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Texas A&M leads Mississippi State 21-3 in 4th quarter: Score, live updates of SEC matchup as Aggies attempt to stay unbeaten

Buck Ringgold

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Texas A&M leads Mississippi State 21-3 in 4th quarter: Score, live updates of SEC matchup as Aggies attempt to stay unbeaten image

Texas A&M turned in a perfect September.

Now, the Aggies attempt to repeat that feat as the calendar shifts into October. They have a second straight SEC game at Kyle Field on Saturday night as A&M welcomes in a vastly improved Mississippi State squad.

A&M - ranked No. 6 in the latest Associated Press poll - comes in at (4-0, 1-0), having won its SEC opener last week by holding off Auburn. Mississippi State, 2-10 a season ago, already has doubled that win total, and the Bulldogs (4-1, 0-1) nearly picked up another win before falling at home last week to Tennessee in overtime.

But the Bulldogs can definitely bounce back on Saturday by upending A&M. Can the Aggies hold them off?

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TEXAS A&M 21, MISSISSIPPI STATE 3 4TH QTR.

FOURTH QUARTER

- TOUCHDOWN TEXAS A&M. Marcel Reed with his third total TD on the night, this time taking a keeper to his right and going in from 7 yards out, finishing off a 10-play, 79-yard drive. Aggies appear to be on their way to moving to 5-0. (Texas A&M, 21-3 | 11:38, 4th) 

- A&M has a first-and-goal inside the MSU 10 after a short run from Moss. 

THIRD QUARTER

- Marcel Reed has completed 8 of his last 11 pass attempts, and the Aggies are back in MSU territory as the third quarter comes to an end. 

- A&M forces a three-and-out. Defense has been on point since that lengthy MSU drive that resulted in a field goa. 

- Aggies marched 62 yards in just five plays in their latest TD drive. A&M now has 284 total yards to just 129 for MSU. 

- TOUCHDOWN TEXAS A&M. Third-and-goal from the 2, Reed spots KC Concepcion in the back of the end zone and Concepcion comes down with the catch for his second TD on the night. Aggies up by double digits. (Texas A&M, 14-3 | 3:30, 3rd) 

- A&M forces a punt and quickly moving down the field. Reed finds Craver for a 42-yard gain down to the MSU 3 for a first-and-goal. 

- MSU evades danger by recovering a fumble inside its 10. 

- Drive bogs for A&M and Aggies have to punt, with MSU fielding a fair catch inside its 10. Aggies punt it away for the fourth time this evening. 

- Reed checks it down and finds Owens for a 19-yard gain into MSU territory but, while trying to hurry it up, A&M is flagged for false start. 

- Reed over the middle and finds Boerkircher for a first down at the MSU 30. We're five minutes into the half now. 

- A&M forces a three-and-out on MSU's first second-half series, and after the punt, the Aggies take over at their own 17. 

- Reed gets sacked on third down and A&M is going to punt the ball deep in its own territory. But Tyler White gets a good bounce on the kick, and it goes 54 yards to the MSU 35.

- A&M gets the ball to start the second half. But instead of taking a knee in the end zone, Aggies run it back and they get brought down just past the 10.

HALFTIME

- Texas A&M had 179 yards of total offense in the first half. But the Aggies held MSU to 107 total yards.

SECOND QUARTER

- A false start penalty affects A&M and Mike Elko decides to run out the clock and be content with a four-point halftime advantage. 

- Punt goes to Concepcion and he appeared to fumble the ball on the return, but was ruled down on the field. A&M ball near its 45 with 1:23 left in the half. 

- A&M forces a three-and-out and takes its final time out with 1:32 left in the first half.

- Shapen sacked on first down by Cashius Howell. A&M calls its first time out. 

- TOUCHDOWN TEXAS A&M. Out of the two-minute time out, Reed launches a deep strike to a wide-open KC Concepcion inside the 5, and Concepcion carries an MSU defender into the end zone to finish off a 34-yard score. PAT is good. (Texas A&M, 7-3 | 1:51, 2nd) 

- MSU flagged for pass interference and A&M is inside the Bulldog 40 as we are now at the two-minute warning. 

- A&M converts on third-and-short and now has the ball near midfield. 

