AUSTIN, Texas — It’s never a good day when your quarterback spends a big chunk of the game wiping dirt off his backside.

Arkansas quarterback Casey Dick did a lot of that Saturday against a locked and loaded Texas defense that spotted vulnerability and attacked like piranha. The Longhorns, who combine the potent attributes of speed, power and confidence on defense, sacked Dick and backup quarterback Tyler Wilson seven times and harassed countless other passing opportunities in a 52-10 rout.

“They did a good job getting a push on the offensive line, but we have got to execute better,” Dick said. “Maybe change some protections here and there for missing blitzes. We just have to get things sorted out and go back to work.”

The exclamation point on Texas’ devastating attack came in the third quarter when end Brian Orakpo slammed into Dick from behind, causing a fumble and knocking Dick out of the game temporarily.

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Orakpo was asked if he felt sorry for Dick on that play.

“You can’t feel sorry for the opponent,” Orakpo said. “This is football. We stopped the run, and that made it that much easier.”

Arkansas managed just 11 rushing yards, a figure that was hurt by 58 lost yards on the seven sacks.

“We stopped the run and made it a one-dimensional game, and when you do that, you can bring a pass rush,” Texas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp said.

There were breakdowns aplenty for an Arkansas team struggling to adapt to new systems on both sides of the ball. But none seemed as glaring as the Hogs’ inability to keep Texas defenders from pouring into their offensive backfield.

“The one thing they were able to do was put the quarterback on a clock by the way they pass rushed, the way they get to you,” Arkansas Coach Bobby Petrino said.

Sometimes the Longhorns got to Dick with blitzing pressure, like firing cornerbacks off the edge, and sometimes they just whipped the man in front of them and got in Dick’s face. No matter how it happened, the Longhorns kept coming.

“These guys held the ball a little longer than previous quarterbacks we’ve faced and they aren’t very mobile,” Muschamp said. “They hold on to the ball too long, and that made it easier for us.”

Dick managed to go through Arkansas’ first two series without taking a sack. But on the first snap of the third possession, Orakpo whipped left tackle Ray Dominguez and delivered a bone-jarring blindside hit on Dick.

After that, the pressure came often.

“Not everyone was doing the right thing on the right play,” Arkansas center Jonathan Luigs said. “When you do that against a good team, they will hand it to you.”

Henry Melton provided the most profitable hit on Dick, stripping the ball loose late in the second quarter to set up a Longhorns touchdown with 44 seconds left in the period.

“I’ve got to be able to hang onto the ball with two hands,” Dick said.

“The negative plays really hurt you when you’re getting sacked,” Petrino said. “Basically they didn’t try to do anything fancy. They lined up and played their techniques and overpowered us a little bit.”