game (28), broke his own record of 24 set earlier that year, surpassed by Williams in 1997 Cotton Bowl – Most consecutive completions, game (8), tied by Tony Graziani in 1996 and Clint Stoerner in 2000 Cotton Bowl – Highest completion rate (min. 10 attempts), game (0.917) Cotton Bowl – Most points scored, game and career (28) Cotton Bowl – Most touchdowns, game & career (4), tied by Tony Temple in 2008 Cotton Bowl – Most points responsible for, career (40) Cotton Bowl – Most touchdowns responsible for, game & career (6) Cotton Bowl – Most points rushing, game (18), surpassed by Temple in 2008 Cotton Bowl – Most touchdowns rushing, game (3), tied by Dicky Maegle in 1954 and Jim Brown in 1957, surpassed by Temple in 2008 Cotton Bowl – Most touchdowns rushing, game (3), tied by Maegle in 1954, Brown in 1957, and Jim Swink in 1957, surpassed by Temple in 2008 Cotton Bowl – Most yards per attempt (min 10 attempts), game (13.2), surpassed by James Street in 1969 College baseball Layne was one of the best pitchers to ever play at Texas. He made the All-Southwest Conference team all four years he played, and played on teams that won all three Conference Championships available to them (none was named in 1944 due to World War II). He won his first career start, in 1944, when he was managed by his future football coach Blair Cherry, versus Southwestern, 14–1, in a complete-game, 15-strikeout performance. Similar to football, he missed the 1945 season because he was in the Merchant Marines, but returned to play three more seasons. In 1946, he threw the school's first and second no-hitters and posted a 12–4 record. In 1947, he went 12–1 and led Texas to a third-place finish in the first NCAA baseball Tournament. In 1948, he went 9–0 and again helped Texas win the Southwest Conference, but though they qualified for it, Texas decided not to attend the 1948 NCAA tournament because the players felt they had too many obligations with family and jobs. Texas went 60–10 overall, and 41–2 in the SWC during Layne's final three years in Austin. When his career was over, Layne had a perfect 28–0 conference record and set several school and conference records during his time on the team, including a few that still stand today. Between baseball and football, he was All-Conference an