Marcel Reed threw three touchdown passes and Amari Daniels ran for 106 yards and a score to lead No. 3 Texas A&M to a dominant 48-0 win over Samford on Saturday afternoon in College Station, Texas.
Reed completed 10 of 15 passes for 120 yards and threw his three TD passes during a 21-0 first quarter that put the No. 3 Aggies (11-0) on course for the comfortable victory in their regular-season home finale.
Texas A&M’s defense did the rest, holding the overmatched Bulldogs (1-11) without a first down in the first half and only 25 total yards over the first two quarters. Samford went 0-for-14 on third downs for the game.
After the Bulldogs’ Jake Garner missed a 38-yard field-goal attempt with 1:11 left, Texas A&M had its first shutout since Sept. 3, 2022.
Texas A&M totaled 475 yards and limited Samford to 77 yards and three first downs. It was the first time Texas A&M held an opponent under 100 yards since 1996.
After Daniels ran for a 1-yard touchdown with 12:19 left in the first half, the Aggies began pulling starters, including Reed. Daniels averaged 11.8 yards per carry as he continued to stand out in relief of Le’Veon Moss, who sat out due to an ankle injury.
Ashton Bethel-Roman finished with two catches, both of which went for touchdowns on throws from Reed, for 61 yards. Teammate KC Concepcion led all receivers with five catches for 42 yards and a touchdown.
Trailing 38-0, Samford finally got a first down with 7:54 left in the third quarter on a hook-and-ladder when Calvin Jones caught a short pass from Quincy Crittendon and flipped it to CJ Evans for a 24-yard gain into Aggies’ territory.
Samford ran the same play again for another first down and put itself in position to try a 41-yard field goal. But Garner’s attempt was blocked by Landon Rink and returned by Jayvon Thomas to the Bulldogs’ 34.
Crittendon completed just 7 of 16 passes for 44 yards, and the Bulldogs mustered only 31 yards rushing. KeShawn Washington provided one of the few highlights with a second-quarter interception of Miles O’Neill.
