National Championship: Spartans vs. Longhorns
January 25, 2026 70° Huntington Bank Stadium
Attendance: 50,805 (100%)
Spartans 7 21 10 7 - 45
Longhorns 14 10 3 8 - 35
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Longhorns: 1-10-UMS 14 (10:07) 7-Dennis Jenkins sacked at UMS 4 for -10 yards (99-Seth Nguyen). Sack allowed by 60-Bernardo Danley. 7-Dennis Jenkins FUMBLES (99-Seth Nguyen) recovered by TEX-99-Seth Nguyen to UMS 0 for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-James Freeman. TEX 7 UMS 0
(Qtr 1) Spartans: 1-1-TEX 1 (3:25) 7-Dennis Jenkins pass complete to 10-Isaac Allen for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Luke Gabriel. TEX 7 UMS 7
(Qtr 1) Longhorns: 1-10-TEX 25 (3:17) 4-Norman Meyer pass complete to 89-David Carreon for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-James Freeman. TEX 14 UMS 7
(Qtr 2) Spartans: 2-1-TEX 0 (12:59) 7-Dennis Jenkins pass complete to 80-Jordan Garcia for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Luke Gabriel. TEX 14 UMS 14
(Qtr 2) Longhorns: 1-4-UMS 4 (10:18) 4-Norman Meyer pass complete to 83-Glenn Smith for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-James Freeman. TEX 21 UMS 14
(Qtr 2) Spartans: 3-3-TEX 3 (3:41) 16-Robert Tisdale ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Luke Gabriel. TEX 21 UMS 21
(Qtr 2) Spartans: 3-1-TEX 3 (2:27) 13-Adrian Hose ran to TEX 0 for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Luke Gabriel. TEX 21 UMS 28
(Qtr 2) Longhorns: 1-10-UMS 11 (0:05) 2-James Freeman 30 yard field goal is GOOD. TEX 24 UMS 28
(Qtr 3) Spartans: 4-2-TEX 11 (7:53) 6-Luke Gabriel 29 yard field goal is GOOD. TEX 24 UMS 31
(Qtr 3) Longhorns: 4-10-UMS 25 (3:34) 2-James Freeman 44 yard field goal is GOOD. TEX 27 UMS 31
(Qtr 3) Spartans: 3-1-TEX 1 (1:25) 16-Robert Tisdale ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Luke Gabriel. TEX 27 UMS 38
(Qtr 4) Spartans: 3-1-TEX 2 (6:00) 11-Kevin Ray ran to TEX 0 for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Luke Gabriel. TEX 27 UMS 45
(Qtr 4) Longhorns: 3-10-UMS 11 (4:33) 4-Norman Meyer pass complete to 37-Darnell Grayson to UMS 0 for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 4-Norman Meyer pass complete to 46-Steven Cooper to UMS 0 for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! Nice job by 46-Steven Cooper on that route to lose his coverage. TEX 35 UMS 45
Team Statistics
Longhorns Spartans
First Downs 18 30
- Rushing 5 13
- Passing 11 14
- Penalty 2 3
Total Net Yards 361 483
- Offensive Plays 48 81
- Yards Per Play 7.52 5.96
Net Rushing Yards 70 247
- Rushing Attempts 11 38
- Yards Per Rush 6.36 6.50
Net Passing Yards 291 236
- Att/Comp/Int 35 / 25 / 0 42 / 34 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 310 246
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 19 1 / 10
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.86 5.49
- Yards Per Completion 12.40 7.24
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 8 13 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.1 3.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 47 4 / 32
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 67 1 / 30
