Austin, Texas ? There was no post-Oklahoma letdown for Texas. Vince Young’s nearly perfect game against Colorado made sure of that.

Young ran for three touchdowns and passed for two more, and No. 2 Texas avoided any chance of an upset by building an early lead and coasting to a 42-17 victory Saturday over the No. 24 Buffaloes.

Off to their best start since an 11-0 regular season in 1983, the Longhorns had appeared ripe for a loss – or at least a close game – after their emotional victory over Oklahoma a week earlier snapped a five-year losing streak to the Sooners.

Instead, Texas (6-0 overall, 3-0 Big 12 Conference) played its best half of the season to put the game away quickly. It was the kind of dominating performance the Longhorns hoped would bump them up to No. 1 until top-ranked USC pulled out a 34-31 victory over No. 9 Notre Dame.

Young said he saw the Trojans’ winning play before his postgame interviews.

Texas quarterback Vince Young fires a pass against Colorado. Young ran for three touchdowns and passed for two more, and the Longhorns won, 42-17, Saturday in Austin, Texas.

“There’s no disappointment. We just won a game,” Young said. “They’re doing their job, we’re doing ours.”

Texas has won 13 in a row dating to the middle of last season, the second longest streak in the nation behind USC’s 28.

Young was flawless in the first two quarters, scoring on runs of 1, 16 and 9 yards. He also threw a 35-yard TD pass to Limas Sweed that made it 35-3. Sweed and Young hooked up for another touchdown in the fourth.

Joel Klatt led Colorado (4-2, 2-1) with 189 yards passing and two touchdowns.

Given time to throw behind a dominant performance by his offensive line, Young finished with 394 total yards with a career-high 336 passing. His 86.2 percent completion rate (25-of-29) set a Texas record. He was 16-of-18 in the first half for 258 yards.

“Vince’s performance was the best today that I’ve ever seen him,” Texas coach Mack Brown said.

And instead of a lingering hangover from the OU victory, it was Colorado that had to deal with a 6-foot-5, 230-pound headache of a quarterback.

“So much for hangovers,” Brown said. “I was worried about it all week … He (Young) just break’s teams backs.”