Gators end 3-game skid, hold off Arch, Longhorns

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- DJ Lagway threw for a season-high 289 yards and 2 touchdowns, some to a existent freshman making his assemblage debut, and Florida upset No. 9 Texas 29-21 connected Saturday to extremity a three-game skid.

Arch Manning and the Longhorns (3-2, 0-1 Southeastern Conference) had a accidental successful the last infinitesimal acknowledgment partially to a antiaircraft penalty, but helium threw incomplete heavy and was sacked twice.

Florida (2-3, 1-1) enjoyed its archetypal triumph since beating Long Island successful the play opener.

"Our fans showed up today," Florida manager Billy Napier said. "They showed up and showed out, and we are thankful for that. It was a bully SEC crippled retired determination today, and I deliberation it came down to the things that it typically does. We rushed the shot for 159 yards."

Lagway looked amended than helium had successful 4 erstwhile starts this season, and Dallas Wilson had a batch to bash with it. The Tampa autochthonal showed speed, hands and arguably the astir physicality of immoderate Florida receiver successful years.

Wilson's 55-yard TD drawback precocious successful the 3rd 4th was 1 of the astir awesome plays successful the Swamp since Tim Tebow and Percy Harvin dominated opponents regularly.

Wilson tossed speech cornerback Kobe Black astatine the enactment of scrimmage, spun retired of the grasp of information Jelani McDonald, tiptoed the sideline, ran done McDonald's 2nd effort astatine a tackle and past powered done information Michael Taaffe astatine the extremity line.

Wilson finished with six catches for 111 yards. It was the champion debut for a freshman receiver astatine Florida successful programme history. Wilson was the prima of Florida's outpouring crippled successful April but injured his near ft aboriginal successful autumn campy and spent weeks successful a walking boot.

He yet returned to signifier during Florida's disconnected week and provided the jolt the Gators needed to extremity a three-game descent successful which they scored 16, 10 and 7 points.

"DJ was a 180 backmost rating," Napier said. "He played truly clean, for the astir part."

Texas struggled to find consistency successful beforehand of a hostile assemblage of 90,714. Manning was hurried and harassed each afternoon. He threw for 263 yards, with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

Manning was sacked 7 times down a enactment that got bullied without blitzes successful Texas' archetypal sojourn to Gainesville since 1940.

Texas volition surely tumble retired of the apical 10 successful the adjacent AP Top 25 College Football Poll.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.