Quinn Ewers at the Sugar Bowl

Quinn Ewers threw 43 passes in the Sugar Bowl, the second most behind the Big 12 Championship game. Of the 43 passing, 24 connected, one was a touchdown pass to Adonai Mitchell in the fourth quarter that put Texas within six points of tying the game. 

Ewers longest pass of 41 yards was snagged by Jordan Whittington in the 4th Quarter with 0:45 seconds left in the game that put Texas on 28 yards from the end zone. That pass was followed by a 16 yard pass to Jaydon Blue that put Texas on the 12 yard line and the clock stopped because Blue ran out of bounds, smartly.

Of the 24 completed passes and 318 yards, eight of those passes for 195 yards came in the fourth quarter.

Ewers also ran the ball eight times for 54 yards. The longest was a 21 yard run on a quarterback keeper in the 2nd quarter that put Texas on the Washington 7 yard line. This setup Texas to score and tie the game 21-21 going into halftime.

Ewers would target eight Texas receivers . Ja'Tavion Sanders lead with six catches for 75 yards. Jordan Whittington, Jaydon Blue, and Adonai Mitchell all had four receptions for 70, 45, and 32 yards respectively.

Xavier Worthy pulled in two of the six thrown to him for 45 yards, CJ Baxter caught two for 39 yards, and Gunnar Helm had one reception for six yards.

Redshirt freshman Malik Agbo was thrown his first pass of the season, Agbo caught it and it was good for six yards.

Texas and Washington both had four touchdowns. For Texas one on a pass and three rushing. For Washington their four touchdowns came two passes and two rushing. 

During the post game press conference Ewers was asked about his mindset when Texas down 13 points. Ewers responded saying, "

I mean, going down 13, I think the biggest thing we were talking about was just one play at a time. You can't get all 13 points back in one single play. So the small wins turn into big wins, so just trying to get back on track. And I think we did a good job of that."

Coach Sarkisian was asked to evaluate Quinn's performance. Sarkisian said, "Yeah, I thought Quinn [Ewers] had a really gutsy performance tonight. Thought he utilized his legs extremely well. They were really trying to deploy and match routes and cover people. And when that happened, he found some running lanes to use his legs to extend plays. I thought he had made some big-time throws at critical moments, especially late in the ballgame. Gave us a chance to win. Down 13 in the fourth quarter with not a lot of time left. And we had the ball on the 12 with whatever it is, with a chance to win the ball game. That doesn't happen unless he's played his heart out and making some really big-time throws for us."