COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP)--Freshman Isaiah Spiller set season highs with 217 yards rushing and three touchdowns to lead Texas A&M to a 45-14 win over UTSA on Saturday.
The Aggies (6-3) were up by 14 when a 50-yard touchdown run by Spiller made it 28-7 early in the third quarter. It was his second long scoring run of the game after a 60-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Spiller padded the lead on an 8-yard run later in the third quarter on a drive where he had a 42-yard run.
Kellen Mond threw for 211 yards and a touchdown, and his 1-yard TD run on the first drive of the fourth quarter made it 42-7. He was replaced on A&M's next drive with the Aggies in control of the game.
Lowell Narcisse had 90 yards passing and ran for 54 yards and a touchdown before he was injured early in the third quarter. The team didn't provide any information on his injury on a hard hit by Anthony Hines. He had to be helped to his feet and off the field. He walked to the locker room but did not return to the game.
Jordan Weeks took over and threw for 48 yards with an interception.
The Roadrunners cut the lead to 45-14 when Dadrian Taylor intercepted a pass from backup Zach Calzada and returned it 58 yards for a touchdown with about five minutes left.
Texas A&M's defense was in the backfield for much of the day and finished with four sacks, seven quarterback hits and 10 tackles for losses.
Narcisse put UTSA (3-5) on top in the first with a 2-yard touchdown run that made it 7-0. That play was set up by a 44-yard catch and run by Sincere McCormick two plays earlier.
The Aggies tied it when Spiller ran 60 yards for a touchdown on the first play of the next possession. Spiller is the fourth freshman in school history to run for at least 200 yards and the second Aggie freshman to run for three TDs in a game.
Cordarrian Richardson put Texas A&M on top 14-7 later in the first quarter with a 19-yard touchdown run.
Mond connected with Jalen Wydermyer on a 7-yard touchdown pass near the end of the second quarter to push A&M's lead to 21-7 at halftime.
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The Aggies (6-3) were up by 14 when a 50-yard touchdown run by Spiller made it 28-7 early in the third quarter. It was his second long scoring run of the game after a 60-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Spiller padded the lead on an 8-yard run later in the third quarter on a drive where he had a 42-yard run.
Kellen Mond threw for 211 yards and a touchdown, and his 1-yard TD run on the first drive of the fourth quarter made it 42-7. He was replaced on A&M's next drive with the Aggies in control of the game.
Lowell Narcisse had 90 yards passing and ran for 54 yards and a touchdown before he was injured early in the third quarter. The team didn't provide any information on his injury on a hard hit by Anthony Hines. He had to be helped to his feet and off the field. He walked to the locker room but did not return to the game.
Jordan Weeks took over and threw for 48 yards with an interception.
The Roadrunners cut the lead to 45-14 when Dadrian Taylor intercepted a pass from backup Zach Calzada and returned it 58 yards for a touchdown with about five minutes left.
Texas A&M's defense was in the backfield for much of the day and finished with four sacks, seven quarterback hits and 10 tackles for losses.
Narcisse put UTSA (3-5) on top in the first with a 2-yard touchdown run that made it 7-0. That play was set up by a 44-yard catch and run by Sincere McCormick two plays earlier.
The Aggies tied it when Spiller ran 60 yards for a touchdown on the first play of the next possession. Spiller is the fourth freshman in school history to run for at least 200 yards and the second Aggie freshman to run for three TDs in a game.
Cordarrian Richardson put Texas A&M on top 14-7 later in the first quarter with a 19-yard touchdown run.
Mond connected with Jalen Wydermyer on a 7-yard touchdown pass near the end of the second quarter to push A&M's lead to 21-7 at halftime.
Postgame Notes
Team
- The first quarter rushing touchdown by freshman RB Isaiah Spiller was the longest scoring rush of the season for the Aggies and the team's third one-play scoring drive of the year.
- For the fourth time this season multiple true freshmen recorded a touchdown in the same game as RB Isaiah Spiller and TE Jalen Wydermyer reached the end zone.
- The Maroon & White went 5-for-5 in the red zone against UTSA, marking the fourth time this season the Aggies scored points on every red zone possession. They also did so against Lamar, Auburn and Alabama.
- A&M scored five rushing touchdowns against the Roadrunners, matching a team season high set against Lamar.
- Today's captains against UTSA were WR Jhamon Ausbon, S Keldrick Carper, P Braden Mann and OL Colton Prater.
- Texas A&M won the toss and deferred.
Individual
- Freshman RB Isaiah Spiller rushed for three touchdowns against UTSA, matching the most rushing touchdowns by a freshman in a single game.
- Spiller is the second true freshman to rush for over 200 yards in a game, matching the true freshman record for rushing yards in a game, set by Trayveon Williams with 217 against Tennessee in 2016.
- Spiller scored multiple touchdowns in a game for the second time this season after scoring twice against Lamar.
- Spiller broke away for a 60-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, the team's longest rushing TD of the season.
- Freshman TE Jalen Wydermyer's 7-yard touchdown grab marked his sixth score of the season, the second-most touchdowns by a tight end in Texas A&M history.
- Junior QB Kellen Mond made it back-to-back games with a completion percentage of 70-percent-or-better, finishing the UTSA game with a 76.2 completion percentage. This marked the fourth time this season Mond has thrown for 70-percent-or-better, after entering the season having done so just two times in his career.
- Mond made it 13 games in his career with a passing and rushing touchdown in the same game, tossing a 7-yard pass to Wydermyer in the first quarter and scoring on a keeper in the fourth quarter. This leads all SEC quarterbacks at their current institutions.
- Mond upped his career passing yards total to 6,696 yards after throwing for 211 yards against UTSA. He is now top five all-time at A&M in career passing completions, attempts, yards and touchdowns, as well as wins, boasting a 20-10 career record.
- Freshman DE DeMarvin Leal matched his season high with six tackles, including a season best 2.0 tackles for loss.
- Sophomore PK Seth Small made a 45-yard field goal in the fourth quarter, upping his career makes to 32, which ties him for 10th all-time with Alan Smith (80-84).