Arch Manning produced eight of Texas's twelve explosive plays
The scoreboard says rout. The interesting part is HOW — and whether it means anything.
Texas State never had a foothold. They run away from Texas State, 59-7 at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium. Texas led from start to finish and never let Texas State within striking distance. Arch Manning threw for 305 yards on 27 attempts with four touchdowns and ran three times for 6 yards.
One team finished its drives
Texas scored on 89% of its drives to Texas State's 18%: Arch Manning (24 pts), Ryan Wingo (6 pts) and Cam Coleman (12 pts). Texas produced 12 plays of 15+ yards to Texas State's 6, led by Arch Manning (involved in 8), Ryan Wingo (involved in 4) and Cam Coleman (involved in 2). Stacked together, it was never close.
How the two sides actually played on the night.
The names on it
Arch Manning threw for 305 yards on 27 attempts with four touchdowns and ran three times for 6 yards, including two of them from inside the 20, five third-down conversions and a hand in eight plays of 15 yards or more. Ryan Wingo caught seven passes for 121 yards, one of them for a touchdown, including a hand in four plays of 15 yards or more. Cam Coleman caught three passes for 70 yards, two of them for touchdowns, with that score from inside the 20 and two third-down conversions. For Texas State, Davian Jackson ran seven times for 29 yards and one score and caught one pass for 24 yards, with that score from inside the 20, five third-down conversions and a hand in five plays of 15 yards or more. Tucker Cusano caught three passes for 58 yards. Chris Dawn Jr. caught four passes for 40 yards, including three third-down conversions. Rasheem Biles was the disruptive one for Texas: 0.5 TFL, 1 INT, 1 forced fumble, 2.5 tackles.
Key players' yardage vs their per-game season norm.
What Texas State has to fix
The problems had names: Davian Jackson (1 interception).
Who got home
Three names to keep: Rasheem Biles (0.5 TFL, 1 INT, 1 forced fumble, 2.5 tackles) for Texas, Ryan Nolan (1 INT, 1 PBU, 3.5 tackles) for Texas State and Maraad Watson (1 sack, 1 TFL, 1 tackle) for Texas.
The order of events
Texas struck first through Arch Manning, led 28-7 at the half and Texas got the final points on a late touchdown by James Simon.
What it means
Historically similar games since 2019 — close margin, both offenses held far below norm — and how often that offense outperformed this level the following week.
Business handled for Texas. The question now is whether the opponent told us anything. Davian Jackson was responsible for 6 of Texas State's points; there was not enough behind him.
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