ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Quartney Davis caught two of the three touchdowns thrown by Kellen Mond, including the go-ahead score for No. 23 Texas A&M, and the Aggies held on to beat Arkansas 31-27 on Saturday.
After Mond was picked off in the end zone, the Razorbacks failed to get a first down and punted after Ben Hicks was sacked at the 2. That set up the short drive for Mond's 3-yard TD to Davis with 12:21 left to put Texas A&M (3-2, 1-1 SEC) ahead 28-24.
The Razorbacks (2-3, 0-2) lost their 13th consecutive SEC game, including all 10 under second-year coach Chad Morris. They have lost eight in a row against Texas A&M since the Aggies left the Big 12.
Davis' 22-yard catch-and-run with 8 seconds before halftime put A&M up 21-17. He spun away from a linebacker after making a short catch, then swept across to the other side of the field to score.
Mond finished 23-of-35 passing for 251 yards. Hicks was 15 of 27 for 188 yards and a score after taking over in the second quarter for injured starter Nick Starkel, the grad transfer who played for Texas A&M the past two seasons.
Starkel hurt his left (non-throwing) arm after throwing an interception at the goal line, and then tackling 304-pound defensive tackle Justin Madubuike.
De'Jon Harris scooped up a fumble and returned it 6 yards for a touchdown on the next play to get the Razorbacks within 14-10. They went ahead when Hicks made a nice back-shoulder throw to Mike Woods in the front corner of the end zone for a 13-yard TD.
Team Notes
- Texas A&M outlasted Arkansas for the eighth straight time in the series, the most consecutive victories for the Aggies in the series.
- A&M has never lost to the Razorbacks as a member of the SEC.
- Seven of the last 10 meetings between A&M and Arkansas have been decided by a touchdown or less.
- Today's captains against Clemson were WR Jhamon Ausbon, DB Keldrick Carper, LB Buddy Johnson and OL Colton Prater. This is the fifth game this season this group has served as captains.
- Arkansas won the toss and elected to receive.
Individual Notes
- Junior S Keldrick Carper made his first start of the season and led the Aggies with a career-high 10 tackles.
- Junior DB Deboine Renfro surpassed the 100 career tackles mark with four takedowns in the game. He now has 102 career tackles.
- Junior DE Micheal Clemons made a career-high six tackles in the victory.
- Junior DT Justin Madubuike's second-quarter interception that was returned for 18 yards was the first pick of his career.
- Junior LB Buddy Johnson's sack for a 10-yard loss in the third quarter was his first of the season. He has 2.5 sacks in his career.
- Junior WR Quartney Davis notched the team's first multi-touchdown game of the season with a 22-yard grab in the second quarter and 3-yard catch in the end zone in the fourth quarter.
- Davis now has three career multi-touchdown games, all against SEC opponents.
- WR Ainias Smith caught a 9-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter to make it three straight games with a touchdown.
- With the victory, junior QB Kellen Mond is now tied for the ninth with Mark Farris among A&M's winningest quarterbacks. He boasts a 17-9 career record.
- Mond's two passing touchdowns put him at 41 for his career. He is the eighth Aggie quarterback to throw for over 40 touchdowns.
- Sophomore PK Seth Small has made a field goal in 12 consecutive games with a 50-yarder in the fourth quarter against the Razorbacks.
- Junior LB Braden White played in his fifth game as the 12th Man.