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 8
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 6 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 31
Time of Possession 26:11 33:50
Drive Charts
Longhorns
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:50 OWN 25 7 35 Punt
1 10:01 6:41 OPP 25 12 -75 Touchdown
1 3:21 0:15 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
2 12:56 2:41 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
2 3:38 0:04 OWN 25 1 0 Fumble
2 2:23 2:21 OWN 25 9 64 Field Goal
3 7:50 4:20 OWN 39 9 36 Field Goal
3 1:23 3:31 OWN 25 6 13 Punt
4 5:57 1:28 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
Spartans
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:10 0:09 OWN 6 1 8 Punt
1 3:06 5:10 OWN 25 13 75 Touchdown
2 10:15 6:37 OWN 25 13 75 Touchdown
2 3:35 1:11 OPP 12 3 12 Touchdown
2 0:02 0:02 OWN 25 1 -1 Half
3 15:00 7:10 OWN 20 11 69 Field Goal
3 3:30 2:07 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
4 12:52 6:55 OWN 16 13 84 Touchdown
4 4:29 4:29 OPP 49 10 44 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Longhorns
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#37 Darnell Grayson 6 27 4.50 13 1 0
#30 Willie Bell 3 26 8.67 11 2 0
#38 Steven Cooper 2 17 8.50 11 1 0
Spartans
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#13 Adrian Hose 13 121 9.31 66 4 1
#49 Jimmy Latour 8 65 8.13 13 4 0
#19 Mark Fernandez 7 40 5.71 15 1 0
#15 Robert Tisdale 6 19 3.17 10 1 2
#87 Kevin Ray 1 2 2.00 2 0 1
#7 Dennis Jenkins 3 0 0.00 0 0 0
Passing Stats
Longhorns
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#4 Norman Meyer 35 25 310 2 / 19 3 75 0 127.08
Spartans
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#7 Dennis Jenkins 42 34 246 1 / 10 2 19 0 106.94
Receiving Stats
Longhorns
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#84 Lorenzo Hardy 6 97 16.17 49 0
#19 David Carreon 2 89 44.50 75 1
#30 Willie Bell 4 38 9.50 14 0
#83 Glenn Smith 3 23 7.67 12 1
#80 Alexis Peraza 2 21 10.50 18 0
#16 Jerome Hooper 3 21 7.00 12 0
#25 Jeffrey Harrison 1 10 10.00 10 0
#37 Darnell Grayson 3 9 3.00 11 1
#38 Steven Cooper 1 2 2.00 2 0
Spartans
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#80 Jordan Garcia 11 95 8.64 19 1
#87 Kevin Ray 2 28 14.00 14 0
#49 Jimmy Latour 5 24 4.80 9 0
#13 Adrian Hose 5 21 4.20 7 0
#20 Frederick Robert 2 20 10.00 14 0
#87 Isaac Allen 4 20 5.00 8 1
#81 German Schofield 2 20 10.00 12 0
#15 Robert Tisdale 2 15 7.50 9 0
#19 Mark Fernandez 1 3 3.00 3 0
Blocking Stats
Longhorns
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#57 Christopher Grosso 33 23 1 2
#80 Alexis Peraza 0 12 0 4
#57 Henry Rossetti 34 14 0 0
#19 David Carreon 0 10 0 0
#30 Willie Bell 16 4 0 0
#63 Adrian Baker 36 20 0 0
#58 John Brosnan 36 18 0 0
#76 Scott Comer 36 17 0 0
#38 Steven Cooper 20 6 0 0
#72 Jeffrey Woods 20 11 0 0
#16 Jerome Hooper 0 11 0 0
#44 Timothy Armstead 6 5 0 0
#66 Robert Dills 10 3 0 0
#60 Travis Smith 18 4 0 0
#83 Glenn Smith 3 10 0 0
#10 Matthew Hoyt 0 4 0 1
#25 Jeffrey Harrison 0 5 0 0
#84 Lorenzo Hardy 10 8 0 0
#26 James Rodrigues 0 2 0 0
#91 James Moran 0 1 0 0
#64 Mike Espiritu 0 2 0 0
