Around the SEC: Week 7
As the Missouri Tigers lost their first game of the season to Alabama, the rest of the SEC had a very active Saturday. Here is a glance around the rest of the conference slate for those who didn’t care to watch an extra six games.
All rankings will be from before Sunday’s update.
Texas 23, No. 6 Oklahoma 6
Former Heisman frontrunner John Mateer returned from a hand injury just in time to be part of the Red River Rivalry. But considering his 20-of-38 performance for 202 yards and three interceptions, he might have returned a little too quick.
Oklahoma took a 6-0 lead with two field goals and held a 6-3 lead going into halftime.
But the Texas offense got working to score 20 unanswered points in the second half (23 including the late first-half field goal) to pull away for the win.
After the break, Arch Manning hit DeAndre Moore on a 12-yard touchdown to put Texas in front for the first time. Then Mason Shipley kicked a 48-yard field goal to make it 13-6 Texas going to the fourth.
Midway through the fourth, Ryan Niblett returned a punt 75 yards for a score to create a 20-6 lead, then Shipley hit a 39-yard field goal with 2:59 left to play.
Texas led 302-258 in total yards and 136-48 in rushing yards. Oklahoma led 210-166 in passing yards.
Opposite Mateer’s stat line, Manning was 21-of-27 for 166 yards and a touchdown.
Tory Blaylock led Oklahoma’s rushing attack with just 33 yards, while Quintrevion Wisner led Texas with 94 yards.
Deion Burks led Oklahoma with five catches for 64 yards and Moore led Texas with three catches for 50 yards.
Texas (4-2, 1-1) will go on the road to face Kentucky (2-3, 0-3) at 6 p.m. Saturday.
No. 6 Oklahoma (5-1, 1-1) will go on the road to face South Carolina (3-3, 1-3) at 11:45 a.m. Saturday.
No. 12 Tennessee 34, Arkansas 31
A third-and-1 conversion with 1:55 left to play made the difference in Tennessee holding off a furious Arkansas comeback Saturday.
The Razorbacks took the initial lead when Taylen Green ran in an 11-yard touchdown, but Tennessee responded with a 17-yard DeSean Bishop touchdown run.
A 28-yard Scott Starzyk field goal sent the teams to the second quarter with Arkansas up 10-7.
Tennessee tied it at 10 with a 37-yard Max Gilbert field goal, but Arkansas took the lead with 4:36 left before halftime when Mike Washington ran in a 1-yard score.
Less than 2 minutes later, Joey Aguilar hit Miles Kitselman with an 8-yard touchdown pass to tie the game at 17 going into halftime.
Out of the break, Gilbert hit a 50-yard field goal and Peyton Lewis ran in a 2-yard touchdown to put Tennessee up 27-17 going to the fourth.
Lewis ran in a 3-yard score to create a 34-17 lead with 13:14 left to play, but Green hit Rohan Jones with a 9-yard score with 8:17 left to cut the lead, then he connected with Kam Shanks for a 12-yard touchdown with 2:55 left to get back within 3.
The Razorbacks kicked off, but couldn’t stop Tennessee on third-and-1 and the Volunteers kneeled out the clock.
Arkansas led 496-485 in total yards and 256-221 in passing yards. Tennessee led 264-240 in rushing yards.
Green was 21-of-31 passing for 256 yards and two touchdowns, while Aguilar was 16-of-25 for 221 yards and a score.
Washington led Arkansas’ rushing attack with 131 yards, while Bishop led Tennessee with 146.
Raylen Sharpe led Arkansas’ receivers with 76 receiving yards on seven catches, while Bryalon Staley had six catches for 109 yards to lead Tennessee.
No. 12 Tennessee (5-1, 2-1) will go on the road to play No. 8 Alabama (5-1, 3-0) at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
Arkansas (2-4, 0-2) will host No. 5 Texas A&M (6-0, 3-0) at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
No. 10 Georgia 20, Auburn 10
Auburn put the scare to Georgia by jumping ahead 10-0, but Georgia responded with 20 unanswered points to pull off the win in Auburn.
Jackson Arnold ran in a 2-yard touchdown in the first quarter, then Auburn added a 25-yard field goal early in the second to take the 10-point lead.
Peyton Woodring hit a 29-yard field goal with 13 seconds left to send the game to halftime with Auburn lead 10-3.
After the break, it was all Georgia.
Chauncey Bowens ran in a 2-yard touchdown, then Woodring hit a 53-yard field goal to take a 13-10 lead into the fourth. With 1:53 left to play, Gunner Stockton ran in a 10-yard touchdown to create the final margin.
Georgia led 296-277 in total yards and 217-137 in passing yards. Auburn led 140-79 in rushing yards.
Stockton was 24-of-37 passing for 217 yards, while Arnold was 19-of-31 for 137 yards.
Stockton led Georgia’s rushing attack as well with 26 yards, while Arnold led Auburn’s run game with 55 yards.
