Texas Tech 59 -- Texas A&M 28:
TAMU press release
College Station, Tx
TEXAS A&M POSTGAME NOTES
The 59 points allowed by Texas A&M was the most in school history. The previous high for an A&M opponent was 57 by Texas in 1977. The previous high by Texas Tech against the Aggies was 41 points in a 41-9 in 1954, which was Paul "Bear" Bryant's first season at A&M.
The 59 points were also the most allowed by a Dennis Franchione-coached team. The previous opponent high was 52 points by Southern Methodist in a 52-31 SMU victory over New Mexico in 1996.
The 31-point margin of victory by Texas Tech was the most by an A&M opponent since a 37-0 shutout at Nebraska in 1999.
The 669 yards gained by Texas Tech was an A&M opponent record, breaking the old record of 603 yards set by Texas in 1970.
The 605 passing yards by Texas Tech were an A&M opponent record, breaking the old record of 536 yards set by Brigham Young in 1996.
The eight passing touchdowns by Tech's B.J. Symons were an A&M opponent record, breaking the previous record of six TDs by BYU's Steve Sarkisian in 1996.
The three receiving touchdowns by Tech's Nehemiah Glover matched an A&M opponent record that was originally set in 1963 by Baylor's Lawrence Elkins and matched again by Pittsburgh's Larry Fitzgerald earlier this season.
The Aggies' first score of the game--a 3-yard run by Courtney Lewis in the second quarter--ended a string of nine quarters without an offensive touchdown by the Aggies at Jones SBC Stadium. It also ended a five quarter scoreless streak by the Aggies at Jones.
Redshirt freshman Chad Schroeder made the first two catches of his A&M career against the Red Raiders. He finished the night with two catches for 40 yards.
Game captains were sophomore safety Jaxson Appel, junior running back Dere Farmer, senior cornerback Sean Weston and junior center Geoff Hangartner.
The Aggies' 12th Man Kickoff team representative was Blake Kendrick, a junior linebacker from Willis, Texas. It marked Kendrick's fourth game as the 12th Man.
The Aggies won the toss for just the second time this season to break a three-game streak of losing the toss.
LUBBOCK, Texas - B.J. Symons threw a Big 12-record eight touchdown passes and piled up more than 500 yards passing for the third straight game as Texas Tech beat Texas A&M 59-28 Saturday night.
Symons, who was 34-of-46 for 505 yards, broke the conference mark of seven TDs set by A&M's Dustin Long last year in Tech's 48-47 overtime win in College Station. Symons, who went to the bench with 11:48 remaining, had TD passes of 17, 19, 48, 13, 14, 15, 8 and 16 yards.
It's the second straight week Symons has shattered a Big 12 record. Last week he passed for 661 in a 49-45 win over Mississippi, breaking the mark of 586 he set the week before in a 49-21 loss to North Carolina State.
Tech (4-1, 1-0 Big 12) jumped to an early 14-0 lead and never trailed in a game in which A&M (2-3, 0-1) allowed the most points in school history. The previous high was 57 points by Texas in 1977.
It was the third straight loss for the Aggies, who allowed who didn't score until Courtney Lewis' 3-yard TD run early in the second quarter.
Tech has now won five straight games in Lubbock and seven of the last nine.
The margin of victory was the second-largest by Tech in the two rivals' 62-game series. The highest occurred in 1954 when the Red Raiders went to College Station and beat Paul "Bear" Bryant's 1954 Aggie team 41-9.
Symons fell short of the NCAA three-game record for passing yards. Houston's David Klingler threw for 1,798 yards in three consecutive games spanning the 1990-91 season. Symons fell short by 47 yards
Symons Earns Big 12 Honor Again
Tech senior QB threw for Big 12 record eight touchdowns against Texas A&M.
Texas Tech senior QB B.J. Symons (Houston, Texas/Cypress Creek) was named SBC Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Week Monday for the second-straight week after completing a Big 12 record eight touchdown passes in Tech's 59-28 win over Texas A&M.
Over the last two weeks, Symons has completed 78-of-110 passes for 1,166 yards and 14 touchdowns. He also rushed for another against Mississippi.
Symons completed 34-of-46 passes on the night for 505 yards and eight touchdowns, before leaving the game early in the fourth quarter. Symons leads the country in several passing and total offense categories, including passing yardage (2,467), passing yards per game (493.4) and total offensive yards per game (507.4). He also set the school record for touchdowns responsible for in a game with the eight passes, breaking the record of seven he set against Mississippi.
Symons and the Red Raiders are 4-1 on the season and continue Big 12 Conference play Saturday against Iowa State at Jones SBC Stadium in Lubbock. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. (CT) and tickets are available through the Texas Tech Athletic Ticket Office at (888) GO-BIG-12 or (806) 742-TECH.
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Mar has to have a heart cath procedure done early in the morning ....
been eight years since her quad bypass, but those areas are holding up well ....
doc wants to go in and see what is causing some restriction on the other side of the heart ....
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