Longhorns Fall In Opener at No. 11 Notre Dame

By Steve Habel/Senior Editor

SOUTH BEND, Indiana — The only good thing about young and inexperienced football players is that they eventually get older and learn from their mistakes. That will have to be the future on which Texas hangs its hat after it was dismantled and dominated in every phase of the game in a 38-3 loss Saturday at 11th-ranked Notre Dame that was even more lopsided that the score indicates.

It was the first loss in a season-opener for Texas since a 23-20 defeat against North Carolina State in 1999.

For the youthful Longhorns, who started seven freshmen (five of them right out of high school) and 14 underclassmen among their top 24 players, the defeat was a lesson learned about how much more they need to work to gain purpose against the nation’s upper-tier teams.

But it has to get better than this, doesn’t it?

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