Texas Outlasts Kentucky in Overtime Thriller
Texas defeated Kentucky 16-13 in overtime in Week 8, capturing a dramatic contest that featured 20 lead changes and kept both teams competitive throughout. The Longhorns scored 7 points in the second quarter and added a field goal in the third and fourth quarters before securing the win in the extra period with a 3-point drive.
Kentucky kept pace with a scoreless first half before adding a field goal in the third quarter. The Wildcats mounted a fourth-quarter surge, scoring 10 points to take the lead before Texas forced overtime. Cutter Boley led Kentucky's offense with 258 passing yards and 45 rushing yards, while Fred Farrier II led receivers with 7 catches.
The game remained tightly contested throughout, with neither team able to pull away decisively. Texas's defense made crucial plays in overtime, including a critical stop on fourth-and-goal at the 1-yard line. The final score fell under the 45-point over-under, while Kentucky covered the 12-point spread, finishing closer than expected in a low-scoring battle decided only in the extra period.
AI-generated recap · Aug 7, 2026
| Team | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Texas | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
 Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
Scoring Timeline
Drive Chart
Box Score
| Statistic | Texas | Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| Passing | 12-27 | 31-40 |
| Pass Yards | 132 | 258 |
| Rush Yards | 47 | 137 |
| Total Yards | 179 | 395 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| 3rd Down | 5-16 | 7-18 |
| Penalties | 7-50 | 3-25 |
| Possession | 20:37 | 39:23 |
Player Leaders
Player Leaders
Play-by-Play
Seth McGowan run for no gain to the UK 25
Cutter Boley pass complete to Seth McGowan for 8 yds to the UK 33
Cutter Boley pass complete to Seth McGowan for 15 yds to the UK 48 for a 1ST down
Seth McGowan run for 3 yds to the TEX 49
Cutter Boley pass incomplete to Willie Rodriguez
Cutter Boley pass complete to Hardley Gilmore IV for 10 yds to the TEX 39 for a 1ST down
Cutter Boley pass complete to Henry Boyer for 14 yds to the TEX 25 for a 1ST down
Dante Dowdell run for 2 yds to the TEX 23
Cutter Boley run for 6 yds to the TEX 17
Cutter Boley run for 1 yd to the TEX 16
Dante Dowdell run for no gain to the TEX 16
Quintrevion Wisner run for 2 yds to the TEX 18
Arch Manning pass incomplete to Jordan Washington
Arch Manning run for 14 yds to the TEX 32 for a 1ST down
Arch Manning pass incomplete to Ryan Wingo
Arch Manning pass complete to Ryan Wingo for 7 yds to the TEX 39
Arch Manning pass incomplete to Jack Endries
PENALTY UT False Start 5 yards from UT39 to UT34. NO PLAY.
Jack Bouwmeester punt for 39 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the UK 27 Texas Penalty, (Yards) to the UK 27
Jack Bouwmeester punt for 39 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the UK 27 Texas Penalty, (-5 Yards) to the UK 32
Dante Dowdell run for 9 yds to the UK 41
Cutter Boley pass incomplete to Hardley Gilmore IV
Cutter Boley pass incomplete to Hardley Gilmore IV
Aidan Laros punt for 46 yds, fair catch by Ryan Niblett at the TEX 13
(06:13) Shotgun Manning,Arch pass incomplete deep right to Wingo,Ryan thrown to UT48 PENALTY UK Pass Interference (Hardaway,JQ) 15 yards from UT13 to UT28, 1ST DOWN. NO PLAY.
