Needing a win to maintain its Faculty Soccer Playoff hopes alive, the s managed to safe one Saturday evening.
Texas held off an Ole Miss rally and prevented an entire collapse within the second half ofs. With the win at Royal-Memorial Stadium, No. 19 Texas (5-2, 2-2) snapped a two-game dropping streak.
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Saturday's victory was additionally UT's second over a top-10 opponent this season.
Main the Longhorns to a victory was working again Raleek Brown, who rushed for 157 yards, and Ryan Wingo, who had 111 receiving yards. The UT protection additionally intercepted three passes that had been thrown by Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss, who entered the sport as a Heisman Trophy contender, with the final of these turnovers being recorded on the sport's last snap.
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Behind Arch Manning, Texas seizes one other double-digit lead
After Ole Miss went 3-and-out on its first drive, the 2 groups traded area targets. Then issues obtained bizarre. Throughout a four-play sequence within the first quarter, the next headlines and highlights occurred:
- Texas offensive lineman y and was carted off the sphere.
- Arch Manning was intercepted by Ole Miss cornerback Jalyn Crawford.
- Trinidad Chambliss was intercepted by UT linebacker Justin Cryer.
- Texas receiver Cam Coleman dropped what ought to have been a 59-yard landing.
Because of a 2-yard landing run by Manning – the quarterback's first speeding rating of the season – Texas exited the opening body with a 10-3 lead. The Longhorns then returned to the tip zone within the opening minutes of the second quarter throughout a landing drive that featured Manning speeding for 19 yards on a Third-and-17 try and Ryan Wingo hauling in a 50-yard toss.
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By the tip of the primary half, Texas had added sophomore working again Michael Terry III's first profession landing run to the field rating and had linebacker Rasheem Biles intercept a 4th-and-goal cross close to the purpose line within the waning minutes. These two performs gave UT its largest halftime lead over a ranked opponent for the reason that Longhorns additionally held a 24-3 edge midway by way of their 2024 journey to Michigan.
Ole Miss retains Texas on its heels, however Longhorns survive
Over its previous two losses in opposition to Oklahoma and Florida, Texas had constructed 17-7 and 17-3 leads earlier than spoiling each double-digit benefits. So a sold-out crowd at Royal-Memorial Stadium seemingly didn't really feel a lot aid at halftime regardless of the Longhorns' 21-point lead.
And it didn't take lengthy for the Rebels to make these followers sweat.
Ole Miss took benefit of Goosby's absence as Blake Buy blew previous Andre Cojoe on the left aspect of UT's offensive line to sack Manning and power a fumble that the Rebels recovered for a landing. Chambliss then threw a 6-yard landing cross to make it a 24-17 recreation with 6:46 left within the third quarter.
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Ole Miss outscored Texas by 14 factors within the third quarter and held the Longhorns to 19 yards of offense. To open the fourth quarter, Chambliss then threw a 27-yard landing cross to Horatio Fields to tie the sport.
However Texas lastly discovered a spark on offense within the fourth quarter as Texas put collectively a six-play, 80-yard drive that consisted of all runs and was capped by Manning's 1-yard run on a bootleg. Though Manning obtained his second landing of the day, the largest performs on that drive had been Brown's 47-yard dash by way of the Ole Miss protection and a 19-yard achieve by Terry.
Texas blocked an Ole Miss area purpose on the next drive, after which added d. The Rebels had yet another rally in them, nevertheless, and Ole Miss kicked a area purpose after which recovered an onside kick within the last minutes. However after Ole Miss drove to UT's 24-yard-line with 9 seconds left, Chambliss threw two incomplete passes earlier than Jelani McDonald intercepted an end-zone heave to finish the sport.
Longhorns to proceed homestand subsequent week in opposition to Mississippi State
Whereas trying to construct off any momentum that it seized on Saturday evening, Texas will return to Royal-Memorial Stadium subsequent weekend for its third straight house recreation. Mississippi State would be the Longhorns' visitor on Halloween evening.
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This season, Mississippi State is 4-3 with a 2-3 mark in SEC play. The Bulldogs are coming off a 23-15 loss to Oklahoma this weekend.
Texas owns a 4-2 lead in an all-time collection with Mississippi State that dates again to 1921. The Longhorns have crushed Mississippi State in every of the previous two seasons, however r.
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