As if a 24-0 loss to Iowa State wasn't enough for the Texas Longhorns to deal with, the flight back home to Austin might have been worse.

The players were largely silent after being shut out by the Cyclones, but that didn't last long once the Longhorns thought the plane was going to crash. There was turbulence during the flight, bad enough that for a moment several players saw their lives flash before their eyes.

"I thought I was gone,” linebacker Peter Jinkens said.

Jinkens said he saw many of his teammates praying for long durations of the flight. Others like Malik Jefferson weren't panicked until one of the flight attendants addressed the team over the intercom.

“She's supposed to sound calm but she really sounded nervous,” Jefferson said. “That didn't help us at all.”

Johnathan Gray said the Longhorns dropped some 10,000 feet in a matter of seconds as the plane was attempting to find good airspace. The senior running back said he might have been the calmest Longhorn on the flight.

“You put in God's hands and I told myself and I told (Caleb) Bluiett there's only two things that can happen,” Gray said. “Either you go down and crash or you get through it. We got through it.”

Several players addressed the nightmarish trip home on Twitter:

By far the scariest flight I've ever been on. Turbulence had me rethinking all sorts of life decisions. — Trey Holtz (@TreyHoltz) November 1, 2015





@TreyHoltz I'm just over here in a full body sweat about to throw up nbd — Dylan Haines (@dylanhaines4) November 1, 2015



So which Longhorn handled what seemed like a near-death experience the worst?

“It was probably me,” Jefferson said. “I was all on Bryce's (Cottrell) seat holding onto him. I was holding on for dear life.”

The Longhorns have four games left in the regular season, but thankfully only the Nov. 13 game at West Virginia will involve a flight to and from the game.

But after the experience over the weekend that trip might be too soon for some.

"Worst plane ride I've ever been on in my life,” Jinkens said. “I'm really scared about flying up to West Virginia now, I'd rather bus honestly."