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No. 17 Football Runs Non-Conference Win Streak to 19, Tops Nevada 44-27
Sep 19, 2015 | Football
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) -- Kyle Allen threw four touchdown passes and ran for another as No. 17 Texas A&M pulled away for a 44-27 win over Nevada on Saturday.
It was the 19th straight nonconference victory for the Aggies, the longest active streak in the FBS.
The Aggies (3-0) were up by four early in the second quarter before scoring 17 straight points, with two touchdown catches by Josh Reynolds, to make it 31-10 early in the third. The second one came soon after an interception by Donovan Wilson on the first play of the second half.
Tyler Stewart threw for 206 yards with two touchdowns and an interception for Nevada (1-2).
The second meeting between the teams and first since 1950 matched Sumlin against Nevada coach Brian Polian, who was an assistant on his staff in 2012.
Texas A&M's aggressive defense, led by new defensive coordinator John Chavis, piled up five sacks and 16 tackles for losses. A highlight of those takedowns came when Daylon Mack busted through the line to level James Butler for a 5-yard loss and Myles Garrett had 3 1/2 sacks and four tackles for losses.
Hassan Henderson had a 27-yard reception for a touchdown for Nevada that cut the lead to 38-20 late in the third. The Wolf Pack got within 41-27 after a 9-yard pass to Jackson with less than 10 minutes remaining. Nevada recovered an onside kick after that score, but Garrett sacked Stewart on consecutive plays to force a punt on the ensuing possession.
A&M freshman Christian Kirk finished with six receptions for a career-high 120 yards and Tra Carson had 22 carries for 137 yards, but also fumbled in the red zone in the second quarter.
Butler had 17 carries for 107 yards for Nevada.
The Aggies took a 7-0 lead on a 1-yard touchdown run by Allen on their first drive. Their offense stalled on the next two drives and they had to punt on both of them. Allen was penalized for intentional grounding on the first one when he mishandled the snap and threw the ball away.
Nevada gambled by going for it on fourth-and-1 after that and it paid off when Don Jackson ran 31 yards for a touchdown to tie it at 7-7.
Allen, who finished with 270 yards passing, was sacked and fumbled two plays later and Matthew Lyons recovered and ran it into the end zone for what looked like a touchdown. But the Aggies got a break when Nevada was called for defensive holding on the play and A&M got the ball back.
Allen regrouped to continue the drive which was capped by a 10-yard touchdown reception by Speedy Noil that put A&M on top 14-7. It was the first touchdown of the season for Noil, who had been slowed by injuries in the first two games.
A 28-yard field goal by Brent Zuzo got Nevada within 14-10 early in the second quarter.
TEAM/GAME NOTES
• Texas A&M improved to 3-0 with its 44-27 win over Nevada in front of 102,591 fans at Kyle Field on Saturday.
• It was Texas A&M's 19th straight win over non-conference opponents, which is the longest streak in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
• Under head coach Kevin Sumlin, the Aggies have won 18 straight non-conference games.
• The win raised A&M's series advantage over Nevada to 2-0 and gave Sumlin a win over his former assistant Brian Polian, who is the head coach of the Wolf Pack. Polian was a member of Sumlin's initial coaching staff in 2012.
• Today's game was a Southeastern Conference Prostate Cancer Awareness Game. The Aggies wore a special helmet sticker to raise awareness of prostate cancer prevention and honor former SEC Commissioner Mike Slive, who battled the disease during his athletics administration career.
OFFENSIVE NOTES
• Season receiving TDs record-holder Josh Reynolds continued to find his way to the endzone with a pair of receiving scores against the Wolf Pack. Reynolds, who had 13 receiving TDs in 2014, made 3 catches for 55 yards with TD strikes of 20 yards and 25 yards.
• Reynolds' third catch of the game was the 60th of his A&M career. Reynolds and teammate Ricky Seals-Jones are the only active receivers with 60 or more catches.
• Sophomore QB Kyle Allen matched his career high with four TD tosses while completing 18-of-31 passes for 270 yards. Allen also threw four TD passes last year against Auburn when he earned Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week honors and the AutoZone Liberty Bowl when he earned game MVP honors.
• Allen now has two or more passing TDs in seven of 12 career games, and at least one in every game of his career with six or more attempts.
• True freshman WR Christian Kirk continues his torrid start to his career with six catches for a game-high and career-high 120 yards. Despite taking the field with a host of veteran wideouts for teammates, the rookie leads the team with 16 catches for 269 yards. He has two 100-yard receiving games in the first three games of his career.
