Arch Manning makes Texas debut, plays entire fourth quarter of 57-7 win over Texas Tech
Freshman quarterback Arch Manning made his much-anticipated collegiate debut in the Texas Longhorns' football game against Texas Tech on Friday.
Manning had not appeared in a game during the first 11 weeks of UT's season. He entered the final game of the regular season with 2:03 left in the third quarter. Texas led 50-7 at the time.
Manning entered the game to a lot of applause from a sold-out crowd at Royal-Memorial Stadium. He handed the football off on his first two snaps but then picked up a first down when he took off on a 5-yard scramble. Manning drove UT down to the Texas Tech 6 on his first possession, but he misfired on a fourth-down pass into the end zone.
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On his first possession, Manning threw incomplete on both of his pass attempts. He mishandled a snap but also had 5- and 12-yard rushing gains.
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Manning was a five-star prize in the 2023 recruiting cycle. He is listed as the third-string quarterback on UT's depth chart, and Texas opted to start redshirt freshman Maalik Murphy instead earlier this season when Quinn Ewers was sidelined by a shoulder injury.
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