AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has officially been reprimanded for the actions of its fans on Saturday, as the SEC announced a $250,000 fine among other penalties.

In the third quarter of Saturday’s game, Texas fans tossed trash onto the field to voice their displeasure at an officiating decision.

“The throwing of debris and resulting interruption of play that took place Saturday night cannot be part of any SEC event,” SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said in a statement. “The SEC is assigned responsibility by its membership to enforce its sportsmanship and game management policies and these actions are consistent with that oversight responsibility, including the financial penalty and mandated reviews.”

In addition to the fine, Texas will face the following penalties as well:

  • Be required to use all available resources, including security, stadium and television video, to identify individuals who threw objects onto the playing field or at the opposing team. All individuals identified as having been involved in disrupting the game shall be prohibited from attending Texas Athletics events for the remainder of the 2024-25 academic and athletic year;
  • Review and update its Athletics Department game management procedures and alcohol availability policies to prevent a recurrence of Saturday night’s disruption, which shall include an evaluation of agreed upon SEC Sportsmanship, Game Management and Alcohol policies to verify full compliance with existing standards, and
  • Following completion of this review, the University shall provide a report to the Conference Office to summarize its efforts to identify and penalize offenders and its plan to enact policies to prevent future similar incidents while ensuring compliance with Conference standards.

The SEC did announce that it would not be suspending alcohol sales at Texas but does reserve the right to do so.

Sankey has not yet commented on the officiating on Saturday’s game. The officials ultimately overturned the initial penalty, but only after the lengthy delay caused by the trash on the field.

The SEC did offer an explanation of the events on Saturday night.

Texas, Georgia AD Josh Brooks and Kirby Smart have all commented on the events of Saturday.

“I will say that now we’ve set a precedent that if you throw a bunch of stuff on the field and endanger athletes, that you’ve got a chance to get your call reversed,” Smart said. “And that’s unfortunate, because to me, that’s dangerous. That’s not what we want. That’s not criticizing officials. That’s what happened.”

Georgia did still win the game on Saturday, beating Texas 30-15. The win moves Georgia to 6-1 on the season. The Bulldogs are now the No. 2 ranked team in the country in the latest AP Poll.

The Bulldogs are off this next week. Georgia’s next game comes against Florida on Nov. 2. The next home game for Georgia comes on Nov. 16 against Tennessee.