College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas A&M 70, South Carolina State 14
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, September 22, 2012
Where: Kyle Field, College Station, Texas
Temperature: 94°
Head Official: Matt Austin
Attendance: 86775
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Texas A&M 70, South Carolina State 14: Dustin Harris broke school and SEC single-game records with 246 punt return yards for Texas A&M in the one-sided victory against visiting South Carolina State.

Harris fell 22 yards short of breaking the NCAA single-game record set by Antonio Perkins of Oklahoma in 2003. Harris returned a punt 96 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter.

Texas A&M freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel passed for 174 yards and three touchdowns in just one half of play. Manziel also ran for touchdowns of 39 and 20 yards in a 35-point second quarter for Texas A&M (2-1).

Ben Malena also paced the ground attack for the Aggies, rushing for 88 yards in 11 carries and scoring two touchdowns.

South Carolina State (1-3) briefly kept the game close after Jalen Simmons ran for a 17-yard touchdown with 35 seconds left in the first quarter, cutting the deficit to 14-7.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The Aggies outgained South Carolina State 265-34 in rushing yards. … Each team had nine different receivers catch passes.

Top Game Performances
Rushing
South Carolina State   Texas A&M
Jalen Simmons Player Ben Malena
7 Attempts 11
20 Yards 88
2.9 Avg Yards 8.0
1 Touchdowns 2
0 Long 0
Receiving
South Carolina State   Texas A&M
Lennel Elmore Player Uzoma Nwachukwu
2 Receptions 2
51 Yards 46
25.5 Avg Yards 23.0
1 Touchdowns 2
0 Long 0
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
South Carolina State 223 34 189 2 0 1 2.0 0
Texas A&M 448 265 183 8 0 1 4.0 0