Rogers caught two of the touchdowns and the successful two pointers. Mond's go-to receivers in overtime were Davis and Rogers. The Tigers used a trick play for another touchdown.
In overtime, quarterback Joe Burrow ran for two touchdowns and threw for two scores.
LSU needed a 50-yard field goal from Cole Tracy on its first overtime series to even extend the game. GIG 'EM! /BlIMd95hbz- SEC Network November 25, 2018 He all but secured the SEC rushing title, the first Aggie to lead the SEC in that category since Johnny Manziel did so in 2012, the year he won the Heisman.Īccording to Texas A&M had a 0.2% chance to win with :20 left in the game. For the game, he was 23 of 49 for 287 yards and six touchdowns.Ī&M tailback Trayveon Williams rushed for 198 yards on a career-best 35 carries. Both teams scored on each of their seven possessions. Mond accounted for five touchdowns -four via the pass, one by rush - and completed a pair of two-point attempts. The miracle finish in regulation seemed like an afterthought after the sides went at each other for seven sessions of overtime. "Sometimes you get kind of lucky," Mond said. Mond said he didn't realize his knee was down until the officials announced it. Our guys have nothing to be ashamed about, they fought, they fought hard." That was one heck of an overtime, we just fell one play short. The momentum kept on changing both ways and the guys responded. We intercepted the football, then his knee was down and then all of the sudden the clock runs out and we win the football game and they put another second on the clock. We held ourselves in that position to win. There were opportunities to win the football game," Orgeron said. In my opinion, that one second shouldn't have been put on." They put another one second on the clock. "They tried to kill it and the clock ran out on the zero. "We've been told that with three seconds left, you can't kill it," Orgeron said. LSU coach Ed Orgeron objected to the final second being given back to the Aggies.ĪGGIES WIN IN 7OTS!!! Whoop! /aAKyyV5USb- Texas A&M University November 25, 2018 Then, after officials gave the Aggies back one more second after going to zero when Mond spiked the ball to stop the clock, Mond found Davis underneath the goal posts for the game-tying touchdown. He threw to Quartney Davis to convert a fourth and 18. MORE: 5 Week 13 outcomes that could affect the CFP pictureĭown 31-24, A&M relied on more Mond magic in the final minute. But officials reviewed the play and overturned the pick after determining Mond's knee touched in the backfield as he reached for a bad snap. To think, LSU appeared to have the game won in the final moments of regulation, when the Tigers intercepted a Mond pass.
LbFf39ZVyR- LSU Football November 25, 2018 The last Aggie win was back in 1995, when A&M was dominating the Southwest Conference.įinal from College Station. Before Saturday's game, LSU had drubbed A&M in seven straight games. The seventh-ranked Tigers dropped to 9-3. There's a possibility the Aggies could receive an invite to a New Year's Day bowl, going to the Outback to play a team from the Big Ten. A&M will have a chance at a ninth win in a bowl game, the prestige of which was greatly improved. RELATED: Highest scoring college football games in every division | Longest OT games in historyĪ record of 8-4 never looked so good. They just scratched and clawed and believed. The victory put an exclamation point on Jimbo Fisher's first-season, renovation project of the Aggies. It was the highest scoring game in FBS history.Ĭatch highlights from the 74-72 win ⬇️ #GigEm /IBHhew6z07- Texas A&M Football November 25, 2018įrom the Aggie perspective, it was the most important because it represented A&M's first win in SEC play over LSU. The Aggies finally prevailed when quarterback Kellen Mond hit Kendrick Rogers for a two-point attempt in the right corner of the end zone.
The game stretched through seven overtimes, or as one Aggie described it, as 11 quarters, topping out at four hours, 53 minutes. Thousands of fans streamed onto the field to celebrate Texas A&M's marathon 74-72 win over LSU. COLLEGE STATION - It was the rarest of sights late Saturday night at Kyle Field.