{"id":86211,"date":"2026-01-01T04:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T04:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/86211\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T04:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T04:03:12","slug":"arch-manning-dazzles-in-texas-citrus-bowl-win-over-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/86211\/","title":{"rendered":"Arch Manning dazzles in Texas&#8217; Citrus Bowl win over Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 Arch Manning made big plays with his arm and his legs Wednesday in the Citrus Bowl, throwing two touchdown passes and putting it away with a 60-yard scoring run in a 41-27 victory that ended a rough month for No. 14 Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>Manning was an easy choice as the Citrus Bowl MVP, and that was before he burst up the middle on his 60-yarder that gave the Longhorns (10-3) a 38-27 lead, the first time all game either team led by more than one score.<\/p>\n<p>Manning was 21 of 34 for 221 yards passing, and he ran nine times for 155 yards.<\/p>\n<p>Arch Manning outruns the Wolverines defense on his way to a 60-yard touchdown run during the second half of Texas\u2019 41-27 win over Michigan in the Citrus Bowl on Dec. 31, 2025, in Orlando, Fla. AP<\/p>\n<p>He delivered a perfect throw to Kaliq Lockett on a 30-yard TD for a 31-27 lead, the first time Texas led since a field goal on its opening drive.<\/p>\n<p>That was one play after he scrambled 15 yards for a first down on fourth-and-2. Manning twice converted on fourth down with clutch runs, both times extending drives that led to touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Whittingham, who arrived in Orlando on Saturday to start meeting with players, watched from the box at the Citrus Bowl. The l<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/26\/sports\/former-utah-coach-kyle-whittingham-emerges-as-michigans-top-target-after-sherrone-moore-firing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ongtime Utah coach takes over a Michigan team<\/a> (9-4) that produced a strong running game and played tough on defense despite missing its top two defenders who opted out of the game.<\/p>\n<p>But there was no answer for Manning, who accounted for about 80% of the Longhorns\u2019 offense.<\/p>\n<p>Arch Manning looks for a receiver during the first half of Texas\u2019 win over Michigan in the Citrus Bowl. AP<\/p>\n<p>Bryce Underwood, Michigan\u2019s freshman quarter, kept the Wolverines in the game until a pair of late interceptions sealed it. <\/p>\n<p>He was 23 of 42 for 199 yards and two touchdowns, along with three interceptions in the last 18 minutes of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Underwood, who ran for 77 yards, scampered for a 5-yard touchdown run by diving to touch the pylon, giving Michigan its last lead at 27-24 with just under 11 minutes to go.<\/p>\n<p>Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian watches play during Texas\u2019 win over Michigan in the Citrus Bowl. AP<\/p>\n<p>Hisd pass was intercepted by Ty\u2019Anthony Smith over the middle after Texas had taken the lead, and Smith picked him another along the sideline on the next drive.<\/p>\n<p>Biff Poggi lost for the first time as Michigan\u2019s interim coach. Poggi coached victories over Nebraska and Central Michigan when former coach Sherrone Moore served a two-game suspension related to the sign-stealing scandal from 2023.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/10\/sports\/michigan-fires-sherrone-moore-for-inappropriate-relationship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Moore was fired three weeks ago<\/a> for having an extramarital affair with a staffer, and he was arrested and charged with three crimes later in the day for breaking into the woman\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p>Whittingham brings a history of toughness and discipline from his 21 years at Utah, which Michigan hopes can go a long way toward bringing some stability to a culture in chaos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 Arch Manning made big plays with his arm and his legs Wednesday in the Citrus&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[30211,11590,12023,9,11,10,319,41824,30212],"class_list":["post-86211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-arch-manning","tag-college-football","tag-michigan-wolverines","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-sports","tag-steve-sarkisian","tag-texas-longhorns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}