Through three games in 2026, Texas’ game notes list Arch Manning at 60 of 97 passing, 61.9 percent, for 664 yards and seven touchdowns. That box score matches the three individual lines on the same sheet.
- Sept. 5, Texas State: 20 of 27 for 305 yards and four touchdowns. Texas won 59-7.
- Sept. 12, No. 1 Ohio State: 23 of 37 for 195 yards and a touchdown. Texas won 24-23. Manning was the SEC’s co-offensive player of the week.
- Sept. 19, UTSA: 17 of 33 for 164 yards and two touchdowns, plus 50 rushing yards on nine carries. He was Texas’ leading rusher. Texas won 30-6.
The starter line on the notes
The notes list Manning at 15-3 as a starter after the UTSA win, and 11-0 as a starter at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium. They also say his four wins against AP top-10 teams are the most among active FBS quarterbacks, and that his 33 touchdown passes since the start of 2025 tie Georgia’s Gunner Stockton for the most in the SEC.
Against Ohio State, the notes say Texas trailed 23-3 and then shut the Buckeyes out 21-0 in the fourth quarter. On the comeback drives, the notes say Manning was 13 of 18 for 125 yards and a touchdown, with two fourth-down completions, and that the winning score came with 25 seconds left.
Two other lines on the same sheet
The notes’ skill list puts Hollywood Smothers at 41 carries for 198 yards, 4.8 yards per carry, and Cam Coleman at 11 catches for 178 yards and four touchdowns. Those are season lines through the UTSA game, not a projection for Knoxville.
Manning’s next start on the Texas schedule is Saturday at Neyland Stadium, 11 a.m. CT on ABC. Television and radio details are in how to watch Texas at Tennessee.
Photo: Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium by Brint03, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Source: Texas game notes, Sept. 21, 2026; Texas 2026 schedule.
