Nevada Wolf Pack vs Texas A&M Aggies Match Player Stats On Sep 19, 2015

The Sports Xchange
Sep 19, 2015

COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Texas A&M quarterback Kyle Allen threw four touchdown passes to lead the Aggies to a 44-27 victory over Nevada on Saturday.

For Allen, the touchdown passes made up a bit for the turnover he committed to keep what was expected to be a blowout much reasonable close.

The sophomore completed 18-of-31 passes for 270 yards. He had a fifth touchdown pass overturned by instant replay.

However, trying to protect a 14-point lead with seven minutes to play, coach Kevin Sumlin inserted freshman Kyler Murray at quarterback instead of Allen.

Murray led the Aggies on a nine-play, 61-yard drive to set up Taylor Bertolet's 32-yard field goal. That gave A&M a 17-point lead with four minutes to play.

A crowd of 102,591 at Kyle Field watched the No. 17 Aggies (3-0) in its final tuneup for SEC play next Saturday. Nevada (1-2) has a bye next Saturday.

The A&M offense showed excellent balance between run and pass selection.

Tailback Tra Carson, a senior, rushed for a career-high 137 yards on 22 carries. Allen also was used more in the running game, carrying 10 times for 55 yards.

Coming into the game, Allen had a total of 12 carries, most of which came on scrambles, for 11 yards.

The Aggies extended their nonconference winning streak to 19 straight games. The A&M sports information department said the nonconference victory string is the longest in the country.

Run-oriented Nevada was led by tailback James Butler, who rushed for 107 yards on 17 carries.

Nevada quarterback Tyler Stewart completed 16-of-29 passes for 206 yards, with two touchdowns and an interception.

A&M never trailed, scoring on its opening possession on Allen's one-yard touchdown run. Nevada tied the game at 7-7 later in the quarter when Don Jackson scampered 31 yards on a fourth-down play.

The Aggies closed the scoring in the first quarter when Allen and Speedy Noil connected on a 10-yard touchdown pass.

Allen also threw touchdown passes of 25 and 10 yards to Josh Reynolds, and a 15-yard scoring strike to Jeremy Tabuyo.

NOTES: Texas A&M sophomore receiver Speedy Noil, who had been dealing with a "soft-tissue injury" scored his first touchdown of the season in the first quarter. An all-SEC second-team selection in 2014, Noil led A&M in all-purpose yardage last season. He continued to alternate punt returns with freshman receiver Christian Kirk. ... Nevada coach Brian Polian, who was on the A&M staff in 2012, was flagged twice last week for unsportsmanlike conduct. His athletic director fined him $10,000 for bad behavior and he wasn't flagged on Saturday. Polian coached special teams on coach Kevin Sumlin's first staff at Texas A&M in 2012.