No. 19 Texas coughed up a 21-point lead however did sufficient within the fourth quarter to take down No. 7 Ole Miss 34-27.
The Longhorns led 24-3 at halftime and proceeded to surrender 21 straight factors as Ole Miss tied the sport. However Arch Manning’s quick landing run with 8:04 to go put the Longhorns forward for good earlier than a curious tactical resolution harm Ole Miss’ possibilities of successful the sport.
However the Rebels nonetheless by some means had a shot to not less than tie the sport within the remaining minutes.
After kicking a area purpose to chop Texas’ result in seven inside the ultimate two minutes, the Rebels wanted to get better an onside kick. And so they did after the kick bounced off a number of gamers.
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However with none timeouts, Ole Miss ran out of time. The Rebels acquired to the Texas 24-yard line, however Trinidad Chambliss’ last-gasp go was intercepted ultimately zone.
After Manning gave Texas a 31-24 lead, Ole Miss began with the ball by itself 47-yard line after a late hit penalty on the following kickoff return. The Rebels gained simply 12 yards and confronted fourth-and-10 from the Texas 41-yard line whereas trailing by seven.
A area purpose would merely minimize Texas’ result in 4 with simply over six minutes to go. The Rebels would nonetheless want to seek out the top zone or kick two extra area objectives to take the lead. And but, Ole Miss coach Pete Golding despatched out Lucas Carneiro for a 58-yard area purpose try.
The play clock was winding down because the strong-legged Carneiro lined up for the kick. As a substitute of taking a delay of sport and punting — a defensible resolution given the sport context — Golding referred to as his first timeout. He then saved Carneiro on the sphere to attempt to minimize the result in 4.
The kick was blocked.
Texas then drained almost 4 minutes off the clock earlier than Gianni Spetic’s quick area purpose made it a two-possession lead that Ole Miss in the end couldn’t overcome.