COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Ryan Tannehill threw for 415 yards and a career-high six touchdown passes and
Ryan Swope caught four of them to lead No. 21 Texas A&M to a 55-28 win over No. 20 Baylor on Saturday.
The Bears got within six points after a touchdown run by Terrance Ganaway in third quarter, but the Aggies scored 21 straight to take a 55-28 lead with about six minutes remaining in the game.
Swope's fourth touchdown -- his second 68-yard reception of the game -- was the first in that span. He finished with 206 yards receiving and also had a 68-yard TD reception in the second quarter. He also scored on receptions of 8 and 5 yards.
Baylor star quarterback Robert Griffin III threw for a school-record 430 yards and three touchdowns, but the Bears had trouble running the ball and were outgained 266-50 on the ground. Griffin is the third quarterback this season to set a school record against the Aggies' worst-in-the-nation pass defense.
Texas A&M (4-2, 2-1 Big 12), has won three in a row over the Bears and the loss leaves Baylor (4-2, 1-2) without a win against its longtime rival at Kyle Field since 1984. The Bears may not get another chance for some time with the Aggies leaving for the Southeastern Conference in July.
Tannehill found a wide-open
Uzoma Nwachukwu on a 47-yard TD reception after Swope's fourth touchdown and
Christine Michael got his second on a 4-yard run later in the fourth quarter. He finished with 105 yards rushing.
Michael's score came after Griffin was intercepted for only the second time this season.
Trailing 41-28, the Bears got down to the Texas A&M 9 on a 50-yard reception by Tevin Reese on the last play of the third quarter. Baylor's offense stalled after that, though, and A&M got the ball back when Griffin threw an incomplete pass as he was being hit on fourth down.
Down 31-14 early in the third quarter, Baylor got a 49-yard kickoff return from Antwan Goodley and Griffin hit a wide open Tevin Reese for a 43-yard touchdown pass two plays later to cut A&M's lead to 31-21. Reese drew an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for mocking A&M's hand gesture by holding his thumb down to the crowd after the score.
Randy Bullock's 47-yard field goal stretched the A&M lead to 34-21 a couple of minutes later.
Baylor ran a 17-play drive that spanned through the first and second quarters, but came up empty when Griffin was sacked on third-down from A&M's 8-yard-line before a 30-yard field goal attempt by Aaron Jones sailed wide right.
The Aggies took their first lead of the game when Swope got in front of Sam Holl for a 68-yard touchdown catch to make it 10-7 in the second quarter.
Texas A&M wouldn't stay on top for long after Griffin hit Terrance Williams on a 77-yard touchdown pass on the first play of Baylor's next drive to make it 14-10. Williams wriggled out of an arm tackle by
Coryell Judie with a spin move and dashed to the end zone.
Michael scored on a 7-yard reception from Tannehill to give A&M a 17-14 lead in the second quarter on a drive that was helped by 30 yards of penalties by Baylor.
The Aggies extended their lead to 24-14 when Swope caught his second touchdown pass, this one for 8 yards, less than a minute before halftime.
Tevin Elliott intercepted a pass by Tannehill that was deflected on Texas A&M's first drive. The Bears converted that turnover when Griffin found Wright on a 6-yard touchdown pass to give them a 7-0 lead.
Texas A&M cut the lead to 7-3 with a 35-yard field goal by Bullock later in the first quarter.
