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Sun Belt Supremacy: App St. stuns Texas A&M
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Chase Brice threw for 134 yards and a landing, and Appalachian State took benefit of two turnovers to stun No. 6 Texas A&M 17-14 on Saturday.
Appalachian State gained per week after scoring six touchdowns and 40 factors within the fourth quarter in a 63-61 opening loss to North Carolina.
Appalachian State (1-1) settled for a 29-yard discipline aim by Michael Hughes to take a 17-14 lead with about eight minutes left after Christian Wells was large open however dropped a landing move on third down.
The Aggies (1-1) had an opportunity to tie it with about 3 1/2 minutes to go, however a 47-yard discipline aim try by Caden Davis was quick.
Camerun Peoples, who completed with 112 yards speeding, had a 1-yard run on third down on the following possession to maintain Appalachian State’s drive going. He then dashed 48 yards to the 12 on the following play, and the Mountaineers ran out the clock.
It is Appalachian State’s first win over a workforce in The AP Prime 25 as an FBS workforce after shedding in additional time to No. 9 Tennessee in 2016 and dropping an OT sport to No. 9 Penn State in 2018.
The Mountaineers famously knocked off No. 5 Michigan 34-32 with a last-second blocked discipline aim in Ann Arbor in 2007 once they have been nonetheless within the FCS.
Saturday marked a banner day for the Solar Belt convention as Marshall additionally authored a surprising upset of No. 8 Notre Dame. It is the primary time a Group of 5 convention has gained a number of video games in opposition to AP Prime-10 opponents in almost twenty years (Marshall over No. 6 Kansas State, Toledo over No. 9 Pittsburgh on Sept. 20, 2003).
The Mountaineers stored A&M’s offense in examine per week after coach Shawn Clark was left in search of methods to repair his protection after the 63-point outburst by North Carolina.
Devon Achane ran for a landing within the first half and returned a kickoff for a rating within the third, however the Aggies had bother getting a lot else happening a mistake-filled day.
The Mountaineers outgained A&M 305-186 and had 22 first downs to simply 9 by the Aggies. They managed time of possession, too, holding a 41:29 to 18:31 benefit in that space.
The Aggies have been driving within the third quarter when Dexter Lawson Jr. compelled a fumble by Evan Stewart after a 13-yard reception, and it was recovered by Nick Hampton.
The Mountaineers took a 14-7 lead when Henry Pearson grabbed a 9-yard TD reception from Brice with about 2 1/2 minutes left within the third.
The lead was short-lived as Achane returned the following kickoff 95 yards for a landing seconds later. Achane, who’s a sprinter on Texas A&M’s monitor workforce, juked a defender earlier than shedding a would-be tackler and racing downfield for the rating to tie it at 14-all.
Haynes King was sacked by DeAndre Dingle-Prince and fumbled late within the first quarter. Texas A&M lineman Layden Robinson recovered the ball, however he additionally fumbled, and this time Appalachian State recovered it.
They cashed in on the error when Ahmani Marshall scored on a 4-yard landing run that made it 7-0 early within the second quarter.
The Aggies tied it up when Achane dashed 26 yards for a landing on the following drive.
King completed with 97 yards passing.
The loss places an enormous dent on Texas A&M’s preseason aim of lastly contending for a nationwide title, leaving the Aggies in an early gap earlier than they even start the pains of SEC play. They’ll attempt to get again on monitor subsequent Saturday evening in opposition to No. 15 Miami.
Appalachian State, in the meantime, ought to enter the AP Prime 25 ballot after the massive upset.
The Related Press contributed to this story.