After a choppy offensive start in its prime-time matchup with Georgia, Texas inserted backup quarterback Arch Manning in place of starter Quinn Ewers trailing 20-0 late in the second quarter.
The top-ranked Longhorns came up empty on their first six drives of the game, managing just 29 total yards of offense. Ewers, playing in his second game back after missing two weeks with an oblique injury, was just 6 of 12 for 17 yards through the air with a pair of turnovers: a strip sack that set up Georgia’s first touchdown drive at the Texas 13, and an interception in his own territory that led to another Bulldogs touchdown.
The 19-year-old son of Cooper Manning, Arch represents the next generation of football royalty from the Manning family. His grandfather, Archie, starred at Ole Miss in the 1960s and played for the New Orleans Saints in the NFL. His uncles, Peyton and Eli, won two Super Bowls apiece in the NFL after decorated college careers at Tennessee and Ole Miss, respectively.
Manning led Texas to easy wins over Louisiana-Monroe and Mississippi State in Ewers’ absence.
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