Texas Football beats Texas A&M to advance to the SEC Championship Game

COLLEGE STATION — Thirteen years later, the Texas football team didn’t need a last-second kick to beat Texas A&M.

Before an announced crowd of 109,028 at Kyle Field, No. 3 Texas secured a spot in the SEC championship game with a 17-7 victory over No. 19 Texas A&M on Saturday night. The Longhorns got 186 rushing yards from running back Quintrevion Wisner as well as a dominating performance from their defense in the win.

Saturday’s showdown was the first between Texas and Texas A&M since Justin Tucker’s 40-yard field goal gave the Longhorns a 27-25 victory on Nov. 24, 2011 in College Station.

After waiting 4,755 days for a rematch, Texas A&M got a brilliant result Saturday night. The Aggies drove into Texas territory on each of their first two drives, but the UT defense thwarted both scoring attempts. Jermayne Lole stuffed Texas A&M running back Amari Daniels on a 4th-and-1 attempt at the UT 10 to end a possession, and Michael Taaffe then intercepted a deep shot from Marcel Reed at the Texas 7.

That would put Texas A&M closest to taking the lead on Saturday night.

Texas (11-1, 7-1) turned Taaffe’s interception into a 10-play, 93-yard touchdown drive in which backup quarterback Arch Manning stepped in and scored on a 15-yard run. On UT’s next possession, starting quarterback Quinn Ewers threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to running back Jaydon Blue. Both Manning and Ewers initially failed to score – Manning had run for 14 yards when he needed 15, while the pass to Blue was called incomplete – but video reviews corrected those assessments.

Texas eventually took a 17-0 halftime lead after Bert Auburn kicked a 28-yard field goal with 1:50 left in the second quarter. This field goal was the 60th of Auburn’s career and tied Cameron Dicker’s school record.

A 93-yard interception return by Will Lee III cut UT’s lead in the third quarter, and a blocked punt gave Texas A&M another scoring opportunity in the final frame. But with 4:35 left, Texas stopped Texas A&M on a fourth down attempt from UT 1. Texas maintained its 10-point lead the rest of the game.

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