COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Marcel Reed threw for a career-high 439 yards and three touchdowns and No. 3 Texas A&M rallied from a 27-point deficit to stay undefeated with a 31-30 victory over South Carolina on Saturday.
It is the most important comeback in class historical past, eclipsing a 21-point rally by a Johnny Manziel-led group in a 52-48 win within the 2013 Chick-fil-A Bowl over Duke. Coming into Saturday, groups have been 0-286 in Southeastern Convention play since 2004 when trailing by 27 factors or extra.
Reed bounced again from an terrible first half the place he was intercepted twice and had a fumble returned for a rating to place the Aggies in a 30-3 gap with a stunning second half to maintain Texas A&M (10-0, 7-0) on observe for its first journey to the Faculty Soccer Playoff and SEC title recreation look.
The Aggies took the lead for the primary time on a 4-yard run by EJ Smith with about 11 minutes left.
Texas A&M had a primary down on the 1 after that, however Jamarion Morrow fumbled on a trick play and the Gamecocks recovered with about three minutes to go.
Dalton Brooks and Cashius Howell sacked LaNorris Sellers on consecutive performs to deliver up fourth-and-16 with about 90 seconds to go. Sellers scrambled on fourth down and he was stopped wanting the primary down marker to seal the victory.
Sellers threw for 246 yards with two touchdowns and an interception for South Carolina (3-7, 1-7), which misplaced a fifth straight recreation.
Izaiah Williams caught a 27-yard TD go from Reed to make it 30-10 on A&M’s first drive of the second half. Reed had a 16-yard run on fourth-and-12 to maintain the drive alive.
Reed discovered Ashton Bethel-Roman for a 39-yard TD to get the Aggies inside 30-17 with about 4 minutes left within the third.
Reed’s 14-yard go to Nate Boerkircher reduce the result in a landing late within the third quarter. That rating was arrange by a brief go that Bethel-Roman become a 76-yard reception the play earlier than.
KC Concepcion had seven receptions for 158 yards and Bethel-Roman added 139 yards receiving for the Aggies.
The Gamecocks took a 10-3 lead when Sellers linked with Vandrevius Jacobs on a 50-yard landing go.
They pushed the result in 17-3 when 322-pound defensive deal with Nick Barrett scooped up a fumble by Reed and rumbled 17-yards for a rating late within the first quarter.
South Carolina was up by 17 late within the second quarter when Brooks intercepted a go from Sellers and returned it 39 yards to provide the Aggies a primary down on the 6. Concepcion could not reel in two straight passes in the long run zone earlier than Randy Bond missed his second discipline objective of the half to go away Texas A&M emptyhanded.
The Aggies protection bought a cease, however Reed was intercepted in the long run zone with a few minute left within the first half to provide the Gamecocks the ball once more. They took benefit of that mistake when Nyck Harbor had an 80-yard catch and run for a rating on the primary play of the drive to increase the result in 27-3.
Reed was picked off once more two performs later and South Carolina tacked on a discipline objective to make it 30-3 at halftime.
