Texas A&M Reaches Unfamiliar Milestone in Win Over Auburn

Over the course of the past two Texas A&M wins, the team has committed 26 penalties, docking the Aggies over 200 yards between the two games. Any time a team can manage to win while consistently shooting itself in the foot is impressive. 

“Yeah, we won two games without playing our best football,” head coach Mike Elko said after the game. “That's a testament to character, culture and just grinding out wins. Again, that won't last forever. That's not lost on me. But I do think when you go find different ways to win, you know, one game you throw the ball, one game you run the ball, one game you win on offense, one game you win on defense, it gives you an opportunity to go out and win and sustain success over long periods of time.”

And again, our defensive kids stood up today and made an awful lot of stops and helped us go out there and win a football game.”

A major contributor to the Aggies’ success this season has been quarterback Marcel Reed. Over the course of four games, Reed has played very well for the Maroon and White, recording over 1,000 passing yards, nine passing touchdowns, two interceptions, 119 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown.

“It means a lot,” Reed said. “I really didn't know the history of that. We're just doing what we can to get wins every day. We're trying to execute our championship execution and play our best ball. It wasn't that today, obviously, but we got the job done and we're on to next week.”

If the Aggies can manage to put together a clean game, the sky is the limit according to Reed. 

“I mean, if the defense plays like that again and we eliminate penalties, we were already ahead of them by 200 yards,” Reed said. “We lost 100 yards ourselves from penalties. If we don't, there's probably 30, 40 points on the board. And we don't score 16 with 300-something, 400 yards of offense.”

The Aggies are set to host the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Saturday, a team that just took the No. 15 Tennessee Volunteers to overtime.