Florida Gators 29, No. 9 Texas Longhorns 21 · Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, FL · October 4, 2025 · Att. 90,714 · ESPN
Arch Manning was sacked six times. DJ Lagway threw for 298 yards and posted a 94.0 QBR. A true freshman named Dallas Wilson — who had spent most of fall camp in a walking boot — walked into the Swamp for his first college game and left with 111 receiving yards, two touchdowns, and a place in Florida program history. The Gators beat No. 9 Texas 29-21 on October 4, 2025, in Gainesville, ending a three-game losing skid and handing the Longhorns their second defeat of the season in their first visit to Ben Hill Griffin Stadium since 1940.
What follows is the complete box score and player statistics from the Florida–Texas matchup.
The numbers from Gainesville told an unambiguous story. Florida’s defensive line generated six sacks without relying on extra rushers — Brien Taylor Jr. led the group with 1.5, while George Gumbs Jr., Devin Moore, and Michai Boireau each recorded a full sack — and Texas managed just 52 rushing yards on 26 carries behind an offensive line that was beaten straight up. Manning finished as Texas’s leading rusher with 37 yards, which illustrated just how lopsided the ground game disparity was. On the other side, Lagway’s 94.0 QBR and Wilson’s 111-yard debut — the best receiving performance in program history by a first-year player — gave Florida the kind of individual performances that stand apart from a mid-season stat sheet. Anthony Hill Jr. finished with 14 total tackles, the most by any player in the game, in a losing effort for Texas.
Source: ESPN. Florida Gators vs. Texas Longhorns, October 4, 2025, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, FL.
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