FBS college football / FINAL / Sat Sep 12, 2026 11:00 AM CT
No. 10 Texas A&M pulls away from Arizona State 48-20
Two fourth-quarter interception returns for touchdowns turned a 24-20 game into a rout at Kyle Field.
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Final
Arizona State Sun Devils20
Texas A&M Aggies48
WHERE IT TURNED
No. 10 Texas A&M beat Arizona State 48-20 on Saturday at Kyle Field in College Station, scoring 24 points in the fourth quarter of a game that was close through three.
Rueben Owens II's 2-yard run at 4:55 of the first quarter put the Aggies ahead, and Cutter Boley's 21-yard pass to Reed Harris with 0:21 left tied it at 7. Marcel Reed hit Isaiah Horton from 4 yards at 9:15 of the second, Carson Smith kicked a 30-yard field goal at 6:15, and David Olano's 22-yarder with 0:03 left made it 17-10 at the half.
Smith's 35-yard field goal at 10:19 of the third cut it to 17-13. Reed and Horton connected again from 13 yards at 5:53, and Boley's 58-yard strike to Harris at 3:39 made it 24-20.
The fourth quarter belonged to Texas A&M. Reed threw 33 yards to Mario Craver at 14:20, Marco Jones returned an interception 55 yards at 8:38, Olano kicked a 39-yard field goal at 5:58, and Julio Humphrey returned another interception 45 yards at 4:25.
Reed finished 15 of 25 for 163 yards and three touchdowns. Boley was 21 of 34 for 254 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions, and Harris caught 9 passes for 189 yards and two scores. Arizona State outgained the Aggies 369 yards to 255 but committed four turnovers, two of them fumbles. Attendance was 107,523.