Texas A&M 30, Mississippi 27
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, October 6, 2012
Where: Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, Mississippi
Temperature:
55°
Head Official:
Mark Curles
Attendance:
55343
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Texas A&M 30, Ole Miss 27: Ben Malena (142 yards) Johnny Manziel (129) each rushed for career highs as the Aggies overcame six turnovers - and a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter - to win their first Southeastern Conference road game.
Manziel rushed for a 29-yard score with 6:24 remaining before hitting Ryan Swope for the go-ahead 20-yard touchdown pass with 1:46 left. Manziel completed 17 of 26 for 191 yards and two interceptions.
Malena had a 59-yard touchdown run 49 seconds into the game to give Texas A&M (4-1, 2-1) a quick lead.
Ole Miss sophomore defensive back Cody Prewitt was involved in four of the Aggies' turnovers, grabbing an interception, forcing two fumbles and recovering another. The Rebels (3-3, 0-2), though, scored only 10 points off those takeaways.
Bo Wallace passed for 305 yards and a touchdown and ran for another, but his interception with a minute left sealed the game.
GAME NOTEBOOK: It was the Rebels' 16th straight SEC loss and seventh consecutive setback in home league openers. ... Texas A&M's Steven Jenkins returned an interception 37 yards just before halftime to tie the game. It was the third consecutive game that the Aggies had a defensive score ... Texas A&M had only one turnover in its first four games.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Texas A&M |
|
Mississippi |
Ben Malena
|
Player |
Jeff Scott
|
18 |
Attempts |
21 |
142 |
Yards |
108 |
7.9 |
Avg Yards |
5.1 |
1 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Receiving
Texas A&M |
|
Mississippi |
Mike Evans
| Player |
Vince Sanders
|
8 |
Receptions |
5 |
105 |
Yards |
81 |
13.1 |
Avg Yards |
16.2 |
0 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Texas A&M
|
481 |
290 |
191 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1.0 |
0 |
Mississippi
|
464 |
159 |
305 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
4.0 |
3 |