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For two quarters, Texas A&M's hopes for a perfect season looked dead in the water. The Aggies opened the season with a nine-game winning streak, most of them marked by dominant showcases and crooked scorelines.
Their Week 12 duel with South Carolina took on different contours. Texas A&M looked like a weary prizefighter in the game's opening half, falling behind amid a torrent of Marcel Reed miscues and LaNorris Sellers touchdowns.
The performance was unbecoming of a side of the Aggies' pedigree. In the second half, they proved why. Texas A&M emerged from its stupor to vanquish a resilient Gamecocks side, 31-30. The result was a historic one: the Aggies' 27-point turnaround is the biggest in the SEC in 21 seasons.
Here's how they did it.
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How Texas A&M beat South Carolina
The miscues piled up for the Aggies in the first half. Reed gave the ball away on three occasions — one of which resulted in a fumble return for touchdown. Texas A&M also missed two field goals in the opening 30 minutes. All that amounted to a 27-point deficit for Mike Elko's side, a stunning result given the team's dominance through its opening nine games.
The second half was a different story. The Aggies found life atop Kyle Field. Reed led the way, producing a 27-yard touchdown a little more than three minutes into the third.
Now we go pic.twitter.com/NqfoK41n7j
— Texas A&M Football (@AggieFootball) November 15, 2025That set the stage for an Aggies rally for the ages. Reed found his form as the second half wore on. He authored yet another Texas A&M masterpiece on the Aggies' next drive, tossing a pearl to Ashton Bethel-Roman from 39 yards out to cut South Carolina's advantage to two scores.
Another one pic.twitter.com/K289za5FhU
— Texas A&M Football (@AggieFootball) November 15, 2025A third score followed shortly thereafter. Reed slipped another floated effort to Bethel-Roman, who proceeded to evade all markers before racing nearly 80 yards down the field. Bethel-Roman didn't find the end zone on his ensuing scamper. Nate Boekircher did one play later, though, bringing the once harrowing Gamecocks lead to just six.
It is a one. score. ballgame. pic.twitter.com/gku4AdjjV6
— Texas A&M Football (@AggieFootball) November 15, 2025Fireworks followed the Aggies into the fourth, too. After fielding the ball at the shadow of their own goal line, Texas A&M charted 98 yards in a little over four minutes. Reed accounted for most of the gains, using his now-golden arm to conjure wonderment on the grass.
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EJ Smith was the beneficiary of his heroics. He raced into the end zone from short range to give the Aggies a stunning lead.
BRING ME TOOOO LIFEEEEEEEEEEEE pic.twitter.com/rZEKTugF1U
— Texas A&M Football (@AggieFootball) November 15, 2025There were more hiccups on the horizon for Texas A&M, who gave South Carolina another chance at taking the lead after Reed mishandled a backwards pass from Jamarion Morrow.
But the Aggies defense, which looked so dour for much of the first half, stiffed up in the second half. Texas A&M's rearguard brought LaNorris Sellers down two times behind the line of scrimmage. The Gamecocks hurler attempted to slalom beyond the Aggies' pass rush on fourth-and-long with the clock dwindling. But he couldn't escape the trail of defenders that followed him. Texas A&M had won in the most of dramatic circumstances. It made history in the process, as well — Saturday's result represents the biggest comeback in program history for the Aggies.
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