{"id":434167,"date":"2026-09-12T20:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T20:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/434167\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T20:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T20:24:11","slug":"no-10-texas-am-beats-arizona-state-48-20-as-defense-scores-twice-in-fourth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/434167\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 10 Texas A&M beats Arizona State 48-20 as defense scores twice in fourth"},"content":{"rendered":"

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) \u2014 Marcel Reed had three touchdown passes and the defense scored twice in the fourth quarter as No. 10 Texas A&M pulled away late for a 48-20 victory over Arizona State Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Aggies led by 4 before Reed threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Mario Craver on the second play of the fourth quarter to make it 31-20.<\/p>\n

Texas A&M\u2019s offense struggled to get going and was inconsistent at times, with Reed going 15 of 25 for 163 yards with an interception before the defense turned this game into a blowout.<\/p>\n

Isaiah Horton had two touchdown receptions after scoring once in his Texas A&M debut last week following his transfer from Alabama.<\/p>\n

Boley was 21 of 34 for 254 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. Reed Harris, a Boston College transfer, had a career-high 189 yards receiving with two scores after he had 137 yards receiving and two TDs last week.<\/p>\n

Lyrik Rawls made a diving interception on Reed\u2019s first throw of the second half and the Sun Devils added a field goal on the ensuing drive to cut the lead to 17-13.<\/p>\n

Reed found Horton in the corner of the end zone on a 13-yard reception on A&M\u2019s next possession to push the lead to 24-13.<\/p>\n

Harris got in front of safety Dalton Brooks for a reception later in the third and simply outran him to the end zone for a 58-yard touchdown<\/a> to cut the lead to 24-20 before Boley’s late mistakes doomed the Sun Devils.<\/p>\n

Arizona State muffed a punt with about six minutes left in the first quarter and Texas A&M recovered the ball on the 8. Rueben Owens gave the Aggies an early lead on his 2-yard scoring run three plays later.<\/p>\n

A 21-yard TD catch by Harris tied it 7-7 near the end of the first.<\/p>\n

The Aggies regained the lead when Reed found Horton wide open in the end zone for a 4-yard score with about nine minutes left in the second.<\/p>\n

Arizona State: The Sun Devils have a dynamic offense and if they can cut down on their mistakes, they could be a contender in the Big 12.<\/p>\n

Texas A&M: The Aggies must limit big plays and Reed will need to be more accurate if they hope to stay undefeated as they begin Southeastern Conference play next week.<\/p>\n

Arizona State: Opens Big 12 play against Kansas in the Union Jack Classic at Wembley Stadium in London next Saturday.<\/p>\n

Texas A&M: Hosts Kentucky next Saturday.<\/p>\n

Sign up for Top 25 poll alerts here, visit the Top 25 here and see AP\u2019s full college football coverage here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) \u2014 Marcel Reed had three touchdown passes and the defense scored twice in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[6550,52143,150757,4055,150756,7063,23681,202,196,42838,42094,942,27,150755,29,28,44573],"class_list":["post-434167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-arizona","tag-isaiah-horton","tag-julio-humphrey","tag-marcel-reed","tag-marco-jones","tag-mario-craver","tag-package-100024-ap-online","tag-package-100502-member-choice-sports-option","tag-product-30599-ap-sports-news-s-wire-only","tag-product-32556-ap-online-college-game-stories","tag-product-32562-ap-online-other-sports-news","tag-product-40815-ap-texas-sports-only","tag-texas","tag-texas-am-arizona-state-football-score","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-tyler-white"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}