- INTERCEPTION TEXAS A&M. Tipped pass, and Daymion Sanford grabs it at the Aggie 26 and brings it back 10 yards. Cashius Howell with the tip. 

- A&M flagged for roughing the passer. Five Aggie penalties for nearly 50 yards, and MSU has the ball just past midfield. 

- INTERCEPTION MISSISSIPPI STATE. Kelley Jones picks off a Marcel Reed pass inside the Bulldog 20, and A&M is still searching for answers. 

- Blake Shapen launches a deep one on third-and-long but just overshoots his receiver. A&M gets good field position and KC Concepcion breaks off a long return inside the MSU 20. But wait, there's a flag. Holding on the return. Another tough penalty against the Aggies with more than six minutes left in the half. 

- A&M gets stuffed on a misdirection handoff. Aggies drove 82 yards in 17 plays on a drive that took 8:25 off the clock, but they come away with zilch. 

- Ruling on the field is that Owens was short. Take the points off the board - for the time being. Fourth and goal from the 1. 

- TOUCHDOWN TEXAS A&M. Or is it? Rueben Owens II plows forward from a yard out on third-and-goal but the play is being reviewed. 

- Third-and-short and Nate Boerkircher, the hero of the Notre Dame win a few weeks ago, takes a handoff and plows forward. First-and-goal A&M at the 2. 

- KC Concepcion with an end-around on a first down, and A&M is now inside the 10. 

- A&M is revived by the late hit, and the Aggies now have a first down at the MSU 25. 

- MSU chases Reed out of bounds short of a first down, but the Bulldogs are flagged for a late hit, giving A&M an automatic first down. Is that the break the Aggies are looking for?

- A&M had 61 yards of total offense in the opening quarter.

FIRST QUARTER 

- A&M faces a third-and-6 as the first quarter comes to an end. 

- MSU goes three-and-out and punts. The Bulldogs get a 61-yard kick, flipping the field, and A&M starts deep in its own territory late in the first. 

- Third-and-long for A&M, Reed misfires and the Aggies will kick it away. 

- FIELD GOAL MISSISSIPPI STATE. Bulldogs get to the 1, but the penalty proves costly as Blake Shapen throws an incomplete pass on third-and-goal. Kyle Ferrie comes on to kick a 24-yard field goal, finishing off a 15-play, 83-yard drive. (Mississippi State, 3-0 | 4:21, 1st) 

- Third-and-goal at the 1, but MSU just got flagged for a false start. 

- MSU knocking on the door, and the Bulldogs are inside the A&M 5. 

- Third and long, Reed gets pressured and he scrambles to look for a receiver, but a pass goes incomplete. Aggies will punt it away. MSU has the ball just past its own 10 as we take a time out nearly five minutes in. 

- Le'Veon Moss converts a first down, and then KC Concepcion runs a reverse 16 yards for another Aggie first down. Aggies out near midfield. 

- A nice run on the first play was erased with another holding penalty, backing A&M up to its 8, but gets a bit of breathing room with a pass from Marcel Reed to KC Concepcion, setting up a second-and-short. 

- Following a holding penalty on the punt return, A&M begins its first series at its own 15-yard line. 

- MSU QB Blake Shapen sacked twice on the opening drive, and the Bulldogs punt it away. KC Concepcion with a short return, and the Aggies will have the ball for the first time tonight. 

- Texas A&M will kick off to start the game.

PREGAME

- And another pregame development. Reveille, the Aggies' mascot, is wearing an eye patch.

- It's going to be a "Blackout" at Kyle Field, as A&M is wearing its black helmets and black jerseys along with black pants. 

- Live from Kyle Field in College Station, as the undefeated Texas A&M Aggies welcome in the Bulldogs of Mississippi State. 

Texas A&M 2025 Schedule

Aug. 30 UTSA W 42-24

Sept. 6 Utah State W 44-22

Sept. 13 at Notre Dame W 41-40

Sept. 27 Auburn W 16-10

Oct. 4 Mississippi State

Oct. 11 Florida

Oct. 18 at Arkansas

Oct. 25 at LSU

Nov. 8 at Missouri

Nov. 15 South Carolina

Nov. 22 Samford

Nov. 28 at Texas

Buck Ringgold

Buck Ringgold has been covering high school sports for more than 25 years. He has a BA in Journalism from the University of Arkansas and is a die-hard Texas Rangers fan.