Conner Weigman threw for 236 yards and five touchdowns to lead No. 23 Texas A&M to a 52-10 season-opening home rout over New Mexico on Saturday.
Evan Stewart caught eight passes for 115 yards and two touchdowns to flank Weigman for the Aggies.
Weigman completed 12-of-16 passes for four touchdowns and 175 yards in the first half to help stake the Aggies to a 35-7 lead at halftime. He would finish 18-for-23.
Texas A&M opened the scoring with 5:00 remaining in the first quarter on a 15-yard touchdown pass from Weigman to Noah Thomas. The score capped off a seven-play, 85-yard drive for the Aggies.
Texas A&M then struck again early in the second quarter, taking a 14-0 lead with 14:53 remaining until halftime on a 35-yard touchdown pass from Weigman to Stewart.
The Lobos responded, cutting the Texas A&M lead to 14-7 with 10:32 left in the second quarter on a 27-yard touchdown run by Jacory Croskey-Merritt, which ended an 88-yard drive that took six plays.
On its next drive, Texas A&M restored its lead to 14 points, going up 21-7 with 8:03 to go until halftime on a 34-yard touchdown pass from Weigman to Thomas.
The Aggies then went up 28-7 with 5:30 left in the second quarter on a 2-yard touchdown run by Le'Veon Moss, a score that was set up by a 44-yard punt return by Ainias Smith.
With 1:27 remaining until halftime, Weigman and Thomas connected for a third scoring play, this time a 9-yard touchdown pass to give the Aggies a 35-7 lead.
Weigman threw his fifth touchdown pass of the game -- an 8-yard scoring pass to Stewart -- with 2:30 remaining in the third quarter to give the Aggies a 42-10 lead.
Dylan Hopkins went 15-of-23 passing for 115 yards in defeat for New Mexico.
--Field Level Media
New Mexico | Texas A&M | |
Jacory Croskey-Merritt | Player | Amari Daniels |
11 | Attempts | 7 |
50 | Yards | 51 |
4.5 | Avg Yards | 7.3 |
1 | Touchdowns | 0 |
0 | Long | 0 |
New Mexico | Texas A&M | |
Jeremiah Hixon | Player | Evan Stewart |
6 | Receptions | 8 |
42 | Yards | 115 |
7.0 | Avg Yards | 14.4 |
0 | Touchdowns | 2 |
0 | Long | 0 |
Yards | Scoring | Defense | ||||||
Team | Tot | Rus | Pas | TD | FG | INT | Sck | FF |
New Mexico | 222 | 91 | 131 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 |
Texas A&M | 411 | 134 | 277 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 |