COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Cyrus Gray ran for a career-high-tying 137 yards and Randy Bullock kicked the go-ahead field goal with about three minutes left as No. 19 Texas A&M knocked off No. 8 Nebraska 9-6.
Gray added a career-high 65 yards receiving in his fifth consecutive 100-yard rushing game.
The victory was Texas A&M’s fifth consecutive and keeps Nebraska (9-2, 5-2) from clinching the Big 12 North title. They will have another chance to do it Friday against Colorado.
The game was tied 6-6 when the Aggies (8-3, 5-2) took the lead on Bullock’s 19-yard field goal. The drive was kept alive by a roughingthe passer penalty on Nebraska on third-and-11 at the Cornhuskers’ 49.
Taylor Martinez missed the last five minutes of the first quarter and the entire second quarter after injuring his right ankle. He returned for the third quarter and played the rest of the game.
It is the first five-game conference winning streak for the Aggies since 1998 and Nebraska’s first road loss of the season.
Nebraska finished with 16 penalties for 145 yards, a situation that had Coach Bo Pelini irate and yelling at the officials for much of the game.
Sports, Pages 34 on 11/21/2010