College Station, Texas — marcel reid Throwed for a career-high 439 yards and three touchdowns and the No. 3 Texas A&M Remained undefeated after overcoming a deficit of 27 points. win 31-30 Above South Carolina On Saturday.
It is the largest comeback in school history, surpassing the Johnny Manziel-led team’s 21-point rally in a 52–48 victory over Duke in the 2013 Chick-fil-A Bowl. Entering Saturday, teams were 0-286 and trailed by 27 points or more in Southeastern Conference play since 2004.
Reed bounced back from a poor first half, where he was intercepted twice, and completed a fumble return for a score that put the Aggies in a 30-3 hole in the second half and kept Texas A&M (10-0, 7-0) on track for its first trip to the College Football Playoff and the SEC title game.
The Aggies took the lead first down on a 4-yard run. EJ Smith About 11 minutes left.
Texas A&M then trailed by 1 on first down, but Jamarion Morrow The trick play resulted in a fumble and the Gamecocks recovered with about three minutes remaining.
Dalton Brooks And Cassius Howell dismissed Lanoris Cellars Make consecutive plays to reach fourth-and-16 with about 90 seconds remaining. Sellers scrambled on fourth down and was intercepted just short of the first down marker to seal the victory.
Sellers threw for 246 yards with two touchdowns and one interception for South Carolina (3-7, 1-7), which lost its fifth consecutive game.
isiah williams Caught a 27-yard TD pass from Reed to cut A&M’s lead to 30–10 on the first drive of the second half. Reed had a 16-yard run on fourth-and-12 to keep the drive alive.
got reed Ashton Bethel-Roman for a 39-yard TD to bring the Aggies within 30–17 with about four minutes left in the third.
Reed’s 14-yard pass Nate Boerkicher Cut the lead to a touchdown late in the third quarter. The score was set up by a short pass that Bethel-Roman turned into a 76-yard reception earlier in the game.
Casey Concepcion There were seven receptions for 158 yards and Bethel-Roman added 139 yards receiving for the Aggies.
The Gamecocks took a 10-3 lead when Sellers connected. vandrevious jacobs On a 50-yard touchdown pass.
The 322-pound defensive tackle extended the lead to 17-3. Nick Barrett Reed caught a fumble and returned a 17-yard run for a score late in the first quarter.
South Carolina led 17 minutes late in the second quarter, when Brooks intercepted a pass from Sellers and returned it 39 yards to give the Aggies a first down on 6th down. Earlier Concepcion could not reel in two straight passes into the end zone. Randy Bond Texas missed its second field goal of the half to leave A&M empty-handed.
The Aggies defense held on, but Reed was stopped in the end zone with about a minute left in the first half to give the Gamecocks the ball again. when they took advantage of that mistake nick harbor An 80-yard catch and run for a score on the first play of the drive increased the lead to 27–3.
Reed was ejected again two games later and South Carolina kicked a field goal to make the score 30–3 at halftime.
