No. 5 Texas beats Florida Gators 49-17

The unranked and outmanned Florida Gators were no match for the No. 5 Texas Longhorns at Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas, on Saturday.

Starting quarterback DJ Lagway, injured a week earlier, didn’t play Saturday. Meanwhile, Texas had its way with what many have called an improved Gators defense. Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers threw for 333 yards and five touchdowns.

By the half, it wasn’t close. By the end, it was an ugly defeat.

Final score: Texas 49, Florida 17.

Texas improved to 8-1 overall and 4-1 in the SEC. The Longhorns came into the game with the No. 1 defense nationally in yards allowed. They gave up a season-high 329 to the Gators, but much of that came after Florida had fallen way behind.

Florida now is 4-5, 2-4. The Gators have dropped two straight, both to top-five teams.

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FOURTH QUARTER

-The Gators are the first team to get 300 yards of offense vs. Texas this season.

-The Gators have scored on a 7-yard touchdown run from Ja’Kobi Jackson to cap a long drive. SCORE: Texas 49, Florida 17, 8:27

-Florida just got a fumble with 11:40 left in the game. Forced by linebacker Myles Graham; recovered by defensive back Aaron Gates.

-Texas running back Jerrick Gibson, a freshman from Gainesville, Fla., just scored on a 14-yard run. At one time, he was a Florida commit. SCORE: Texas 49, Florida 10, 14:55

THIRD QUARTER

-Florida has found the end zone. Running back Jadan Baugh just scored on a 2-yard run to cap a 56-yard scoring drive. He now has 84 rushing yards on the day. SCORE: Texas 42, Florida 10, 1:30

–Arch Manning is in at QB for Texas. The Longhorns just went thee-and-out.

-The Gators have now scored in 457 games, the longest streak in college football. The points came via a Trey Smack 23-yard field goal. SCORE: Texas 42, Florida 3, 7:03

-Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers has just thrown his fifth touchdown pass of the day. This one covered 34 yards to Isaiah Bond. SCORE: Texas 42, Florida 0, 12:52

-The Gators began the quarter with an interception, giving the ball to Texas at the Florida 31.

SECOND QUARTER

-Texas has scored again, this time on a 5-yard rush from Jaydon Blue. SCORE: Texas 35, Florida 0, 0:23

-Things just went from bad to worse for the Gators as quarterback Aidan Warner was intercepted by the Longhorns with 58 seconds left in the first half.

-Texas has scored again — and quickly. The Longhorns just went 80 yards in four plays. Matthew Golden scored on a 32-yard pass from Quinn Ewers. SCORE: Texas 28, Florida 0, 1:19

-A potential Florida scoring drive was thwarted by a holding call and then a Texas sack. The Longhorns get the ball at their own 20 following a punt.

-Texas has an edge in yardage of 228-88.

-Texas has broken this thing open after a 50-yard touchdown pass from Quinn Ewers to Quintrevion Wisner. It was a one-play scoring drive. SCORE: Texas 21, Florida 0, 5:54

-An awful Gators drive just saw Florida go backwards to its own 15. Another punt is coming.

-Texas got to near midfield but was again forced to punt. The Gators take over at the Florida 17 with 7:47 left in the first half.

-The Gators just missed a 30-yard field goal, after a promising five-play, 42-yard drive.

-The Florida defense just forced a really nice three-and-out and Texas had to punt for the first time today.

-The Gators just punted again and Texas takes over at the 20 after a 62-yard effort from Jeremy Crawshaw. One minute into the second quarter and the Gators have 43 yards of offense.

FIRST QUARTER

–After the Florida turnover, Texas needed only two plays to score. Gunnar Helm caught a 22-yard pass from Quinn Ewers. SCORE: Texas 14, Florida 0, 3:11

-Florida running back Ja’Kobi Jackson fumbled and Texas recovered as the Gators 22.

-Right now, Texas has 128 yards. Florida has 16.

-Texas is on the board first. The Longhorns just went 85 yards in seven plays and scored when quarterback Quinn Ewers hit Matthew Golden with a 29-yard touchdown completion: SCORE: Texas 7, Florida 0, 3:43

-With Aidan Warner starting at quarterback due to Lagway’s injury, the Gators picked up one first down, but that was it and were forced to punt from their own 40. The drive netted 16 yards.

-Texas gained 43 yards on its first drive, but it ended with a missed 51-yard field goal from Bert Auburn. A big third-down sack from edge TJ Searcy was huge for the Gators.