• Kirk recorded his second career 100-yard receiving game. One more game hitting the century mark will tie Kirk with Uzoma Nwachukwu (2009) and Mike Evans (2012) for most 100-yard receiving games by an Aggie freshman.
• Senior RB Tra Carson posted his first 100-yard rushing game since the 2014 AutoZone Liberty Bowl and the second of his career with 137 yards on 22 carries against the Wolf Pack. Carson's 137 yards was the most rushing yards for an Aggie RB since Ben Malena rushed for 142 vs. Ole Miss on Oct. 6, 2012 and by any A&M player since Johnny Manziel rushed for 229 in the 2013 Cotton Bowl vs. Oklahoma.
• When senior Brandon Williams took a handoff for a three-yard gain in the first quarter, he became Texas A&M's first two-way player since the late 1960s when future All-America and NFL All-Pro defensive back Dave Elmendorf and Ross Brupbacher saw action on both offense and defense for the 1968 Aggies. Williams, who was strictly a RB his first two seasons at Texas A&M, made the position change to cornerback after spring drills but remains an option at running back for the Aggies.
DEFENSIVE NOTES
• The Aggies logged 16 TFL for the game, the most in the Sumlin era, topping the 14 against Arizona State in the season opener.
• Sophomore DL Myles Garrett tied a career-high with 3.5 sacks despite having his wisdom teeth removed less than a week ago. It equaled the mark he sent against ULM last season. He also set a new career high for TFL with four. Garrett improved his numbers to 5.5 sacks and 6.5 TFL for the year and 17 sacks and 20.5 TFL for his career.
• Senior DT Julien Obioha, who shifted from DE to DT last spring, made his season debut against the Wolf Pack after missing the first two games of 2015 due to a fall camp appendectomy. Bulked up to 280 pounds, Obioha made an impact in the middle of the defense with three tackles and a half-sack.
• Sophomore DT Zaycoven Henderson and junior LB A.J. Hilliard were on the field for the first time in 2015 after being suspended for the first two games of 2015 due to a violation of Texas A&M Athletic Department rules and regulations. Hilliard led the team with eight tackles, including two TFL and one sack, while Henderson chipped in three stops, including on TFL.
SPECIAL TEAM NOTES
• Senior P Drew Kaser, who sat out the Ball State game with an injury, made his return to the lineup against the Wolf Pack. Kaser had a huge game with a 52.5 average on four punts, including two that were downed inside the Nevada 20.
• Senior PK Taylor Bertolet remained perfect on field goals and PAT tries -- 3-of-3 on FGA and 5-of-5 on extra points.
GAME CAPTAINS / 12TH MAN
Game captains were OC Mike Matthews, RT Germain Ifedi, DE Myles Garrett CB Brandon Williams. Nevada won the toss and deferred their choice to the second half. The Aggies received the opening kickoff.
Making his 29th consecutive 12th Man start was senior Sam Moeller (San Antonio, Texas).
2015 TEXAS A&M HALL OF FAME CLASS HONORED
Nine Texas A&M legends were honored at the 38th annual Burgess Banquet, including six Hall of Fame inductees and two Hall of Honor recipients.
Hall of Fame Inductees
Nicky Thrasher Adams '01, Soccer
Coach Bob Ellis, Men's Golf
Kemal Tolga Koseoglu '03, Men's Track & Field
Keith Mitchell '96, Football
John Scheschuk '99, Baseball
William Thomas '91, Football
Hall of Honor Inductees
Terry Klein '75
Dr. John Thornton '78
Lifetime Achievement Award
Lupe Fraga '57
It was the 19th straight nonconference victory for the Aggies, the longest active streak in the FBS.
The Aggies (3-0) were up by four early in the second quarter before scoring 17 straight points, with two touchdown catches by Josh Reynolds, to make it 31-10 early in the third. The second one came soon after an interception by Donovan Wilson on the first play of the second half.
Tyler Stewart threw for 206 yards with two touchdowns and an interception for Nevada (1-2).
The second meeting between the teams and first since 1950 matched Sumlin against Nevada coach Brian Polian, who was an assistant on his staff in 2012.
Texas A&M's aggressive defense, led by new defensive coordinator John Chavis, piled up five sacks and 16 tackles for losses. A highlight of those takedowns came when Daylon Mack busted through the line to level James Butler for a 5-yard loss and Myles Garrett had 3 1/2 sacks and four tackles for losses.
Hassan Henderson had a 27-yard reception for a touchdown for Nevada that cut the lead to 38-20 late in the third. The Wolf Pack got within 41-27 after a 9-yard pass to Jackson with less than 10 minutes remaining. Nevada recovered an onside kick after that score, but Garrett sacked Stewart on consecutive plays to force a punt on the ensuing possession.
