It was another week for Arch Manning to be in the spotlight with Quinn Ewers injured. The nephew of Peyton and Eli Manning once again fulfilled his time as Texas QB1.
The top-ranked Longhorns defeated Mississippi State 35-13 behind a strong effort from Manning.
Manning finished the game 26 of 31 for 324 yards and two touchdowns through the air. Manning added 33 rushing yards and another touchdown.
Texas’ backup quarterback had to face some adversity as the Bulldogs kept the game close to the nation’s No. 1 team well into the fourth quarter.
Mississippi State is having a horrible season by their standards falling to 1-4, and Manning didn’t give the traveling Bulldogs much respite.
Manning started another game for Texas and led his team to victory over Mississippi State.
Manning now improves to 3-0 in games in which he has played the majority of the snaps at quarterback.
Texas heads into a bye next week before a critical two-game stretch, with Manning possibly still pulling the strings.
On October 12, the Longhorns’ biggest rivalry games were played under the SEC banner for the first time with Red River’s matchup against Oklahoma.
A week later, Texas hosts Georgia in what will likely be a matchup between two top-five teams with huge national championship implications.
The starter from Texas’ opener in Ewers has not played since the second quarter against UTSA with an oblique injury.
With how well Manning has played, some would believe he shouldn’t give up the starting job regardless of Ewers’ health.
However, Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian has maintained that if Ewers can play, he will not sit on the bench.