Texas Hangs 59 on Texas State as Manning Throws Four Touchdowns
Arch Manning threw four touchdown passes, Texas scored on a fumble return, and Texas State went home with a 59-7 loss and three turnovers. Take away the fumble return and Texas still wins 52-7.
Cam Coleman caught a 6-yard touchdown from Manning with 10:31 left in the first quarter, and Ryan Wingo caught an 8-yarder with 4:14 left in the quarter. Raleek Brown ran in from 13 yards and Graceson Littleton returned a fumble 59 yards in the second quarter, and it was 28-0. Texas State finally scored on a 4-yard run by Davian Jackson with 3:59 left in the half. That was its only score of the game.
The third quarter belonged to Texas again. Manning hit Coleman from 20 yards, then Hollywood Smothers from 13, and Brown ran for a 21-yard score at 5:00 to make it 49-7. Gianni Spetic kicked a 48-yard field goal and James Simon ran in from 7 yards with 2:08 left for the final margin.
Texas gained 516 yards, 360 of them through the air, and Texas State had 349 yards of its own, which is not nothing. The difference was turnovers: Texas State threw one interception and lost two fumbles, while Texas lost no fumbles. Texas is 1-0 and Texas State is 0-1.
Manning threw an interception, so the day was not perfect. It just did not matter. Texas led by 21 or more from 7:53 of the second quarter on, and the halftime score was 28-7.
Fantasy-wise, Manning had 36.8 points, Wingo 25.1 on 121 yards and a score, and Coleman 22 on two touchdowns from three catches.