Texas A&M
2-3 , 0-1
Texas Tech
4-1 , 1-0
Aggies Fall at Texas Tech, 59-28
Oct 04, 2003 | Football
October 04, 2003
B.J. Symons threw a Big 12-record eight touchdown passes and piled up more than 500 yards passing for the third straight game as Texas Tech beat Texas A&M 59-28 Saturday night.
Symons, who was 34-of-46 for 505 yards, broke the conference mark of seven TDs set by A&M's Dustin Long last year in Tech's 48-47 overtime win in College Station. Symons, who went to the bench with 11:48 remaining, had TD passes of 17, 19, 48, 13, 14, 15, 8 and 16 yards.
It's the second straight week Symons has shattered a Big 12 record. Last week he passed for 661 in a 49-45 win over Mississippi, breaking the mark of 586 he set the week before in a 49-21 loss to North Carolina State.
Tech (4-1, 1-0 Big 12) jumped to an early 14-0 lead and never trailed in a game in which A&M (2-3, 0-1) allowed the most points in school history. The previous high was 57 points by Texas in 1977.
It was the third straight loss for the Aggies, who allowed who didn't score until Courtney Lewis' 3-yard TD run early in the second quarter.
Tech has now won five straight games in Lubbock and seven of the last nine.
The margin of victory was the second-largest by Tech in the two rivals' 62-game series. The highest occurred in 1954 when the Red Raiders went to College Station and beat Paul "Bear" Bryant's 1954 Aggie team 41-9.
Symons fell short of the NCAA three-game record for passing yards. Houston's David Klingler threw for 1,798 yards in three consecutive games spanning the 1990-91 season. Symons fell short by 47 yards.
Team Stats
TA 0, TT 7
TT - Glover, N. 17 yd pass from Symons, B.J. (Toogood, Keith kick) 8 plays, 89 yards, TOP 2:31
TA 0, TT 14
TT - Glover, N. 19 yd pass from Symons, B.J. (Toogood, Keith kick) 6 plays, 37 yards, TOP 1:44
TA 0, TT 17
TT - Toogood, Keith 21 yd field goal 7 plays, 14 yards, TOP 1:18
TA 7, TT 17
TA - Lewis, Courtney 3 yd run (Pegram, Todd kick), 5 plays, 67 yards, TOP 1:33
TA 7, TT 24
TT - Welker, Wes 48 yd pass from Symons, B.J. (Toogood, Keith kick) 8 plays, 80 yards, TOP 3:36
TA 14, TT 24
TA - Taylor, Jamaar 4 yd pass from McNeal, Reggie (Pegram, Todd kick) 7 plays, 88 yards, TOP 3:30
TA 14, TT 31
TT - Hicks, Jarrett 13 yd pass from Symons, B.J. (Toogood, Keith kick) 5 plays, 51 yards, TOP 1:15
TA 14, TT 38
TT - Henderson, T. 14 yd pass from Symons, B.J. (Toogood, Keith kick) 2 plays, 26 yards, TOP 0:16
TA 14, TT 45
TT - Glover, N. 15 yd pass from Symons, B.J. (Toogood, Keith kick) 4 plays, 42 yards, TOP 1:14
TA 14, TT 52
TT - Peters, Mickey 8 yd pass from Symons, B.J. (Toogood, Keith kick) 10 plays, 76 yards, TOP 4:58
TA 21, TT 52
TA - Lewis, Courtney 16 yd run (Pegram, Todd kick), 9 plays, 81 yards, TOP 4:18
TA 21, TT 59
TT - Welker, Wes 16 yd pass from Symons, B.J. (Toogood, Keith kick) 4 plays, 80 yards, TOP 1:32
TA 28, TT 59
TA - Riley, L'Tydric 37 yd pass from Long, Dustin (Pegram, Todd kick) 3 plays, 68 yards, TOP 1:45