Arch Manning sacked for a loss of 10 yards to the TEX 18
Arch Manning pass complete to Quintrevion Wisner for 8 yds to the TEX 26
Arch Manning pass complete to Ryan Wingo for 15 yds to the TEX 41 for a 1ST down
Quintrevion Wisner run for 4 yds to the TEX 45
Arch Manning pass incomplete to Parker Livingstone
Arch Manning pass incomplete to Ryan Wingo
Jack Bouwmeester punt for 38 yds
Seth McGowan run for a loss of 4 yards to the UK 15
Cutter Boley pass complete to Ja'Mori Maclin for 10 yds to the UK 25
Cutter Boley pass complete to Ja'Mori Maclin for 5 yds to the UK 30 for a 1ST down
Cutter Boley pass complete to Willie Rodriguez for 11 yds to the UK 41 for a 1ST down
(01:11) No Huddle-Shotgun Boley,Cutter pass complete short middle to Law,Kendrick caught at UK40, for 2 yards to the UK43 (Lefau,Liona) PENALTY UK Illegal Shift 5 yards from UK41 to UK36. NO PLAY.
Cutter Boley pass incomplete to Ja'Mori Maclin
Dante Dowdell run for 9 yds to the UK 45
Cutter Boley pass complete to Kendrick Law for 11 yds to the TEX 44 for a 1ST down
Cutter Boley pass complete to Seth McGowan for 2 yds to the TEX 42
Seth McGowan run for 3 yds to the TEX 39
Cutter Boley sacked by Colin Simmons for a loss of 5 yards to the TEX 44
Aidan Laros punt for 44 yds for a touchback
Arch Manning pass complete to Jordan Washington for 25 yds to the TEX 45 for a 1ST down
Arch Manning pass incomplete to Jordan Washington
Arch Manning pass complete to Ryan Niblett for 3 yds to the TEX 42
Arch Manning pass complete to DeAndre Moore Jr. for 19 yds to the UK 39 for a 1ST down
Arch Manning run for 3 yds to the UK 36
Arch Manning pass complete to Jack Endries for a loss of 1 yard to the UK 37
Arch Manning run for a loss of 1 yard to the UK 38
Jack Bouwmeester punt for 29 yds
Cutter Boley sacked by Trey Moore for a loss of 8 yards to the UK 1
Cutter Boley run for 3 yds to the UK 4
Dante Dowdell run for 3 yds to the UK 7
Aidan Laros punt for 43 yds , Ryan Niblett returns for 45 yds to the UK 5
Arch Manning run for 4 yds to the UK 1
Arch Manning pass incomplete to Nick Townsend
Quintrevion Wisner run for 1 yd for a TD (Mason Shipley KICK)
Seth McGowan run for 4 yds to the UK 29
Cutter Boley pass complete to Josh Kattus for 7 yds to the UK 36 for a 1ST down
Seth McGowan run for 6 yds to the UK 42
Seth McGowan run for 4 yds to the UK 46 for a 1ST down
Cutter Boley pass complete to Kendrick Law for 8 yds to the UK 38
Cutter Boley pass complete to Seth McGowan for 4 yds to the UK 42
Cutter Boley pass intercepted Anthony Hill Jr. return for 3 yds to the UK 46
Christian Clark run for 5 yds to the UK 41
Christian Clark run for 8 yds to the UK 33 for a 1ST down
Christian Clark run for no gain to the UK 33
Arch Manning sacked for a loss of 6 yards to the UK 39
Arch Manning pass incomplete to Ryan Wingo
Jack Bouwmeester punt for 29 yds, fair catch by Ty Bryant at the UK 10
Seth McGowan run for 5 yds to the UK 15