Zachariah Branch led Georgia’s receivers with 57 yards, while Cam Coleman led Auburn with 50.
No. 10 Georgia (5-1, 3-1) will host No. 4 Ole Miss (6-0, 3-0) in one of the premier matchups of the weekend, at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
Auburn (3-3, 0-3) will host No. 14 Mizzou (5-1, 1-1) at 6:45 p.m. Saturday.
No. 11 LSU 20, South Carolina 10
South Carolina took the lead late in the first, but LSU responded in the second quarter and held the advantage the rest of the way.
The Tigers kicked a game-opening field goal for the initial lead, but Matt Fuller broke free on a 72-yard run with 25 seconds left in the first to give South Carolina a 7-3 edge going to the second quarter.
Garrett Nussmeier responded early in the second with a 6-yard touchdown pass to Trey’Dez Green. LSU took a 10-7 lead into halftime and never trailed again.
South Carolina tied the game at 10 with 8:39 left in the third on a 47-yard field goal, but it took just 2 minutes for Nussmeier to respond against with a 43-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Parker.
In the fourth, LSU added a 22-yard field goal to create the final margin.
LSU led 420-317 in total yards and 254-124 in passing yards. South Carolina led 193-166 in rushing yards.
LaNorris Sellers was 15-of-27 passing for 124 yards and an interception, while Nussmeier was 20-of-33 for 254 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions.
Fuller led South Carolina with 83 rushing yards, while Caden Durham led LSU with 70.
Nyck Harbor was South Carolina’s leading receiver with just 36 receiving yards, while Green had 119 to lead LSU.
No. 11 LSU (5-1, 2-1) will go on the road to face No. 20 Vanderbilt (5-1, 1-1) at 11 a.m. Saturday.
South Carolina (3-3, 1-3) will host No. 6 Oklahoma (5-1, 1-1) at 11:45 a.m. Saturday.
No. 5 Texas A&M 34, Florida 17
Florida took the initial lead, but Texas A&M pulled away with 10 unanswered points in the fourth quarter.
DJ Lagway opened the game with a 1-yard touchdown to Amir Jackson, but Marcel Reed answered with an 8-yard rushing touchdown to tie the game at 7 with 10:14 left in the first.
Reed then hit Jamarion Morrow for a 22-yard touchdown to take A&M’s first lead, but Lagway completed a 6-yard touchdown pass to Dallas Wilson to tie the game at 14 going into the second.
Le’Veon Moss ran in a 22-yard touchdown for the lone score of the second quarter, sending the game to halftime with A&M leading 21-14.
Both teams added field goals in the third to go to the fourth 24-17, then Rueben Owens ran in a 2-yard touchdown and A&M kicked another field goal, both in the final five minutes, to create the final margin.
Texas A&M led 417-319 in total yards and 183-74 in rushing yards. Florida led 245-234 in passing yards.
Lagway was 21-of-37 for 245 yards and two touchdowns. Reed was 16-of-26 for 234 yards, one touchdown and one interception.
Jaden Baugh led Florida on the ground with 65 yards, while Owens led A&M with 51 yards.
Vernell Brown led Florida’s receivers with six catches for 77 yards, while Mario Craver led the Aggies with two catches for 77 yards.
No. 5 Texas A&M (6-0, 3-0) will go on the road to face Arkansas (2-4, 0-2) at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
Florida (2-4, 1-2) will host Mississippi State (4-2, 0-2) at 3:15 p.m. Saturday.
No. 4 Ole Miss 24, Washington State 21
The highest-ranked team in the SEC this week barely survived a struggling Washington State in Oxford.
The Cougars scored first after Ole Miss missed a field goal and Washington State drove for a 26-yard touchdown.
The Rebels finally responded midway through the fourth quarter with a 40-yard Lucas Carneiro field goal, then Ole Miss put together an 87-yard drive to lead to a Trinidad Chambliss 2-yard touchdown to Dae’Quan Wright.
Ole Miss took a 10-7 lead into halftime, but Washington State retook the lead with a 46-yard touchdown run with 10:19 left in the third.
The Rebels responded once again with a 17-yard Chambliss touchdown run to take a 17-14 lead into the fourth.
Ole Miss extended the lead with a 35-yard Chambliss touchdown pass to Cayden Lee late in the fourth.
Washington State responded with a touchdown with 2:43 left and forced an Ole Miss punt with 1:07 remaining. The Cougars were unable to pull off the lateral play in the end and Ole Miss survived.
Ole Miss led 439-345 in total yards, 253-218 in passing yards and 186-127 in rushing yards.
Chambliss went 20-of-29 passing for 253 yards with two touchdowns. Former Tiger Kewan Lacy led the game with 142 rushing yards.
Wright was the Rebels’ primary receiver with four catches for 80 yards, while De’Zhaun Stribling had six catches for 63 yards.
No. 4 Ole Miss (6-0, 3-0) will go on the road to play No. 10 Georgia (5-1, 3-1) at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.