Texas A&M Wins Eighth Straight Southwest Classic

Saturday, September 28

Arlington, Texas

11:00 AM

Texas A&M

3-2 , 1-1

Arkansas

2-3 , 0-2

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Texas A&M

Arkansas

Photo by: Craig Bisacre/Texas A&M Athletics

Sep 28, 2019 | Football

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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 12^th Man.