Seth McGowan run for 7 yds to the UK 22 for a 1ST down
Cutter Boley pass complete to Seth McGowan for 6 yds to the UK 28
Cutter Boley pass complete to Seth McGowan for 16 yds to the UK 44 for a 1ST down
Cutter Boley pass complete to Ja'Mori Maclin for 18 yds to the TEX 38 for a 1ST down
Cutter Boley pass complete to DJ Miller for 9 yds to the TEX 29
Cutter Boley sacked by Malik Muhammad for a loss of 6 yards to the TEX 35
Jacob Kauwe 53 yd FG MISSED
A. Manning takes a knee
End of 2nd Quarter
Quintrevion Wisner run for 8 yds to the TEX 33
Quintrevion Wisner run for no gain to the TEX 33
Arch Manning run for 1 yd to the TEX 34
Jack Bouwmeester punt for 47 yds, fair catch by Ty Bryant at the UK 19
Dante Dowdell run for a loss of 1 yard to the UK 18
Cutter Boley pass complete to Troy Stellato for 4 yds to the UK 22
Cutter Boley pass complete to Hardley Gilmore IV for 9 yds to the UK 31 for a 1ST down
Seth McGowan run for 3 yds to the UK 34 Seth McGowan fumbled, recovered by TEX Shiyazh Pete
Dante Dowdell run for 3 yds to the UK 37
Cutter Boley run for 7 yds to the UK 44 for a 1ST down
Cutter Boley pass complete to Jason Patterson for 10 yds to the TEX 46 for a 1ST down
Jason Patterson run for 1 yd to the TEX 45
Cutter Boley pass complete to Dante Dowdell for 2 yds to the TEX 43
Cutter Boley run for 5 yds to the TEX 38
Cutter Boley pass complete to Hardley Gilmore IV for 4 yds to the TEX 34 for a 1ST down
Jason Patterson run for 7 yds to the TEX 27
Jason Patterson run for a loss of 3 yards to the TEX 30
Dante Dowdell run for 2 yds to the TEX 28
Jacob Kauwe 46 yd FG GOOD
Quintrevion Wisner run for 5 yds to the TEX 30
Arch Manning pass complete to Emmett Mosley V for 31 yds to the UK 39 for a 1ST down
Arch Manning pass incomplete to Jack Endries
Quintrevion Wisner run for 4 yds to the UK 35
Arch Manning pass incomplete to Parker Livingstone
Mason Shipley 53 yd FG GOOD
Mason Shipley kickoff for 64 yds , Kendrick Law return for 20 yds to the UK 21
Cutter Boley pass complete to Willie Rodriguez for 2 yds to the UK 23
Cutter Boley pass complete to Jason Patterson for 6 yds to the UK 17
Cutter Boley pass incomplete to Willie Rodriguez
Aidan Laros punt for 51 yds, fair catch by Ryan Niblett at the TEX 32
Arch Manning pass incomplete to Christian Clark
Arch Manning pass incomplete to Parker Livingstone
Arch Manning sacked by Steven Soles Jr. for a loss of 8 yards to the TEX 24
PENALTY UT Illegal Snap (St. Louis,Lance) 5 yards from UT24 to UT19. NO PLAY.
Jack Bouwmeester punt for 51 yds , Ty Bryant returns for 14 yds to the UK 44
Cutter Boley pass complete to Josh Kattus for 11 yds to the TEX 45 for a 1ST down
Jason Patterson run for 4 yds to the TEX 41
Jason Patterson run for 11 yds to the TEX 30 for a 1ST down
(12:50) No Huddle-Shotgun Boley,Cutter pass incomplete deep left to Gilmore IV,Hardley thrown to UT00 PENALTY UT Pass Interference (Guilbeau,Jaylon) 15 yards from UT30 to UT15, 1ST DOWN. NO PLAY.
