AUSTIN, Texas (UT Athletics) – The fifth-ranked Texas Longhorns jumped out to a 35-0 first-half lead and never looked back, beating Florida 49-17 in front of a crowd of 103,375 on Saturday at Darrell K. Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium.
Quinn Ewers had a career day, going 19-of-27 with 333 passing yards and a career-high five touchdown passes. He tossed two touchdowns to Matthew Golden, and one each to Quintrevion Wisner, Isiah Bond and Gunner Helm.
Jerrick Gibson was the Longhorns' leading rusher in the game, with 100 yards and one touchdown on 16 carries.
The Longhorn defense forced three turnovers with a fumble recovery and two interceptions. Texas has forced a turnover in all nine games this season & 17-straight games overall.
Texas opened the scoring on its second possession of the game, with a seven-play 85-yard touchdown drive. Bond had a big play on the drive with a 44-yard run to get Texas deep into Florida territory. The drive was capped off with a 29-yard touchdown pass from Ewers to Golden.
The Longhorn defense got the ball right back for the offense as Anthony Hill forced a fumble that was recovered by Trey Moore. Texas punched it in the endzone two plays later with Helm catching a 22-yard touchdown pass.
Florida missed a 30-yard field goal early in the second quarter and the Longhorns quickly went and scored again as Wisner put the Longhorns up 21-0 with a 50-yard touchdown reception.
Texas put an exclamation point on the first half with two more scores in the final two minutes to take a commanding 35-0 lead. Golden caught his second touchdown reception of the game for Ewer's fourth TD pass of the half. After an interception by Ty'Anthony Smith gave Texas the ball back deep in Florida territory, Jaydon Blue punched in a 5-yard touchdown run with 23 seconds left in the half.
The second half started just like the first half ended, as Andrew Mukuba intercepted a Gators' pass to set the Longhorns up yet again. Ewers quickly tossed his fifth touchdown of the game, a 34-yard reception to Bond to make the lead 42-0.
Florida got on the board in the third quarter with a 23-yard field goal by Trey Smack and a two-yard touchdown run later in the quarter.
Gibson rushed in a two-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter to extend the Longhorns' lead to 49-10. The Gators scored one more touchdown later in the fourth quarter to complete the scoring.
UP NEXT
Texas will head back on the road next week, traveling to Arkansas on Saturday, Nov. 16 for an 11 a.m. kick with the game broadcast on ABC.