{"id":476960,"date":"2026-10-26T08:30:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T08:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/476960\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T08:30:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T08:30:38","slug":"texas-longhorns-display-promising-trait-theyve-lacked-since-ohio-state-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/476960\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Longhorns Display Promising Trait They’ve Lacked Since Ohio State Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Arch Manning<\/a> walked to the sideline just after throwing his second interception of the game early in the fourth quarter, it felt like the Texas Longhorns <\/a>were set to continue the same story from the past two weeks.<\/p>\n

The Texas defense dominated the first half, while the Texas offense showed the necessary signs of life to take a multi-score lead. This time, that lead was 24-3 over Ole Miss, as the same Texas team that was written off after a second straight blown lead in the loss to Florida played its best 30 minutes of the season to start the game Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Arch Manning completed all but six of his 19 first-half passes and found the end zone twice\u2014once with his legs and once with a 50-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Wingo. His lone blemish: an interception that ESPN\u2019s Kirk Herbstreit attributed to an Ole Miss player blowing his assignment and jumping Manning\u2019s pass.<\/p>\n

The Turning Point\"Arch<\/p>\n

Oct 24, 2026; Austin, Texas, USA; Mississippi Rebels linebacker Luke Ferrelli (12) reacts after a defensive stop against Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning (16) during the second half at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Scott Wachter-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n

Then everything turned. The second-half’s opening drive ended with a score, just not for Texas, as Ole Miss recovered a strip-sack fumble in the end zone for its first touchdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Texas punted on its next three drives, while Ole Miss\u2019s offense scored two more touchdowns to tie the game before Manning\u2019s fourth-quarter mistake. He uncorked a deep ball intended for Emmett Mosley, but several Ole Miss defenders blanketed him and intercepted it.<\/p>\n

Ole Miss went to the locker room down three scores and still took all the momentum just minutes into the fourth quarter. For the third straight week, Texas saw a multi-score lead slip away, and they had no one to blame but themselves.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yet, unlike the previous two weeks, Texas didn\u2019t suffer the same fate. The Longhorns’ defense forced a punt in six plays after the pick, and Raleek Brown and the Texas run game took over.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brown ripped off a 47-yard run before Michael Terry III, the converted wide receiver playing running back, picked up 12 and 19 yards on back-to-back runs before Manning kept the ball on a quarterback rollout on the goal line to retake the lead.<\/p>\n

Momentum returned to the Burnt Orange as the defense forced Ole Miss to settle for a 58-yard Lucas Carneiro field goal, which defensive tackle Alex January blocked, before the Texas offense added to its lead with a field goal of its own.<\/p>\n

Even after Ole Miss<\/a> gave Texas another \u201chere we go again\u201d moment by recovering an onside kick that went through a Longhorn’s hands, Texas still showed the trait it hadn\u2019t shown since the Week 2 win at Ohio State: the ability to finish.<\/p>\n

A game-sealing turnover again played a role in the finish, but this time Manning watched from the sideline as Texas safety Jelani McDonald intercepted Trinidad Chambliss\u2019s heave to the end zone.<\/p>\n

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