Jason Patterson run for a loss of 1 yard to the TEX 16
Cutter Boley run for 16 yds for a TD (Jacob Kauwe KICK)
Quintrevion Wisner run for no gain to the TEX 25
Quintrevion Wisner run for 5 yds to the TEX 30
Arch Manning pass incomplete to Emmett Mosley V
Jack Bouwmeester punt for 51 yds
Jason Patterson run for 1 yd to the UK 15
Cutter Boley pass complete to Willie Rodriguez for 19 yds to the UK 34 for a 1ST down
Cutter Boley sacked by Colin Simmons for a loss of 3 yards to the UK 31
Cutter Boley sacked by Colin Simmons for a loss of 2 yards to the UK 29 Cutter Boley fumbled, recovered by TEX Joshua Braun , return for 0 yards
Cutter Boley run for 13 yds to the UK 42
Aidan Laros punt for 34 yds
Arch Manning run for a loss of 1 yard to the TEX 23
Arch Manning pass incomplete to Ryan Wingo
Arch Manning pass complete to Quintrevion Wisner for 8 yds to the TEX 31
Jack Bouwmeester punt for 52 yds, fair catch by Troy Stellato at the UK 17
Seth McGowan run for 6 yds to the UK 23
Seth McGowan run for 5 yds to the UK 28 for a 1ST down
Seth McGowan run for 2 yds to the UK 30
Cutter Boley pass complete to Hardley Gilmore IV for 11 yds to the UK 41 for a 1ST down
PENALTY UK False Start (Rodriguez,Willie) 5 yards from UK41 to UK36. NO PLAY.
Seth McGowan run for 1 yd to the UK 37
Cutter Boley pass incomplete to Willie Rodriguez
Cutter Boley pass complete to Fred Farrier II for 7 yds to the UK 44
Aidan Laros punt for 41 yds , Ryan Niblett returns for 43 yds to the UK 42
Quintrevion Wisner run for 6 yds to the UK 36
PENALTY UT False Start (Washington,Jordan) 5 yards from UK36 to UK41. NO PLAY.
Quintrevion Wisner run for 2 yds to the UK 39
Arch Manning pass complete to DeAndre Moore Jr. for 9 yds to the UK 30 for a 1ST down
Quintrevion Wisner run for no gain to the UK 30
Arch Manning pass complete to DeAndre Moore Jr. for 9 yds to the UK 21
Arch Manning run for no gain to the UK 21
Mason Shipley 39 yd FG GOOD
Mason Shipley kickoff for 64 yds , Hardley Gilmore IV return for 26 yds to the UK 27
Cutter Boley run for 16 yds to the UK 43 for a 1ST down
Cutter Boley pass complete to Seth McGowan for 17 yds to the TEX 40 for a 1ST down
Cutter Boley pass incomplete to Fred Farrier II
Cutter Boley pass complete to Josh Kattus for 4 yds to the TEX 36
(00:22) No Huddle-Shotgun Boley,Cutter pass complete short right to McGowan,Seth caught at UT37, for 3 yards to the UT33 (Williams,Jonah) PENALTY UT Offside (Moore,Trey) 5 yards from UT36 to UT31. NO PLAY.
Cutter Boley pass complete to DJ Miller for 4 yds to the TEX 27 for a 1ST down
Cutter Boley pass incomplete
Jacob Kauwe 45 yd FG GOOD
Aidan Laros kickoff for 51 yds , Ryan Niblett return for 11 yds to the TEX 25
End of 4th Quarter
A. Manning takes a knee
C.Boley pass complete. Catch made by K.Law for 22 yards. Pushed out of bounds by J.Guilbeau at TEX 3.
D.Dowdell rushed for 0 yards. Tackled by A.Hill at TEX 3.
C.Boley rushed for 2 yards. Tackled by J.McDonald at TEX 1.
D.Dowdell rushed for 0 yards. Tackled by M.Taaffe; L.Lefau at TEX 1.
D.Dowdell rushed for 0 yards. Tackled by M.Taaffe at TEX 1.
Q.Wisner rushed for yards. Tackled by T.Nichols at UK 25. PENALTY on TEX-B.Baker, Offensive Holding, 10 yards, accepted. No Play.
A.Manning pass complete. Catch made by R.Niblett for 5 yards. Tackled by T.Bryant; S.Greene at UK 30.
A.Manning steps back to pass. Pass incomplete intended for R.Wingo.
A.Manning rushed for 3 yards. Tackled by J.Lovett at UK 27.
M.Shipley 45 yard field goal attempt is good, Center-L.St. Louis, Holder-J.Bouwmeester.