Florida football will host Texas in an afternoon start at The Swamp.
The Florida Gators (1-3, 0-1 SEC) will face the No. 7 Longhorns (3-1, 0-0 SEC) in a 3:30 p.m. kickoff on Oct. 4. The game will either be televised on ESPN or ABC, pending the outcomes of games on Sept. 27.
Florida is heading into an open week coming off a 26-7 loss at No. 6 Miami on Sept. 20. UF’s offense remains stuck in the mud under fourth-year coach Billy Napier, as the Gators have scored just three touchdowns over their last three games.
Texas, which joined the SEC in 2024, is making its first trip to The Swamp since Dec. 7, 1940, a game the Longhorns won 26-0. Florida is 0-3-1 against Texas and lost 49-17 to the Longhorns at Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas last, season.
The game was billed as a matchup of marquee quarterbacks before the start of the 2025, but it hasn’t panned out that way so far. Texas quarterback Arch Manning, the nephew of former NFL quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning and grandson of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning, has gone 3-1 as a starter while passing for 888 yards with 3 TDs to 1 interception. Florida football quarterback DJ Lagway, meanwhile, is enduring a sophomore slump, as he’s passed for 690 yards in four games with 5 TDs to 6 interceptions.
Kevin Brockway is The Gainesville Sun’s Florida beat writer. Contact him at kbrockway@gannett.com. Follow him on X @KevinBrockwayG1. Read his coverage of the Gators’ national championship basketball season in “CHOMP-IONS!” — a hardcover coffee-table collector’s book from The Sun. Details at Florida.ChampsBook.com
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Reporting by Kevin Brockway, Gainesville Sun / The Gainesville Sun
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