Football Falls to Ole Miss, 29-28

Saturday, November 12

College Station

6:30 PM

Texas A&M

7-3 , 4-3

Ole Miss

5-5 , 2-4

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2nd

3rd

4th

Ole Miss

Texas A&M

Photo by: Texas A&M Athletics

Nov 12, 2016 | Football

Box Score Photo Gallery Ole Miss 29, A&M 28 - Final Stats (PDF)

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) -- Shea Patterson threw for 338 yards and two touchdowns in his debut and Gary Wunderlich made a 39-yard field goal with 37 seconds left to lift Mississippi past No. 10 Texas A&M, 29-28 on Saturday night.

The Rebels pulled the redshirt off Patterson, the highly regarded recruit, to start in place of Chad Kelly, who suffered a season-ending knee injury last week.

Mississippi (5-5, 2-4 Southeastern Conference) trailed by 15 entering the fourth quarter before Patterson got going.

A 13-yard touchdown reception by Josh Reynolds put A&M up 28-19. Patterson then connected with Van Jefferson on a 32-yard reception for his second TD pass of the quarter to cut the lead to 28-26 with 5:17 remaining.

A&M (7-3, 4-3) had to punt and Patterson moved the offense into position for Wunderlich's game-winning field goal.

The Aggies had a chance to win it late, but Jake Hubenak was intercepted by Deontay Anderson to secure the victory. Hubenak was making his first start this season in place of Trevor Knight, who injured his shoulder last week.

Early in the fourth quarter Patterson looked like he was channeling A&M Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel when he scrambled to one side, avoided the rush and ran the other way before launching a 6-yard touchdown pass to Damore'ea Stringfellow to get Ole Miss within 21-13.

On their next drive Stringfellow reached out with his right hand and tipped the ball with his fingertips before reeling it in with one hand for an eye-popping 40-yard reception. Akeem Judd's 21-yard run made it 21-19, but the two-point conversion failed.

The Aggies led 21-6 at halftime thanks to two touchdown runs by Keith Ford.

The Rebels had turnovers on their first two possessions of the second half, but Texas A&M couldn't convert either of them into points. Patterson threw an interception on the first one and Jason Pellerin was sacked and fumbled after that.

ABOUT THE GAME...
• The Aggies fell to 7-3 on the season and 4-3 in SEC play.
• A crowd of 104,892 was in attendance, which was the fifth-largest in stadium history.

READY WHEN CALLED...
Junior QB Jake Hubenak was efficient in his second career start and his first start in 2016 in relief of the injury Trevor Knight.
• Hubenak completed 16-of-27 passes for 213 yards and 2 touchdowns, while also adding 30 rushing yards, including a 22-yard gain.
• Hubenak also started last year's Music City Bowl against Louisville.

NOTABLES...
• The Aggies' offensive line shuffled after Connor Lanfear's season-ending knee injury last week. 2015 starter Keaton Sutherland returned to the starting lineup at LG...usual RT Jermaine Eluemenor moved inside to RG and usual LG Colton Prater shifted over to RT. Today's starting OL LT Avery Gennesey LG Keaton Sutherland C Erik McCoy RG Jermaine Eluemenor RT Colton Prater
• Redshirt freshman DB Larry Pryor grabbed his first career INT in the third quarter. Pryor came into the game in relief of starter Armani Watts, who left in the first quarter with an injury.
• Sophomore DT Daylon Mack logged his first career PBU in the third quarter.
• The Texas A&M defense forced a pair of turnovers (1 FR & 1 INT) against Ole Miss giving them 23 takeaways on the season, the most for the Aggies since joining the SEC. It's the most takeaway since the 2010 team registered 25 turnovers.
• Senior Josh Reynolds continued to add to his SEC-best 26 career receiving touchdowns with a 13-yard scoring grab in the fourth quarter. The San Antonio native finished with 70 yards on four catches against Ole Miss. It's the fifth straight game that Reynolds has grabbed a TD catch.
• Freshman RB Trayveon Williams posted his fifth game with 100-plus all-purpose yards of the season. The shifty running back finished with 72 rushing yards and 74 kick return yards.
• Williams continues to inch closer to become the first true freshman RB to rush for 1,000 rushing yards in a season in program history. Williams has gained 876 yards on the ground through 10 games.
• Junior Shane Tripucka had one of his punting days of the season against Ole Miss. Tripucka punted six times for an average of 47.8 yards, including a pair of 50-yarders. The junior has punted 55 times this season with 22 inside the 20 and zero touchbacks on the year.
• Senior Justin Evans paced the Texas A&M defense with 12 tackles (3 solo, 9 assisted). The safety has 78 tackles on the season to lead the Aggie defense.
• In addition to his work on defense, Evans had a 90-yard kick return in the second quarter. The kick return was the longest of the season for the Aggies and it was the first kick return of 90-plus yards since Trey Williams' 97-yard return in 2013.
• The Texas A&M defense matched their season average of 9.0 TFL per game against Ole Miss. The Aggie defense ranked No. 2 in the country at TFL per game entering this week's games.

GAME CAPTAINS, 12TH MAN
• Game captains for the Aggies were graduate transfer QB Trevor Knight, junior WR Ricky Seals-Jones, senior LB Shaan Washington, DE Myles Garrett and senior DB Alex Sezer Jr. Texas A&M won the toss and elected to receive.
• The Aggies' 12th Man representative was sophomore LB Cullen Gillaspia (Katy, Texas) in his 10th straight start. A former walkon, Gillaspia was awarded a scholarship at the end of fall camp.