News release from Texas A&M Athletics:
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION – The No. 25 Texas A&M football team dominated from start to finish Saturday afternoon in a 41-10 rout of No. 9 Missouri at Kyle Field.
The Aggies (5-1, 3-0 SEC) remained unbeaten in SEC play after outgaining the Tigers (4-1, 1-1 SEC) 512-254 on the day. Defensively, the Maroon & White wreaked havoc as they totaled a season-best 6.0 sacks and 8.0 tackles for loss. Nic Scourton led the charge with three tackles, 2.5 for loss and 1.5 sacks. Dalton Brooks totaled a team-best six tackles, five of which were solo takedowns.
Quarterback Conner Weigman returned as the starter for the first time since Week 2 and finished the day 18-of-22 passing for 276 yards. The sophomore also added five carries for 33 yards. Running back Le’Veon Moss rushed for a career-high 138 yards on 12 carries to go along with a career-best three touchdowns. The junior added two catches for a career-high 35 yards. The 100-yard performance marked the second straight for Moss and the fourth of his career.
Amari Daniels chipped in with 34 yards on nine carries and added a pair of scores, marking his second multi-touchdown performance of the season. Freshman Terry Bussey led the Aggie receiving corps with three receptions for 76 yards, while Noah Thomas followed with a trio of catches for 65 yards.
Texas A&M blitzed Missouri in the opening half, racing out to a 24-0 lead and outgaining the Tigers 305-79. Following a fourth down stop on the Tigers’ opening possession of the game, the Aggies found paydirt as Daniels capped off an eight play 60-yard drive with a 1-yard touchdown run as 9:17 remained in the first quarter. The Maroon & White later tacked on a 44-yard field goal courtesy of Randy Bond as they took a 10-0 lead into the second.
After the stoppage, Daniels found the end zone once again as the junior punched it in from 1-yard out to finish off an eight play 65-yard drive. Bond’s extra-point pushed the advantage to 17-0 as 14:27 remained in the half. Moss put the finishing touches on a dominant first half with a 1-yard rushing score to cap off an 11 play, 88-yard drive.
Ol’ Sarge’s charges continued to pour it on in the third as Moss broke through the gap for a 75-yard touchdown run on the first play from scrimmage to extend the lead to 31-0. With 6:30 left in the quarter, Bond pushed the advantage to 34-0 behind a 38-yard field goal.
The Tigers finally broke through on the scoreboard at the 5:06 mark in the third behind a broken play that led to a 59-yard touchdown pass.
In the fourth, the Aggies tacked on another score as Moss found the end zone for the third time on the day with an 18-yard rush. Missouri later added a 23-yard field goal in the closing seconds to make the final 41-10.
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Texas A&M Football Post Game Notes
No. 25 Texas A&M 41, No. 9 Missouri 10
Kyle Field (Bryan-College Station, Texas)
Team Notes
The 31-point spread was the Aggies’ largest margin of victory over a top-10 opponent, besting a 52-28 victory over No. 9 South Carolina to open the 2014 season.
The Aggies registered five rushing touchdowns in an SEC game for the first time since an Oct. 12, 2013, win at Ole Miss.
Texas A&M has recorded five rushing touchdowns in multiple games this season, marking the first time it has accomplished the feat since 2019.
Missouri’s 10 points were the fewest given up by an Aggie defense against a top-10 opponent since beating No. 9 Nebraska 9-6 on Nov. 20, 2010.
The Aggies racked up over 512 yards of total offense, their second time going over 500 yards and fourth time going over 400 yards in 2024.
Texas A&M doubled up Missouri in total offense, 512-254 including a 236-68 (3.47-to-1) edge in rushing yards.
The Maroon & White held the Tigers to just 68 yards on the ground in the game, marking the third time this season they have limited their opponent to double digits in the category and the fourth straight game of allowing 100-or-fewer rushing yards.
The A&M defense dominated on the way to a 24-0 halftime lead, limiting Missouri to just 79 yards of offense in the first half, including just 16 rushing yards.
Texas A&M held Missouri to 0-for-5 on 3rd down 0-for-5 in first half and 0-for-6 to start the game as A&M built a 34-0 lead.
The Aggies were 5-of-5 in the red zone, including four touchdowns and field goal.
The A&M defense continued playing like mad dogs in a meat market, registering 8.0 tackles for loss, including 6.0 sacks.
The Aggies’ victory marked the first time they have strung together five consecutive victories after dropping the season opener since 2012.
Individual Notes
Sophomore Conner Weigman returned as QB1 against Missouri, completing 18-of-22 passes for 276 yards and rushing five times for 33 yards.
Weigman’s passing and completion totals helped him continue his climb through the A&M record books, moving to 22nd place with 2,376 career passing yards and a tie for 19th place with 196 career completions.
Junior RB Le’Veon Moss made it back-to-back 100-yard games, racking up a career-best 138 yard on 12 carries and scored multiple touchdowns in a game for the second time this season, finishing the game with three trips to the end zone.
Moss logged the longest run of his career with his 75-yard touchdown scamper on the first play of the second half.
Moss became the first Aggie to rush for three TDs in a game since Isaiah Spiller against UTSA in November 2019.
Moss also racked up a career-best 173 all-purpose yards in the game, adding 35 receiving yards.
Junior RB Amari Daniels registered the second multi-touchdown game of his career and of the season after reaching the end zone on a pair of 1-yard scores in the first half.
Freshman Terry Bussey, who entered the game with two receptions for 10 yards, logged three catches for 76 yards, including a long of 33.
Junior DL Nic Scourton has recorded at least 1.0 tackle for loss in five of his six games in the Maroon & White, finishing the game with 2.5, including 1.5 sacks. Scourton has now logged a sack in 10 of his last 13 games and a tackle for loss in 13 of his last 15.
Junior DB Will Lee III broke up a pair of passes against the Tigers to make it back-to-back games with multiple breakups after tallying a career-best four PBU against Arkansas.
Four Aggies registered their first sack of the season, including sophomore DL DJ Hicks, graduate DL Rodas Johnson, sophomore LB Daymion Sanford and sophomore LB Taurean York. Junior DL Albert Regis also got in the column for the first time in 2024 with a half-sack. It was the first career sack for Sanford.
Graduate K Randy Bond converted on 2-of-2 field goals and 5-of-5 PATs for 11 points, notching the 10th game of his career scoring double-digit points and the 16th time sending multiple field goals through the uprights.
Bond moved into 10th place on Texas A&M’s career scoring list with 244 points, including seventh in kicker-only scoring. Bond also moved into 11th place with 94 made PATs (94-of-94) and became the sixth Aggie to make 50 career field goals (50-of-65).