Nov. 15, 2014
COLLEGE STATION, Texas(AP)--Russell Hansbrough ran for a career-high 199 yards and two touchdowns to help Missouri to a 34-27 win over No. 24 Texas A&M on Saturday night.
Missouri (8-2, 5-1 SEC) scored 28 points in the third quarter to erase a seven-point halftime deficit and take a 34-20 lead.
The Aggies got within a touchdown early in the fourth quarter and had a chance to tie it with less than three minutes remaining, but lost a yard on fourth down from the Missouri 1.
The Tigers then ran out the clock to secure their fourth straight win and remain in first place in the SEC East.
Hansbrough ran for touchdowns of 49 and 45 yards in his fifth career 100-yard game in front of a crowd of more than 100,000 which included former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara.
Kyle Allen threw for 237 yards with three touchdowns and an interception for Texas A&M (7-4, 3-4).
He tossed a 4-yard pass over the head of safety Duron Singleton to Malcome Kennedy for a touchdown to cut Missouri's lead to 34-27 early in the fourth quarter.
Andrew Baggett's 49-yard field-goal attempt bounced off the right upright, giving the Aggies the ball back with 5 1/2 minutes remaining, but they came away empty after the fourth-down stop.
Missouri's Shane Ray had a sack to give him 13 this season, extending his school record. Maty Mauk threw for 252 yards with a touchdown and an interception.
The Tigers tied it at 13-13 when Mauk found Darius White in the end zone for a 16-yard touchdown reception early in the third quarter.
A&M responded quickly with Allen finding Josh Reynolds for a 56-yard touchdown catch three plays later to put the Aggies back up 20-13. The score gave Reynolds 12 touchdown receptions this season to tie a school record. He finished with five receptions for 125 yards.
Hansbrough knotted the score once again when he burst up the middle 49 yards for a touchdown less than two minutes later.
Missouri forced a punt and Hansbrough did it again on the next drive, this time evading three tacklers on his way to a 45-yard touchdown run to make it 27-20. A 16-yard touchdown run by freshman Ish Witter pushed the lead to 34-20 with about a minute left in the quarter.
Texas A&M's defense gave up 587 yards playing without linemen Myles Garrett and Ivan Robinson who missed the game with injuries.
Josh Reynolds grabbed a short pass from Allen, slipped from one defender and flipped over another and into the end zone for a 24-yard touchdown to give A&M a 10-3 lead about 10 minutes before halftime.
That score came after the Aggies got a fresh set of downs when Missouri was penalized for roughing the punter.
Bud Sasser had a 2-yard touchdown catch wiped out when he was called for pass interference and the Tigers settled for a 35-yard field goal to cut the lead to 10-6. Sasser finished with 83 yards receiving.
The Tigers were driving late in the second quarter when Armani Watts intercepted a pass and returned it 36 yards. Reynolds had a 32-yard reception to set up a 31-yard field goal to leave A&M up 13-6 at halftime.
ABOUT THE GAME...
That’s a Wrap with Reynolds ...
• Sophomore WR Josh Reynolds had another strong game with five catches for 125 yards and two touchdowns, marking his first career 100-yard game.
• His two touchdown catches give him 12 for the season, which match the school record set originally by Jeff Fuller in 2010 and matched by Mike Evans in 2013.
• Reynolds also took over the SEC lead after entering the day tied with Alabama WR Amari Cooper at 10 (Cooper had one TD catch vs. Mississippi State).
• The Aggies’ most consistent receiver, Reynolds is the only player with at least one catch in every game in 2014. He had two or more catches in 10-of-11 games.
Texas A&M Season Receiving TDs
Player TDs Year
Mike Evans 12 2013
Jeff Fuller 12 2010
Josh Reynolds 12 2014
Ryan Swope 11 2011
Jeff Fuller 9 2008
MILESTONES ...
• 100 Career Tackles: Junior DE Julien Obioha became the third current player with triple digit tackles for his career. Obioha came in with 98 and quickly had two in the first quarter to hit 100. He finished with 104 tackles.
• 100 Consecutive PAT: Senior PK Josh Lambo connected on three extra points which improved his streak of successful PATs to 101, which had only been accomplished previously by Randy Bullock in school history.
• 50 Touchdowns: With WR Josh Reynolds’ 24-yard TD catch in the second quarter, the Aggies have reached the 50-touchdown plateau for the sixth straight year and 10th time in school history.
Watts grabs Pickoff #3 ...
• True freshman safety Armani Watts grabbed his third interception of the season, which leads the team and ranks in a tie for second-most ever by a freshman at Texas A&M.
Freshman Season Interceptions
Player INTs Year
Jaxson Appel 4 2002
Armani Watts 3 2014
Trent Hunter 3 2008
Japhus Brown 3 2004
ALLEN MOVES UP FRESHMAN CHART ...
• True freshman QB Kyle Allen tossed three TDs against the Tigers to move his season total to 11 passing scores, which ranks No. 3 in school history by a freshman.
Freshman Season Passing TDs
Player TDs Year
Johnny Manziel 26 2012
Kevin Murray 14 1983
Kyle Allen 11 2014
Craig Stump 10 1984
Reggie McNeal 6 2002
Hitting half-million ...
• With another 100,000-plus crowd at Kyle Field, Texas A&M’s total attendance for 2014 over 500,000. It’s the first time that A&M has reached a half-million in fewer than six games.
• Tonight’s crowd was 104,756, which is the second-largest crowd in Kyle Field history.
GARRETT, ROBINSON OUT ...
• Texas A&M announced prior to the game that defensive starters Myles Garrett and Ivan Robinson were out due to injury.
12th Man, game captains ...
• The Aggies’ 12th Man against the Tigers was Sam Moeller, a junior from San Antonio, Texas. He has served as the Aggies’ 12th Man in every game in 2013 and 2014 (24 straight starts).
• Game captains were senior Malcome Kennedy and juniors Julien Obioha and Drew Kaser. Texas A&M won the toss and elected to receive the opening kickoff.