In Arch Manning\u2019s second start in the Red River Rivalry, the Longhorns quarterback threw the first pick-six of his college career.<\/p>\n
And it ended up being a decisive one. When Oklahoma\u2019s Peyton Bowen, a Denton Guyer product, returned Manning\u2019s pass 42 yards for a touchdown on Saturday at the Cotton Bowl, the Sooners took a 24-17 lead with 6:32 remaining in the fourth quarter. Oklahoma had scored 17 unanswered points after trailing Texas 17-7 at halftime.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was trying to extend the play and throw it to Cam [Coleman] and missed high. You can\u2019t do that backed up,\u201d said Manning, who didn\u2019t speak much postgame.<\/p>\n
While Manning quickly redeemed himself on the next Longhorns possession, a seven-play, 75-yard drive capped by a 15-yard touchdown to Jermaine Bishop that tied the contest, he threw another interception with 19 seconds remaining.<\/p>\n
That costly turnover set up Oklahoma\u2019s game-winning drive, which ended with a 47-yard Tate Sandell field goal as time expired. The 27-24 loss was the No. 1 Longhorns\u2019 first of the season and first to the Sooners since 2023.<\/p>\n
Many could point to Texas\u2019 special teams woes, penalties and its missed 53-yard field goal with just under two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter as reasons why it could not take care of Oklahoma on Saturday. Manning\u2019s performance is another one.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t be loose with the ball,\u201d Manning said.<\/p>\n
He was 19 of 31 for 260 yards and three touchdowns, but those two late turnovers with the game close late will likely be what resonates most. They punctuated a slower day on the Texas offense, which finished 3 of 14 on third-down conversions and with 122 yards on the ground.<\/p>\n
But Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian said postgame Manning fought throughout the whole contest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With him at quarterback, Texas recorded 382 yards of offense to Oklahoma\u2019s 238, and he helped put them in position to win twice on the team\u2019s final touchdown drive and when he marched the Longhorns into field goal range late in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Arch competed his tail off and he made some tremendous plays to the shots down the field to the drives when we had to have them,\u201d Sarkisian said. \u201cHe went to make a play and the ball gets intercepted. \u2026 I think as the competitor in him he\u2019d love to have that back, but he was competing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sarkisian, knowing his No. 1 team had just been dethroned, emphasized repeatedly after the loss to Oklahoma that the Longhorns aren\u2019t dead yet with many more big games remaining on their schedule.<\/p>\n
All of Texas\u2019 next five opponents are ranked, and that slate of games begins next week against Florida.<\/p>\n
With hopes of winning out and securing a third bid to the College Football Playoff since 2023, the Longhorns will need more from Manning. And he knows that.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got to do a better job, especially me not being loose with the ball,\u201d Manning said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Arch Manning\u2019s second start in the Red River Rivalry, the Longhorns quarterback threw the first pick-six of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28,144221,156465,88146,88145],"class_list":["post-462599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-tp-college-football","tag-tp-oklahoma-sooners","tag-tp-texas-longhorns","tag-tp-colleges"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462599","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=462599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}