A&M freshman Christian Kirk finished with six receptions for a career-high 120 yards and Tra Carson had 22 carries for 137 yards, but also fumbled in the red zone in the second quarter.
Butler had 17 carries for 107 yards for Nevada.
The Aggies took a 7-0 lead on a 1-yard touchdown run by Allen on their first drive. Their offense stalled on the next two drives and they had to punt on both of them. Allen was penalized for intentional grounding on the first one when he mishandled the snap and threw the ball away.
Nevada gambled by going for it on fourth-and-1 after that and it paid off when Don Jackson ran 31 yards for a touchdown to tie it at 7-7.
Allen, who finished with 270 yards passing, was sacked and fumbled two plays later and Matthew Lyons recovered and ran it into the end zone for what looked like a touchdown. But the Aggies got a break when Nevada was called for defensive holding on the play and A&M got the ball back.
Allen regrouped to continue the drive which was capped by a 10-yard touchdown reception by Speedy Noil that put A&M on top 14-7. It was the first touchdown of the season for Noil, who had been slowed by injuries in the first two games.
A 28-yard field goal by Brent Zuzo got Nevada within 14-10 early in the second quarter.
TEXAS A&M POSTGAME NOTES
TEAM/GAME NOTES
• Texas A&M improved to 3-0 with its 44-27 win over Nevada in front of 102,591 fans at Kyle Field on Saturday.
• It was Texas A&M's 19th straight win over non-conference opponents, which is the longest streak in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
• Under head coach Kevin Sumlin, the Aggies have won 18 straight non-conference games.
• The win raised A&M's series advantage over Nevada to 2-0 and gave Sumlin a win over his former assistant Brian Polian, who is the head coach of the Wolf Pack. Polian was a member of Sumlin's initial coaching staff in 2012.
• Today's game was a Southeastern Conference Prostate Cancer Awareness Game. The Aggies wore a special helmet sticker to raise awareness of prostate cancer prevention and honor former SEC Commissioner Mike Slive, who battled the disease during his athletics administration career.
OFFENSIVE NOTES
• Season receiving TDs record-holder Josh Reynolds continued to find his way to the endzone with a pair of receiving scores against the Wolf Pack. Reynolds, who had 13 receiving TDs in 2014, made 3 catches for 55 yards with TD strikes of 20 yards and 25 yards.
• Reynolds' third catch of the game was the 60th of his A&M career. Reynolds and teammate Ricky Seals-Jones are the only active receivers with 60 or more catches.
• Sophomore QB Kyle Allen matched his career high with four TD tosses while completing 18-of-31 passes for 270 yards. Allen also threw four TD passes last year against Auburn when he earned Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week honors and the AutoZone Liberty Bowl when he earned game MVP honors.
• Allen now has two or more passing TDs in seven of 12 career games, and at least one in every game of his career with six or more attempts.
• True freshman WR Christian Kirk continues his torrid start to his career with six catches for a game-high and career-high 120 yards. Despite taking the field with a host of veteran wideouts for teammates, the rookie leads the team with 16 catches for 269 yards. He has two 100-yard receiving games in the first three games of his career.
• Kirk recorded his second career 100-yard receiving game. One more game hitting the century mark will tie Kirk with Uzoma Nwachukwu (2009) and Mike Evans (2012) for most 100-yard receiving games by an Aggie freshman.
• Senior RB Tra Carson posted his first 100-yard rushing game since the 2014 AutoZone Liberty Bowl and the second of his career with 137 yards on 22 carries against the Wolf Pack. Carson's 137 yards was the most rushing yards for an Aggie RB since Ben Malena rushed for 142 vs. Ole Miss on Oct. 6, 2012 and by any A&M player since Johnny Manziel rushed for 229 in the 2013 Cotton Bowl vs. Oklahoma.
• When senior Brandon Williams took a handoff for a three-yard gain in the first quarter, he became Texas A&M's first two-way player since the late 1960s when future All-America and NFL All-Pro defensive back Dave Elmendorf and Ross Brupbacher saw action on both offense and defense for the 1968 Aggies. Williams, who was strictly a RB his first two seasons at Texas A&M, made the position change to cornerback after spring drills but remains an option at running back for the Aggies.
DEFENSIVE NOTES
• The Aggies logged 16 TFL for the game, the most in the Sumlin era, topping the 14 against Arizona State in the season opener.
• Sophomore DL Myles Garrett tied a career-high with 3.5 sacks despite having his wisdom teeth removed less than a week ago. It equaled the mark he sent against ULM last season. He also set a new career high for TFL with four. Garrett improved his numbers to 5.5 sacks and 6.5 TFL for the year and 17 sacks and 20.5 TFL for his career.
