Mississippi 35, Texas A&M 20
When: 9:00 PM ET, Saturday, October 11, 2014
Where: Kyle Field, College Station, Texas
Temperature:
64°
Head Official:
Matt Moore
Attendance:
110633
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No. 4 Mississippi 35, No. 14 Texas A&M 20: Bo Wallace rushed for two touchdowns and threw for another as the visiting Rebels rolled past the Aggies.
Wallace threw for 178 yards and rushed for 50 for Mississippi (6-0, 3-0 SEC), which forced three turnovers. Laquon Treadwell had five catches for 53 yards and the Rebels scored twice on defense.
Kenny Hill went 42-of-53 for 401 yards and two touchdowns but was intercepted twice and lost a fumble for Texas A&M (5-2, 2-2). Speedy Noil had 11 catches for 105 yards and Ricky Seals-Jones added seven catches for 84 yards but the Aggies were held to 54 rushing yards.
Wallace capped two long drives - the second covering 99 yards in nine plays - with touchdown runs of 4 and 10 yards for a quick 14-0 lead and Cody Prewitt ended the next Aggies drive with a 75-yard interception return to push the Rebel advantage to 21-0. The Aggies converted a fourth-and-2 at midfield early in the third quarter before Trey Williams punched in a 3-yard score with 7:05 left in the third quarter.
The Rebels extended their lead as Wallace hit Quincy Adeboyejo for a 33-yard touchdown late in the third quarter and Keith Lewis returned Hill's fumble 21 yards on the first play of the fourth. Hill hit Josh Reynolds for a 24-yard touchdown with 8:47 left but was intercepted by Senquez Golson on the next drive.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The announced attendance of 110,633 is the largest crowd to watch any level football game in the state of Texas and broke the SEC attendance record (109,061 when Florida played at Tennessee in 2004). ... The Rebels have forced a turnover in 29 straight games. ... Hill hit Sabian Holmes for a 13-yard touchdown on the last play of the game to set the final score.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Mississippi |
|
Texas A&M |
Bo Wallace
|
Player |
Tra Carson
|
14 |
Attempts |
11 |
50 |
Yards |
29 |
3.6 |
Avg Yards |
2.6 |
2 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Mississippi
|
338 |
160 |
178 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
2.0 |
0 |
Texas A&M
|
455 |
54 |
401 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2.0 |
0 |