{"id":426797,"date":"2024-12-01T22:47:30","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T22:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=426797"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"No-3-Texas-baffles-No-20-Texas-A-M-lands-spot-in-SEC-title-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/No-3-Texas-baffles-No-20-Texas-A-M-lands-spot-in-SEC-title-game\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 3 Texas baffles No. 20 Texas A&#038;M, lands spot in SEC title game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quinn Ewers passed for 218 yards and a touchdown and No. 3 Texas rode a dominant defensive performance to a berth in the Southeastern Conference championship game, beating No. 20 Texas A&amp;M 17-7 on Saturday night in College Station, Texas. Quintrevion Wisner rushed for a career-high 186 yards on 33 carries and the Longhorns (11-1, 7-1 SEC) held the Aggies (8-4, 5-3) to 244 total yards of offense to earn a meeting with No. 7 Georgia in the conference title game next Saturday in Atlanta. Texas has won five straight games since a 30-15 home loss to the Bulldogs on Oct. 19. Marcel Reed passed for just 146 yards but added a team-high 56 rushing yards for Texas A&amp;M, which got its only points from its defense in the first meeting since 2011 between the long-time rivals. Texas was poised to increase its 17-0 halftime lead, but Ewers&#8217; pass was tipped and Will Lee III intercepted it and ripped off a 93-yard return for a touchdown that pulled the Aggies within 10 with 5:42 remaining in the third quarter. Ewers drove the Longhorns into scoring position on the ensuing possession, but Cashius Howell knocked the ball loose from him, with the Aggies&#8217; Taurean York recovering the fumble at the Texas A&amp;M 11, keeping the score 17-7 after three quarters. In the fourth, Jahdae Walker blocked a Texas punt, giving the Aggies the ball at the Longhorns 19. But later, on fourth-and-goal from the Texas 1, Amari Daniels was stopped for a 3-yard loss with 4:36 remaining. On Texas&#8217; second possession, Ewers drove the Longhorns to the Aggies 15, and on fourth-and-2, Arch Manning replaced him and ran for a touchdown that gave Texas a 7-0 lead. The Longhorns increased their lead to 14-0 when Ewers threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Jaydon Blue with 8:25 to go in the first half. Bert Auburn kicked a 28-yard field goal before missing a 48-yarder as time expired in the second quarter, leaving Texas with a 17-0 lead at the break. &#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/a61724c2ab551bb22fc097f9af5787ec.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Nov 30, 2024; College Station, Texas, USA; Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers (3) attempts a pass as Texas A&amp;M Aggies linebacker Scooby Williams (0) applies defensive pressure during the first quarter at Kyle Field. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>-Troy Taormina-Imagn Images<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quinn Ewers passed for 218 yards and a touchdown and No. 3 Texas rode a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-426797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}