Texas A&M 45, Texas Tech 40
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, October 8, 2011
Where: Jones AT&T Stadium, Lubbock, Texas
Temperature:
°
Head Official:
Tom Walker
Attendance:
58416
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Quarterback Ryan Tannehill ran for two touchdowns and threw for another as No. 25 Texas A&M held on for a 45-40 victory over host Texas Tech on Saturday.
Texas Tech quarterback Seth Doege was 44-of-66 for 391 yards and three touchdowns as the teams combined for 933 yards of offense.
The Aggies (3-4, 1-1 Big 12) scored four rushing touchdowns in the first
half and rang up more than 300 total yards to take a 31-20 halftime
lead.
Texas A&M went ahead 38-23 when Terrence Frederick returned a blocked Donnie Carona field goal attempt 65 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter.
The Red Raiders closed to within 38-30 on a 5-yard touchdown pass by Doege to Eric Ward later in the third before Tannehill hit Michael Lamothe on a 5-yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter to make it 45-30.
Doege's 20-yard touchdown pass to Alex Torres made it 45-40 with 31 seconds left.
The game marked the last time the Aggies and Red Raiders (4-1, 1-1) will meet as Big 12 opponents with the Aggies set to play in the Southeastern Conference next season.
The Aggies lead the all-time series 37-33-1 and have won the last three meetings. The Red Raiders had their seven-game winning streak snapped.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Texas A&M |
|
Texas Tech |
Cyrus Gray
|
Player |
Eric Stephens
|
21 |
Attempts |
22 |
116 |
Yards |
102 |
5.5 |
Avg Yards |
4.6 |
1 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Texas A&M
|
393 |
205 |
188 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
3.0 |
2 |
Texas Tech
|
523 |
132 |
391 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1.0 |
1 |