Matthew Caldwell came off the bench and made the play every backup dreams about, throwing a 10-yard touchdown to Emmett Mosley V on his second snap in overtime to lift Texas football to a 45-38 victory over Mississippi State . The fourth-quarter rally erased a 17-point deficit and felt like a season-saver for the Longhorns. Expand Tweet

Starter Arch Manning put Texas on his back much of the day, finishing 29 of 46 for 346 yards with three passing touchdowns and a rushing score before exiting on the first play of overtime after taking a hard hit, via the ESPN box score. With Manning in the medical tent, Caldwell needed no warmup; he hit Mosley in stride to end it.

The comeback hinged on a few big swings. A 79-yard punt return by Ryan Niblett that flipped field position and mo

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