LEXINGTON, Ky. \u2014 Mason Shipley kicked a 45-yard field goal in overtime and No. 21 Texas beat Kentucky 16-13 on Saturday night, despite a sub-par outing from Arch Manning and the Longhorns defense.<\/p>\n
Shipley also kicked a 39-yard field goal with a minute remaining to give the Longhorns (5-2, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) a 13-10 lead.<\/p>\n
Kentucky (2-4, 0-4) tied the score at 13-all on Jacob Kauwe\u2019s 45-yard field goal with 9 seconds remaining to send the game into overtime.<\/p>\n
The Longhorns managed just 179 total yards, but used two big punt returns by Ryan Niblett to hold off the Wildcats.<\/p>\n
Texas Longhorns kicker Mason Shipley (49) scores the winning field goal in overtime against the Kentucky Wildcats at Kroger Field. Jordan Prather-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
Texas Longhorns wide receiver Jaime Ffrench Jr. (2) and wide receiver Rett Andersen (35) celebrate with kicker Mason Shipley (49) after Shipley scored the winning field goal in overtime against the Kentucky Wildcats at Kroger Field. Jordan Prather-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
Niblett\u2019s 43-yard return in the fourth quarter set up Shipley\u2019s late field goal. Shipley also connected on a 53-yard field goal in the third quarter.<\/p>\n
Texas quarterback Arch Manning threw for 132 yards, while running back Quintrevion Wisner ran for Texas\u2019 lone touchdown in the second quarter.<\/p>\n
Texas defensive back Ryan Niblett (21) returns a punt in the second quarter of an NCAA college football game against Kentucky, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. AP<\/p>\n
Kentucky\u2019s defense limited Texas to 93 total yards in the first half. <\/p>\n
The Longhorns scored their only touchdown following Niblett\u2019s 45-yard punt return on DJ Campbell\u2019s fumble recovery in the end zone with 6:22 remaining in the first half.<\/p>\n
Arch Manning #16 of the Texas Longhorns throws a pass against the Kentucky Wildcats at Kroger Field on October 18, 2025 in Lexington, Kentucky. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Trailing 10-3 in the fourth quarter, Kentucky tied the score on quarterback Cutter Boley\u2019s 16-yard run with 12:04 remaining.<\/p>\n
Boley threw for 258 yards and rushed for for 27 more for the Wildcats, who doubled the Longhorns\u2019 offensive output with 395 yards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEXINGTON, Ky. \u2014 Mason Shipley kicked a 45-yard field goal in overtime and No. 21 Texas beat Kentucky…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3230,261,538,154,27,29,537,28],"class_list":{"0":"post-10575","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-arch-manning","9":"tag-college-football","10":"tag-kentucky-wildcats","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-texas-headlines","14":"tag-texas-longhorns","15":"tag-texas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}