Aggies Fall to Alabama, 47-28

Saturday, October 12

College Station

2:30 PM

Texas A&M

3-3 , 1-2

Alabama

6-0 , 3-0

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Alabama

Texas A&M

Photo by: Craig Bisacre/Texas A&M Athletics

Oct 12, 2019 | Football

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COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Tua Tagovailoa threw four touchdowns and Alabama's offense kept rolling in the Tide's first game at No. 1 this season with a 47-28 victory over No. 24 Texas A&M on Saturday.

Tagovailoa threw his first interception of the season but became Alabama's career passing touchdowns leader with his first one of the game, breaking his tie with A.J. McCarron. The junior now has 81 for his career and leads the nation with 27 on the season.

Alabama (6-0, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) trailed briefly in its first game this season against a ranked opponent when Texas A&M scored a touchdown on its first possession.

Tagovailoa then engineered four consecutive scoring drives, which included three touchdown passes that all came on third down, and the Tide were on cruise control against the best pass defense they had faced so far this season. The only blemish was the interception thrown in the Texas A&M end zone late in the second quarter.

Tagovailoa spread the scoring around, with all of his TD strikes going to different receivers. His two longest of the day were a 47-yarder to DeVonta Smith in the first quarter and a pinpoint 33-yarder to Henry Ruggs III in the third.

Alabama didn't have to punt until there was less than 2 minutes left in the third quarter. Najee Harris rushed for 114 yards.

Jaylen Waddle scored Alabama's first touchdown on a 31-yard catch-and-run when he shook four defenders, and he also had a big day on punt returns with four for 128 yards.

Kellen Mond passed for 264 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a score for the Aggies (3-3, 1-2).

Team Notes

A&M started the game with its longest opening drive of the season, lasting 8:03. The previous long was 5:30 against Auburn.
The Aggies scored on their opening drive for the first time this season after junior QB Kellen Mond scored on a 1-yard rush.
The Maroon & White went 4-for-4 in the red zone marking the third time this season the Aggies scored points on every red zone possession this season, Lamar & Auburn.
There were 106,749 fans on hand at Kyle Field, setting a new stadium record for its current configuration and marking the second-largest crowd in Kyle Field history.
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.
Alabama won the toss and deferred.

Individual Notes

Junior QB Kellen Mond has passed and rushed for a touchdown in the same game 11 times in his career, after scoring on a goal line keeper and sending a 25-yard pass to the end zone for freshman TE Jalen Wydermyer. He leads all SEC quarterbacks in games with a passing and rushing touchdown at their current institution.
Mond's two touchdown passes moved his career total to 44, tying him for fifth all-time with Reggie McNeal (2002-05) on A&M's career passing touchdowns list.
Junior WR Jhamon Ausbon cracked the top-10 on A&M's all-time career receptions list. His five catches against Alabama upped his career total to 118.
Wydermyer notched the first multi-touchdown game of his career after a 25-yard grab in the third quarter and an 18-yard reception in the end zone in the fourth.
Freshman S Demani Richardson recorded the first interception of his career as his pick in the end zone.
Richardson's interception ended Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa's nation-best streak of 178 consecutive passes without a turnover. The streak dates back to the 2019 national championship game against Clemson.
Richardson tied for a team-leading 11 tackles, four of which were solo.
Junior LB Buddy Johnson compiled 11 tackles, eight solo and one tackle for loss.
Junior LB Aaron Hansford recorded the first sack of his career in the third quarter. The takedown resulted in a 10-yard loss.
Junior DB Clifford Chattman made a career-high 10 tackles in the game.
Sophomore PK Seth Small's two made field goals in the first half made him the 12^th player in school history to make 30 career field goals.
Small sent a 31-yarder through the uprights in the second quarter to extend his streak to 13 straight games with a made field goal.
Senior P Braden Mann has recorded a solo tackle in three straight games.
Junior LB Braden White played in his fifth game as the 12^th Man.