Texas A&M Runs past Arkansas 34-7, Scoring on the Ground
Arkansas scored once, with 24 seconds left in the first quarter, and that was the last time its name went on the board. Texas A&M won 34-7 and never gave up the lead from its first score.
Carsyn Baker got Texas A&M going with a 2-yard run at 9:27 of the first, and KJ Edwards made it 14-0 with a 20-yard run at 3:00. Arkansas answered when KJ Jackson threw 26 yards to Chris Marshall at 0:24, which cut it to 14-7. Then the scoreboard stopped moving for the visitors. Marcel Reed ran in from a yard out at 2:22 of the second quarter, David Olano kicked a 57-yard field goal as the half ended (0:02 left), and it was 24-7 at the break.
Edwards added a 3-yard run at 12:42 of the third for 31-7, and Olano's 50-yarder at 14:50 of the fourth made it 34-7. That was every point. Count it up and Texas A&M had four touchdowns on the ground, one from Reed, two from Edwards and one from Baker, plus two long field goals, and not one touchdown pass.
The team numbers explain the rest. Texas A&M ran 49 times for 231 yards and finished with 401 total yards. Arkansas ran 22 times for 103, passed for 111, threw an interception and totaled 214 yards. Texas A&M improves to 3-2 and Arkansas falls to 2-3.
For fantasy, the best score in the game, 20.6 points, belonged to Arkansas receiver Chris Marshall, with seven catches for 76 yards and the one touchdown. Reed and Edwards were close behind.