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Arch Manning accounted for six total touchdowns in a resounding 52-30 win for the Texas Longhorns over the Arkansas Razorbacks.
AUSTIN - The Texas Longhorns (7-3) return home to Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon, where they are set to welcome their old Southwest Conference rival Arkansas Razorbacks (2-8), hoping to keep their slim College Football Playoff hopes alive.
Arch Manning passed for four touchdowns, ran for one and caught another to lead No. 17 Texas to a 52-37 win over Arkansas and keep the Longhorns clinging to hopes of making the College Football Playoff.
The Arkansas-Texas history rivalry may have lain dormant for many years, but it will be back in full force on the gridiron Saturday for the 81st matchup between the two teams and the first time Arkansas will play Texas in Austin since 2008.
On the first play from scrimmage, Arkansas running back Mike Washington Jr. gained 41 yards to put the Razorbacks into field goal range. Arkansas' second drive began with a Green completion to his tight end for 30 yards, followed later by an 18-yard Green scramble.
In No. 18 Texas' 52-37 victory against Arkansas on Saturday, Nov. 22, Manning was precise and productive, throwing for 389 yards and four touchdowns.