#79 David Derosier 0 1 0 0
#20 Lynn Forsythe 0 3 0 0
#39 Esteban Reed 0 2 0 0
#40 Jason Throop 0 2 0 1
#24 Mark Cruz 0 2 0 0
#42 Paul Girardi 0 2 0 0
#27 Marvin Jones 0 2 0 0
#94 Joel Johnson 1 2 0 1
#37 Darnell Grayson 5 1 0 0
#52 Arturo Noll 0 1 0 0
Spartans
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#60 Bernardo Danley 50 47 1 1
#58 Timothy Lamb 49 46 0 1
#78 Albert Davis 38 30 0 1
#73 David Walsh 48 44 0 1
#13 Adrian Hose 9 13 0 1
#20 Frederick Robert 0 16 0 1
#72 Robin Saucier 48 42 0 2
#49 Jimmy Latour 19 24 0 1
#87 Isaac Allen 0 13 0 0
#80 Jordan Garcia 9 32 0 0
#15 Robert Tisdale 1 7 0 1
#79 Timothy Perales 16 8 0 0
#81 German Schofield 0 9 0 2
#87 Kevin Ray 9 20 0 0
#19 Mark Fernandez 6 6 0 1
#76 Russell Dotson 7 0 0 0
#73 Donald Clark 7 0 0 0
#68 Otto Britton 3 1 0 0
#5 Andrew Guest 1 7 0 0
#90 Carl Truss 0 1 0 0
#57 Robert Dotts 0 2 0 0
#44 Raymond Singleton 0 4 0 0
#26 Danny Azar 0 1 0 0
#34 Marc Kapoor 0 1 0 0
#42 Patrick Williams 0 1 0 0
#37 Lawrence Brannon 0 2 0 0
#54 Ronald Lamarr 0 1 0 0
#42 Wayne Brothers 0 1 0 0
#57 Charles Jones 0 1 0 1
#26 Paul Earnest 0 2 0 0
Interception Stats
Longhorns
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Spartans
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Longhorns
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#4 Norman Meyer 1 0 0 0
#99 Seth Nguyen 0 1 1 1
Spartans
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#7 Dennis Jenkins 1 0 0 0
#99 Jeffrey Draeger 0 1 1 0
#81 German Schofield 0 1 0 0
Punting
Longhorns
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#7 Brian McClelland 2 79 39.50 39.50 45 2
Spartans
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
Kicking
Longhorns
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#2 James Freeman 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 44 3 / 3
Spartans
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#6 Luke Gabriel 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 29 6 / 6
Punt Return
Longhorns
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Spartans
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Longhorns
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#30 Willie Bell 2 67 33.5 0
Spartans
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#20 Frederick Robert 1 30 30.0 0
Defensive Stats
Longhorns
Name Tackles Sacks
#24 Mark Cruz 9 0
#40 Willie Brown 6 0
#27 Marvin Jones 6 0
#40 Jason Throop 5 0
#42 Paul Girardi 5 0
#90 Dallas Howell 4 0
#39 Esteban Reed 4 0
#52 Arturo Noll 4 0
#26 James Rodrigues 3 0
#92 Roderick Klaus 3 0
#47 Jimmy Wade 3 0
#91 James Moran 2 0
#53 Aaron Wright 2 0
#56 Brett Record 2 0
#66 Berry Curtis 2 0
#99 Seth Nguyen 1 1
#94 Joel Johnson 1 0
#4 Norman Meyer 1 0
#20 Lynn Forsythe 1 0
#80 Alexis Peraza 1 0
#64 Mike Espiritu 1 0
Spartans
Name Tackles Sacks
#26 Danny Azar 8 0
#42 Wayne Brothers 4 0
#37 Lawrence Brannon 3 0
#44 Raymond Singleton 3 0
#57 Charles Jones 3 0
#90 Jose Kowalsky 2 0
#46 Jimmie Baker 2 0
#26 Paul Earnest 2 0
#54 Ronald Lamarr 2 0
#34 Marc Kapoor 1 0
#57 Robert Dotts 1 0
#72 John Smith 1 1
#42 Patrick Williams 1 0
#99 Jeffrey Draeger 1 1
#63 Jacob Ball 1 0