of Texas' 16 points and the Longhorn defense came up huge in overtime with a timely goal line stand as well as a turnover on downs on Kentucky's first possession of the game deep in Texas territory.