11/17/03

Longhorns Player of the Week

	Chance Mock

CHANCE MOCK EARNS UT'S DARRELL K ROYAL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
After completing 4-of-5 passes for 74 yards, including the game-winning 9-yard TD to B.J. Johnson, senior QB Chance Mock was tabbed Texas' Darrell K Royal Offensive Player of the Week for the Texas Tech game. It was Mock's first UT Offensive Player of the Week honor. Entering the game for his first snaps of the day with 2:03 ramaining in the contest and the Longhorns trailing 40-35, Mock led UT on a seven-play, 86-yard drive that took 1:17 off the clock in a 43-40 victory. Facing a second and 10 at the UT 14-yard line, Mock connected with Roy Williams on a 54-yard pass to move the ball to the Raiders 32. Then, on third-down and eight, he hit Tony Jeffery on a 10-yard strike to advance UT to the Tech 20. Mock scrambled for 11 yards and got out of bounds at the nine to set up the game-winning toss to Johnson on a fade route in the right corner of the end zone. After two penalties on the two-point PAT attempt, Mock snuck it in for a two-point conversion and a three-point win.

	Marcus Tubbs

MARCUS TUBBS TABBED UT'S MIKE CAMPBELL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Senior DT Marcus Tubbs registered four tackles, a sack, one TFL, three QB pressures, batted down a pass and blocked a PAT in helping Texas post a 43-40 win over Texas Tech and earned the Longhorns' Mike Campbell Defensive Player of the Week award. It was Tubbs' first UT Defensive Player of the Week honor in 2003 and the third of his career. He also was named the Frank Denius Special Teams Player of the Week after blocking the game-winning field goal attempt in the Longhorns 2002 victory at Kansas State. Tubbs' first quarter block of a Red Raider extra point put a damper on the visitor's first score and allowed Texas to take a 7-6 lead on its first possession. It was the senior tackle's fourth career blocked kick (two field goals/two PATs), tying him with Shane Dronett (1989-91) on the UT all-time list in that category. Tubbs is tied for third on the team with 72 tackles, is tied for second on the squad with 11 TFLs and ranks third on the team with five sacks in 2003.

	Dusty Mangum

DUSTY MANGUM NAMED FRANK DENIUS SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior PK Dusty Mangum connected on a pair of field goals and was good on all three of his PAT attempts in helping the Horns out-score Texas Tech 43-40. For his effort,s he was named the Frank Denius Special Teams Player of the Week for the second time this season and the eighth time in his three-year career. Mangum's first field goal came from 45-yards out and capped a nine-play, 46-yard drive that put UT up 24-14 at the half. His second field goal came in the third quarter after Texas Tech drew within 24-21. His 34-yard kick put the Horns up 27-21. Mangum has connected on 7-of-9 field goals and 50-of-51 PATs for 71 points on the year. He passed Russell Erxleben (267 points/1975-78) into fifth place on the UT all-time scoring list with his nine points in the game, upping his career total to 274.