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A&M loses 41-21 to Baylor, falls to sixth in Big 12 South
By: Brad Cox
Issue date: 11/17/08 Section: Sports
However, Griffin fired back in the next drive with a 31-yard touchdown pass to freshman receiver Kendall White. The Aggie defense struggled to contain Griffin in the remainder of the game.
Johnson threw his second interception of the game in the resulting drive and the Aggies went to the locker room facing a 20-7 deficit.
With the momentum on their side, the Bears came out firing on all cylinders in the third quarter. In the quarter, Griffin completed a 55-yard touchdown pass to senior receiver Thomas White, sophomore running back Jay Finley ran in a 13-yard touchdown rush to cap a 99-yard drive and Jones rushed for an 18-yard touchdown run.
By the end of the third quarter, the Bears held a comfortable 41-7 lead against the Aggies. Griffin finished the game with 241 passing yards, two passing touchdowns and 56 rushing yards. He was 13-23 through the air.
"[Griffin is] a good athlete," said junior linebacker Matt Featherston, who recorded a game-high 14 tackles. "He is very quick and very strong. We tried to scheme it up so that we had more than one guy on him. Whenever he had one-one-one matchups, we tried to make the best of it, but he did his thing on the ground. He is just a great athlete."
The Aggies tallied two meaningless touchdowns in the fourth quarter. Lane rushed in for his 48th career-rushing touchdown with 8:49 remaining in the game and Johnson connected with freshman receiver Jeff Fuller on 5-yard touchdown pass with 3:45 remaining in the game.
The touchdown pass was Johnson's 20th of the season, a single-season A&M record. The reception, Fuller's 8th touchdown reception of the season, ties a school record set by Bob Long in 1967 and 1968 and tied by Bethel Johnson in 2002.
Baylor did not score in the fourth quarter, but the lead was enough to give them the win, 41-21. Baylor Head Coach Art Briles, who is in his first season with the Bears, ran to the Baylor student section after the game and tossed his hat into the stands in celebration.
"I think [the win] gives us some credibility as a football program," Briles said. "If they have got Texas in their name, we need to beat them, that is just the way it is. It is not going to change. It will be the same way in 2020."
With the loss A&M falls to 4-7 overall and 2-5 in the Big 12. The Aggies are in last place of the Big 12 South heading into the season-ending game against archrival Texas. The loss also ended the Aggies' hopes of becoming bowl eligible.
Johnson threw his second interception of the game in the resulting drive and the Aggies went to the locker room facing a 20-7 deficit.
With the momentum on their side, the Bears came out firing on all cylinders in the third quarter. In the quarter, Griffin completed a 55-yard touchdown pass to senior receiver Thomas White, sophomore running back Jay Finley ran in a 13-yard touchdown rush to cap a 99-yard drive and Jones rushed for an 18-yard touchdown run.
By the end of the third quarter, the Bears held a comfortable 41-7 lead against the Aggies. Griffin finished the game with 241 passing yards, two passing touchdowns and 56 rushing yards. He was 13-23 through the air.
"[Griffin is] a good athlete," said junior linebacker Matt Featherston, who recorded a game-high 14 tackles. "He is very quick and very strong. We tried to scheme it up so that we had more than one guy on him. Whenever he had one-one-one matchups, we tried to make the best of it, but he did his thing on the ground. He is just a great athlete."
The Aggies tallied two meaningless touchdowns in the fourth quarter. Lane rushed in for his 48th career-rushing touchdown with 8:49 remaining in the game and Johnson connected with freshman receiver Jeff Fuller on 5-yard touchdown pass with 3:45 remaining in the game.
The touchdown pass was Johnson's 20th of the season, a single-season A&M record. The reception, Fuller's 8th touchdown reception of the season, ties a school record set by Bob Long in 1967 and 1968 and tied by Bethel Johnson in 2002.
Baylor did not score in the fourth quarter, but the lead was enough to give them the win, 41-21. Baylor Head Coach Art Briles, who is in his first season with the Bears, ran to the Baylor student section after the game and tossed his hat into the stands in celebration.
"I think [the win] gives us some credibility as a football program," Briles said. "If they have got Texas in their name, we need to beat them, that is just the way it is. It is not going to change. It will be the same way in 2020."
With the loss A&M falls to 4-7 overall and 2-5 in the Big 12. The Aggies are in last place of the Big 12 South heading into the season-ending game against archrival Texas. The loss also ended the Aggies' hopes of becoming bowl eligible.
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