Early turnovers cost San Jose State upset bid at No. 7 Texas

San Jose State knew it would have to play a nearly flawless event to have a chance at No -ranked Texas on Saturday morning Four turnovers in the first half took care of that in SJSU s - loss in Austin Texas The Spartans - overall entered the challenge as point underdogs against the Longhorns - and were coming off a disappointing season-opening - loss against Central Michigan that saw SJSU commit three turnovers I would just love to see where we would be without those turnovers head coach Ken Niumatalolo commented on his radio postgame interview on KTRB I thought early on we were in it The Spartans had a promising start in front of more than fans at Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium SJSU held Texas the preseason No group in the nation to a three-and-out on its first possession including a pass by Heisman Trophy hopeful Arch Manning Eli and Peyton s nephew that was almost intercepted by freshman cornerback Jaylen Thomas The Longhorns would punt again on the second drive they totaled only yards on the first two drives San Jose State defensive back Jalen Apalit-Williams intercepts a pass thrown by Texas quarterback Arch Manning during the first half of an NCAA college football battle in Austin Texas Saturday Sept AP Photo Eric Gay Then the Spartans turnovers got in the way Following SJSU s first fumble Manning hit Parker Livingstone for an -yard touchdown on the third drive of the series The Longhorns would never look back Texas went on a - run during a stretch that saw the Spartans commit three more turnovers one interception and two fumbles These turnovers set up the Longhorns on short fields allowing them to amount fleetly The Spartans drove to the Longhorns yard-line on their first drive of the contest setting up a third and four But quarterback Walker Eget rolled out instead of throwing the ball away losing six yards Niumtalolo could be seen yelling at the top of his lungs at Eget on the sideline after the play Walker Eget of the San Jose State Spartans looks to pass in the first half against the Texas Longhorns at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Sept in Austin Texas Photo by Tim Warner Getty Images Moments later kicker Dennis Lynch missed a -yard field goal attempt Lynch also missed a -yard attempt just before halftime Lynch also missed two attempts in the opener both in the final seconds of that loss Eget passed for with yards one interception and a completion percentage of SJSU was on the wrong side of Manning s first big performance of the season Manning passed for yards and four touchdowns with one interception He also had a -yard touchdown run Texas tight end Jack Endries scores a touchdown past San Jose State cornerback Jalen Bainer during the first half of an NCAA college football challenge in Austin Texas Saturday Sept AP Photo Eric Gay Eget put together a good scoring drive in the second quarter with passing yards of them going to wide receiver Kyri Shoels The drive was capped off with a -yard rushing touchdown by Jabari Bates With the Longhorns double-teaming Danny Scudero who had nine catches for yards against Central Michigan a majority of the encounter the encounter opened up for Shoels who had eight receptions yards Despite the extra defensive attention Scudero still grabbed seven passes for yards The Spartans have a bye next week Their next meeting will be at CEFCU stadium against Idaho - - Big Sky on Sept at p m