Record Comeback Lifts No. 3 Football to 31-30 Win over South Carolina

Saturday, November 15

Bryan-College Station

11:00 AM

Texas A&M

10-0 , 7-0

South Carolina

3-7 , 1-7

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

South Carolina

Texas A&M

Nov 15, 2025 | Football

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By: Athletics Communications

BRYAN–COLLEGE STATION – No. 3 Texas A&M sparked a miraculous second-half comeback after trailing by 27 points to down South Carolina, 31-30, on Saturday. The 27-point come-from-behind victory stands as the largest deficit erased in an Aggie win in program history.

Redshirt sophomore quarterback Marcel Reed passed for a career-high 439 yards on 22 completions with three touchdowns. Junior wide receiver KC Concepcion registered a career high with 158 receiving yards on eight catches. Redshirt freshman wide receiver Ashton Bethel-Roman had a career day with four receptions for 139 yards and a touchdown. Redshirt freshman wide receiver Izaiah Williams and graduate tight end Nate Boerkircher also posted receiving scores on the afternoon.

The Aggie defense prevented the Gamecocks from scoring on each of their five drives in the second half to secure the victory. Junior linebacker Taurean York was the Maroon & White's leading tackler with eight, including 1.5 tackles for loss. Senior cornerback Will Lee III added five tackles with a pass breakup and his first career sack, and junior safety Dalton Brooks notched his first interception on the year. Redshirt senior defensive end Cashius Howell recorded a sack on the final drive of the contest to help seal the win and matched a career high with three pass breakups.

HOW IT HAPPENED

South Carolina charted the first points of the game after converting a 36-yard field goal on its opening drive.
Texas A&M evened the score on the ensuing drive with a 40-yard field goal from Randy Bond.
The Gamecocks reclaimed the lead midway through the first quarter on a 50-yard receiving score from Vandrevius Jacobs.
The visiting team recovered an Aggie fumble to the end zone to extend its lead to 17-3 at the end of the first quarter.
South Carolina tacked on a 41-yard field goal to go up 20-3 with 9:32 left in the second quarter.
Nyck Harbor took an 80-yard reception to the end zone to extend the Gamecocks' advantage to 27-3.
In the final seconds of the first half, South Carolina converted a 35-yard field goal, making it a 30-3 game at the break.
The Aggies opened the second half with a 27-yard receiving score from Williams to cut the deficit to 30-10.
Reed hit Bethel-Roman 39 yards downfield in the end zone for a touchdown with 4:18 left in the third quarter, making it a 30-17 ballgame.
Boerkircher hauled in a 14-yard strike from Reed to put the Aggies within one score, 30-24, late in the third quarter.
EJ Smith punched in a 4-yard rushing score to even the contest early in the fourth quarter. Texas A&M took its first and final lead of the afternoon with Bond's converted extra point attempt.
On the Gamecocks' final offensive drive, Tyler Onyedim notched a pivotal sack on 2nd-and-1 to move the opposition back 11 yards. Howell followed up with a sack of his own on 3rd-and-12 before recording the game-clinching tackle on 4th down.

NOTES

Today's attendance of 108,582 was the largest of the season and fifth-largest in Kyle Field history. It was the Aggies' ninth straight crowd in excess of 100,000 and the largest crowd ever at Kyle Field with an 11 a.m. kickoff.
The Aggies improved to 10-0 for the first time since 1992 and logged the program's first 10-win season 2012 (11-3). Texas A&M has five 10-0 starts in its history, with the 2025 team matching the starts by the 1992, 1975, 1939 and 1919 Aggies. The Aggies posted their 13th 10-win season in school history.
Texas A&M's 10-game win streak marks the first double-digit win streak for the program since the Aggies won 11 straight over the 2020-21 seasons.
Texas A&M is 7-0 in SEC play for the first time and have won 7-plus league games for the second time. Only the 2020 team has won more league games with an 8-1 worksheet in the SEC-only pandemic season. It's the first time the Aggies have reached 7-0 in conference play in any league since R.C. Slocum's team were undefeated in Southwest Conference play from 1991-93.
According to the ESPN broadcast, SEC teams were 0-286 when trailing by 27-plus points since 2004.
Reed passed for a career-high 439 yards, including 316 in the second half while rallying the Aggies from a 27-point halftime deficit. It was Reed's first 400-yard passing game, eclipsing his previous best of 361 vs. Oklahoma State in the 2023 Texas Bowl. For the game, Reed connected on 22-of-39 attempts and three touchdowns while adding 13 rushing yards for a career-high 452 total yards.
Concepcion and Bethel-Roman combined for 297 receiving yards, marking highest total for an Aggie duo since Christian Kirk and Jhamon Ausbon combined for 301 in the 2017 Belk Bowl against Wake Forest.
Texas A&M shut out the Gamecocks in the second half while limiting them to 76 yards on 26 plays in the third and fourth quarters. USC was 2-of-10 on third- and fourth-down tries in the second half.
After being held without a sack in the first three quarters, Texas A&M posted 4.0 in the fourth stanza with four Aggies getting the crucial take-downs – DE Cashius Howell, DT Tyler Onyedim, CB Will Lee III and DE Dayon Hayes.
Junior S Dalton Brooks grabbed his first interception of the season and the third of his career.

UP NEXT

Texas A&M gears up for its final home contest of the season on Saturday, Nov. 22, against Samford. Kickoff is set for 11 a.m. CT with live coverage on SEC Network+.