Texas A&M vs. Utah State: Score, live updates of non-conference game from Kyle Field originally appeared on The Sporting News
Texas A&M had a successful season opener last week.
The Aggies now want to keep generating momentum in preparation for next week’s huge game at Notre Dame. A&M is back in action at Kyle Field Saturday morning to take on another set of Aggies – the Aggies of Utah State.
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A&M (1-0) is coming off a 42-24 win against UTSA, as quarterback Marcel Reed threw for 289 yards and four touchdowns. But it was also a breakout game in the debut of new Aggie wide receivers KC Concepcion and Mario Craver, both offseason transfers.
Concepcion caught a TD pass and had A&M’s opening score by returning a punt 80 yards for a TD. Craver was the Aggies’ top receiver with six catches for 122 yards and two TDs.
A&M’s defense, after giving up a 75-yard TD run on the opening play of the second half which cut the Aggies’ lead to 21-17, then put the clamps on the Roadrunners, forcing six straight punts. The final score by UTSA came in the closing seconds.
Utah State (1-0) also won its season-opener last week, 28-16, against UTEP in the first game under new coach Bronco Mendenhall. Quarterback Bryson Barnes threw for 233 yards and a TD, and running back Miles Davis had nearly 150 yards of total offense with a rushing TD.
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FIRST QUARTER
– A&M picks up a couple of first downs on its first series, but are eventually forced to punt.
– Utah State wins the toss and defers. A&M receives the opening kickoff, and Terry Bussey breaks a long return, but it is called back due to a penalty. A&M to start at its own 10-yard line.
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PREGAME
– Marcel Reed had a solid opening game last week. Can he have another huge game in lieu of next week’s game in South Bend?
– Live from Kyle Field in College Station, Texas A&M’s Aggies attempt to move to 2-0 when they take on Utah State’s Aggies, who are also 1-0.
Texas A&M 2025 Schedule
Aug. 30 UTSA W 42-24
Sept. 6 Utah State
Sept. 13 at Notre Dame
Sept. 27 Auburn
Oct. 4 Mississippi State
Oct. 11 Florida
Oct. 18 at Arkansas
Oct. 25 at LSU
Nov. 8 at Missouri
Nov. 15 South Carolina
Nov. 22 Samford
Nov. 28 at Texas
