Texas A&M Football: 3 takeaways from slim victory over Arkansas

Texas A&M football held off Arkansas as the Razorbacks came close to pulling off the upset. What’d we learn from Texas A&M’s close win?

This SEC game was a must in game for both schools. Arkansas was looking to get its first win against an SEC opponent under Chad Morris and was coming off an awful loss to San Jose State. The Aggies, on the other hand, were coming off a tough loss to Auburn and have one of the hardest schedules in college football so they couldn’t afford a loss to Arkansas.

The Aggies were favored by more than three touchdowns, but Arkansas made it extremely close as they fell just short and loss 31-27.

What’d we learn from the Aggies’ win?

3. Several miscues for each team in the first half

The first half of this game ended up being a back and forth game with each team being ahead in the game at one point. However, that was largely dude to some sloppy play and some miscues from each team. Texas A&M seemed to be in control as they were up 14-3, but found themselves down 17-14 with not much time before half.

The last drive before half time was the Aggies’ most efficient drive of the half as they took the lead 21-17 before half time to give them the lead. However, before that drive, the miscues led to several scores for Arkansas.

It was 14-3 with Arkansas driving inside the Aggies’ 10-yard line when Nick Starkel threw a costly interception and actually was taken out of the game due to injury when he tackled the defender. However, right after that miscue the Aggies fumbled the ball and Arkansas ran it back for a touchdown.

On Arkansas’ drive that led to it scoring to take a 17-14 lead, there was a roughing the passer on the Aggies that kept the drive alive and ended up leading to a Ben Hicks touchdown. So while the game was close, miscues from both teams were a large part of it in the first half.