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Texas' receivers have a banner night capped by Emmett Mosley's overtime touchdown

Joe Cookby: Joe Cook6 hours agojosephcook89
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Emmett Mosley (Petre Thomas-Imagn Images)

No matter who Texas played at receiver on Saturday night at Mississippi State, they did something to support Texas’ comeback efforts.

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Texas’ main quartet of receivers — Ryan Wingo, DeAndre Moore, Parker Livingstone, and Emmett Mosley V — did everything asked of them an more when the Longhorns had to start passing on standard downs in order to overcome a 17-point fourth quarter deficit.

“Those four guys, how they started really playing was what I envisioned with Arch (Manning) throwing it and doing his thing, and Jack (Endries) getting involved when he was able to,” Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said postgame. “All those guys made critical plays. I’m sure there’s going to be plays they wish they could have back, but they competed their tails off and they ran a lot of yards tonight because we were throwing it quite a bit.”

Wingo did it across the entire game, from the very first snap to the final quarter. He had five catches for a career high 184 yards on 12 targets, including receptions for 60, 47, and 62 yards. The 60-yarder was the very first play from scrimmage for the Longhorns and se the tone for Wingo’s night.

“When he give me those ops, I’ve got to make the most of them,” Wingo said. “I tried to do that.”

Moore was his typical, reliable self. He hauled in six catches for 53 yards on seven targets.

Livingstone was the Longhorns’ primary red zone receiving target in regulation. He had four catches for 22 yards, but two of those catches were touchdowns.

While most of regulation belonged to Moore, Wingo, and Livingstone, the fourth quarter and overtime belonged to Mosley.

Mosley entered the contest at Mississippi State with only eight catches for 79 yards as a Longhorn. On Saturday, he logged four catches for 53 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winner in overtime.

“Emmett Mosley with a tremendous catch,” Sarkisian said. “I don’t know if I’ve seen a better one, quite frankly.”

After the game, Matthew Caldwell said Mosley’s route was an alert made at the line of scrimmage ahead of what was supposed to be an RPO.

“I got the audible from Matt, gave him a little release, just tracked the ball through the air and came down with the catch,” Mosley said.

Mosley also added he thought he was out of bounds when he caught the ball, but said one view of the replay was all he needed to know he hauled in what he called the biggest catch of his career since a game-winner against Louisville for Stanford last season.

Texas’ second half, and specifically the fourth quarter, was some of the best passing offense the Longhorns have produced all season. The Longhorns were 12-for-20 for 169 yards and two touchdowns in the final 15 minutes of regulation. There were no turnovers, and just one penalty for five yards.

“The first three quarters, I think the offense was just shooting ourselves in the foot,” Livingstone said. “Get out of our own way and we score 24 points in four drives.”

The Longhorn receivers, along with Manning, were the catalysts for the Texas comeback on Saturday night, with a combined 19 catches for 312 yards and four touchdowns.

Wingo started things, Moore and Livingstone kept it going in regulation, and Mosley ended it with a touchdown catch that helped to save the Texas Longhorns from a bitter defeat in Starkville.

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