Florida stun No. 7 Texas 27-24 as Arch Manning fumbles away the comeback
Florida came from 17-3 down to beat No. 7 Texas 27-24 in Austin, sealed by Myles Graham's strip-sack of Arch Manning in the final two minutes. Texas star Colin Simmons was carted off with a leg injury in the fourth quarter.
Florida erased a 14-point deficit to beat No. 7 Texas 27-24 at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, sealing the upset when Myles Graham stripped Arch Manning with 1:58 left and Kanye Clark recovered at the Texas 39.
Texas led 17-3 before the Gators tied it 17-17 in the second half. Florida took its first lead of the afternoon on Patrick Durkin’s 28-yard field goal with 10:40 left in the fourth quarter, then stretched it to 27-17 on Jadan Baugh’s 11-yard touchdown run with 6:22 to go. Manning answered with the biggest throw of his afternoon — a 62-yard strike to Emmett Mosley V on fourth-and-6 from the Texas 29 — before hitting Cam Coleman for a 9-yard touchdown with 4:21 left.
Graham’s 9-yard sack and forced fumble on the Longhorns’ final possession ended the comeback. The loss followed last weekend’s second-half collapse against Oklahoma.
The win came at a cost for Texas: star edge rusher Colin Simmons, who entered with a nation-leading 9.5 sacks, was carted off with an apparent leg injury in the fourth quarter after being helped off the field putting no weight on his leg.
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