The Early Longhorn football team struggled early in their season, but pulled off their second consecutive win of the season on the road Friday night against Ballinger 26-14.
Early had 309 yards of offense with 223 of that on the ground. Early’s running back Austin Baugh had 27 carries for 154 yards and 4 touchdowns.
Although Ballinger had over 160 yard passing, the Longhorn defense held their running game to only 2 yards.
The Longhorns are now 2-4 on the season, but with those two wins in district play.
Early will face the Bangs Dragons next week at Longhorn Stadium.
See scoring plays and game stats below.
| Early vs Balli |
| (10/07/11 at Bearcat Stadium ) |
| Ballinger , TX |
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| TEAM | Early | Balli |
| (VISITOR) | (HOME) | |
| Score | 26 | 14 |
| First Downs | 20 | 13 |
| Rushes / Yards (Net) | 52 / 223 | 9 / 2 |
| Passing Yards (Net) | 86 | 167 |
| Passes — Att / Comp / Int | 13/9/0 | 42/26/2 |
| Total Offensive Plays / Yards | 65 / 309 | 51 / 169 |
| Fumble Returns / Yards | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 |
| Punt Returns / Yards | 1 / 6 | 2 / 19 |
| Kickoff Returns / Yards | 3 / 40 | 4 / 68 |
| Interception Returns / Yards | 2 / 20 | 0 / 0 |
| Punts (Number/Average) | 6 / 27.0 | 2 / 39.5 |
| Fumbles / Lost | 3 / 1 | 1 / 1 |
| Penalties / Yards | 9 / 157 | 2 / 14 |
| Possession Time | 31:32 | 16:19 |
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| Scoring Summary: | Plays | Yards | TOP | Score | |||
| 2 | 09:55 | Early | Austin Baugh Carries(Hand Off) TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:55 13 yds PAT Kick by Blanton Bowen GOOD. | 13 | 94 | 05:14 | 7 – 0 |
| 3 | 07:47 | Early | Austin Baugh Carries(Hand Off) TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:47 2 yds PAT Kick by Blanton Bowen GOOD. | 8 | 42 | 03:45 | 14 – 0 |
| 3 | 04:35 | Early | Austin Baugh Carries(Hand Off) TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:35 4 yds PAT Kick by Blanton Bowen NO Good | 6 | 30 | 02:04 | 20 – 0 |
| 3 | 03:56 | Balli | Chris KEESEE Passes to Clayton WORTHINGTON COMPLETE TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:56 18 yds PAT Kick by Clayton WORTHINGTON GOOD. | 3 | 65 | 00:39 | 20 – 7 |
| 3 | 00:36 | Balli | Chris KEESEE Passes to Lane CARTER COMPLETE TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:36 5 yds PAT Kick by Clayton WORTHINGTON GOOD. | 4 | 31 | 01:16 | 20 – 14 |
| 4 | 01:13 | Early | Austin Baugh Carries(Hand Off) TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:13 38 yds PAT Pass from Cameron Denison to Kagan Mercer NO Good. | 5 | 65 | 01:53 | 26 – 14 |