• Senior DT Julien Obioha, who shifted from DE to DT last spring, made his season debut against the Wolf Pack after missing the first two games of 2015 due to a fall camp appendectomy. Bulked up to 280 pounds, Obioha made an impact in the middle of the defense with three tackles and a half-sack.
• Sophomore DT Zaycoven Henderson and junior LB A.J. Hilliard were on the field for the first time in 2015 after being suspended for the first two games of 2015 due to a violation of Texas A&M Athletic Department rules and regulations. Hilliard led the team with eight tackles, including two TFL and one sack, while Henderson chipped in three stops, including on TFL.
SPECIAL TEAM NOTES
• Senior P Drew Kaser, who sat out the Ball State game with an injury, made his return to the lineup against the Wolf Pack. Kaser had a huge game with a 52.5 average on four punts, including two that were downed inside the Nevada 20.
• Senior PK Taylor Bertolet remained perfect on field goals and PAT tries -- 3-of-3 on FGA and 5-of-5 on extra points.
GAME CAPTAINS / 12TH MAN
Game captains were OC Mike Matthews, RT Germain Ifedi, DE Myles Garrett CB Brandon Williams. Nevada won the toss and deferred their choice to the second half. The Aggies received the opening kickoff.
Making his 29th consecutive 12th Man start was senior Sam Moeller (San Antonio, Texas).
2015 TEXAS A&M HALL OF FAME CLASS HONORED
Nine Texas A&M legends were honored at the 38th annual Burgess Banquet, including six Hall of Fame inductees and two Hall of Honor recipients.
Hall of Fame Inductees
Nicky Thrasher Adams '01, Soccer
Coach Bob Ellis, Men's Golf
Kemal Tolga Koseoglu '03, Men's Track & Field
Keith Mitchell '96, Football
John Scheschuk '99, Baseball
William Thomas '91, Football
Hall of Honor Inductees
Terry Klein '75
Dr. John Thornton '78
Lifetime Achievement Award
Lupe Fraga '57
Team Stats
NEV
TAMU
Total Yards
359
535
Pass Yards
206
302
Rushing Yards
153
233
Penalty Yards
29
35
1st Downs
19
30
3rd Downs
4
4
4th Downs
1
0
TOP
34:11
25:49
1st Quarter
NEV 0, TAMU 7
TAMU - Kyle Allen 1 yd run (Taylor Bertolet kick), 7 plays, 73 yards, TOP 2:19
NEV 7, TAMU 7
NEV - JACKSON, Don 31 yd run (ZUZO, Brent kick), 4 plays, 40 yards, TOP 2:23
NEV 7, TAMU 14
TAMU - Speedy Noil 10 yd pass from Kyle Allen (Taylor Bertolet kick) 6 plays, 65 yards, TOP 2:21
2nd Quarter
NEV 10, TAMU 14
NEV - ZUZO, Brent 28 yd field goal 9 plays, 64 yards, TOP 2:37
NEV 10, TAMU 21
TAMU - Josh Reynolds 25 yd pass from Kyle Allen (Taylor Bertolet kick) 3 plays, 78 yards, TOP 1:07
NEV 10, TAMU 24
TAMU - Taylor Bertolet 32 yd field goal 5 plays, 18 yards, TOP 1:17
3rd Quarter
NEV 10, TAMU 31
TAMU - Josh Reynolds 10 yd pass from Kyle Allen (Taylor Bertolet kick) 4 plays, 28 yards, TOP 1:10
NEV 13, TAMU 31
NEV - ZUZO, Brent 27 yd field goal 4 plays, 4 yards, TOP 2:01
NEV 13, TAMU 38
TAMU - Jeremy Tabuyo 15 yd pass from Kyle Allen (Taylor Bertolet kick) 10 plays, 85 yards, TOP 3:02
NEV 20, TAMU 38
NEV - HENDERSON, H. 27 yd pass from STEWART, Tyler (ZUZO, Brent kick) 8 plays, 75 yards, TOP 2:42
4th Quarter
NEV 20, TAMU 41
TAMU - Taylor Bertolet 21 yd field goal 9 plays, 70 yards, TOP 2:23
NEV 27, TAMU 41
NEV - JACKSON, Don 9 yd pass from STEWART, Tyler (ZUZO, Brent kick) 12 plays, 75 yards, TOP 4:24
NEV 27, TAMU 44
TAMU - Taylor Bertolet 37 yd field goal 9 plays, 61 yards, TOP 3:17
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