October 8, 2016 Week 6 · Regular Season Belt defended

Texas A&M defends the belt, 45–38, at home over Tennessee.

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Recap

Texas A&M's defense forced seven Tennessee turnovers en route to a 45-38 victory that allowed the Aggies to keep the belt in College Station. The game was a back-and-forth affair that saw both teams pile up yards, with Tennessee actually out-gaining Texas A&M 684-592 total yards, but the Volunteers couldn't overcome their turnover woes. Texas A&M jumped out to an early lead with three touchdowns in the first quarter, including two passing scores to Josh Reynolds and a rushing touchdown by Trevor Knight, though Tennessee answered with a touchdown of their own. The Aggies' defense made crucial plays down the stretch, recovering multiple fumbles including one by John Kelly deep in Texas A&M territory that essentially sealed the game, and Trevor Knight's 62-yard rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter put the game out of reach.

Trevor Knight's first-quarter touchdown passes to Josh Reynolds and rushing score gave Texas A&M early momentum that Tennessee couldn't fully overcome
John Kelly's fumble at the Texas A&M 2-yard line in the third quarter, recovered by Nick Harvey, prevented what could have been a pivotal Tennessee score
Trevor Knight's 62-yard rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter provided the cushion Texas A&M needed to survive Tennessee's passing attack
Tennessee's seven turnovers, particularly Joshua Dobbs' three interceptions, were the primary factor in the Aggies retaining the belt despite being out-gained in total offense

Written by Claude from the box score and play-by-play on this page — a plain-English recap of the numbers below, not a substitute for them.

Full Box Score

Team stats

CFBD box score

Texas A&MTennessee

Total yards592684

Rushing yards353282

Passing yards239402

First downs2129

3rd down conv.5/166/17

Turnovers37

Penalties–yards7–4512–84

Time of possession27:3732:23

Full team box score from CFBD’s /games/teams data. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have team-level stats that far back.

Play By Play

Key plays

CFBD play-by-play

When	Team	Yards	Play
Q1 14:28	Texas A&M	-9 yd	Trevor Knight pass intercepted Todd Kelly Jr. return for 9 yds to the Tenn 46
Q1 8:30	Texas A&M	+32 yd	Braden Mann kickoff for 62 yds , Evan Berry return for 32 yds to the Tenn 35
Q1 7:34	Tennessee	+55 yd	Joshua Dobbs pass complete to Alvin Kamara for 55 yds Alvin Kamara fumbled, forced by Armani Watts, recovered by TexAM Zaycoven Henderson
Q1 3:37	Tennessee	+4 yd	Jauan Jennings pass complete to Joshua Dobbs for 4 yds for a TD, (Aaron Medley KICK)
Q1 3:55	Tennessee	+33 yd	Joshua Dobbs run for 33 yds to the TexAM 4 for a 1ST down
Q1 2:47	Texas A&M	+43 yd	Trevor Knight pass complete to Josh Reynolds for 43 yds to the Tenn 10 for a 1ST down
Q1 2:04	Texas A&M	+2 yd	Trevor Knight pass complete to Josh Reynolds for 2 yds for a TD, (Daniel LaCamera KICK)
Q1 1:45	Texas A&M	+7 yd	Trevor Knight run for 7 yds for a TD, (Daniel LaCamera KICK)
Q2 11:02	Texas A&M	+36 yd	Shane Tripucka punt for 36 yds , Alvin Kamara returns for a loss of 1 yard to the Tenn 10 Alvin Kamara fumbled, recovered by Tenn Alvin Kamara
Q2 8:24	Texas A&M	+24 yd	Trevor Knight pass complete to Frank Iheanacho for 24 yds to the Tenn 42 for a 1ST down
Q3 13:17	Tennessee	+27 yd	Joshua Dobbs pass complete to Josh Malone for 27 yds to the TexAM 33 for a 1ST down
Q3 13:05	Tennessee	-6 yd	Joshua Dobbs run for a loss of 2 yards to the TexAM 35 Joshua Dobbs fumbled, recovered by TexAM Daeshon Hall at TexAM 39
Q3 10:40	Texas A&M	+7 yd	Trayveon Williams run for 7 yds for a TD, (Daniel LaCamera KICK)
Q3 11:19	Texas A&M	+27 yd	Trevor Knight pass complete to Speedy Noil for 27 yds to the Tenn 13 for a 1ST down
Q3 7:22	Tennessee	+20 yd	Joshua Dobbs pass complete to Jauan Jennings for 20 yds to the TexAM 15 for a 1ST down
Q3 8:49	Tennessee	+26 yd	Joshua Dobbs pass complete to Jason Croom for 26 yds to the TexAM 40 for a 1ST down
Q3 7:10	Tennessee	+15 yd	Alvin Kamara run for 15 yds for a TD, (Aaron Medley KICK)
Q3 6:33	Texas A&M	+0 yd	Trevor Knight pass intercepted Colton Jumper return for no gain to the TexAM 28
Q3 6:07	Tennessee	+21 yd	John Kelly run for 3 yds to the TexAM 20 John Kelly fumbled, forced by Hardreck Walker, recovered by TexAM Nick Harvey at TexAM 2
Q3 5:59	Texas A&M	+32 yd	Trevor Knight pass complete to Josh Reynolds for 32 yds to the TexAM 34 for a 1ST down
Q3 4:00	Tennessee	+0 yd	Joshua Dobbs pass intercepted Justin Evans return for no gain to the TexAM 39
Q3 2:00	Tennessee	+34 yd	Joshua Dobbs pass complete to Alvin Kamara for 34 yds to the TexAM 48 for a 1ST down
Q4 12:36	Texas A&M	+22 yd	Keith Ford run for 22 yds to the TexAM 30 for a 1ST down
Q4 7:06	Tennessee	+4 yd	John Kelly 4 Yd Run (Aaron Medley Kick)
Q4 3:22	Texas A&M	+62 yd	Trevor Knight run for 62 yds for a TD, (Daniel LaCamera KICK)
Q4 2:16	Tennessee	+36 yd	Alvin Kamara run for 36 yds to the TexAM 4 for a 1ST down
Q4 2:07	Tennessee	+4 yd	Alvin Kamara run for 4 yds for a TD, (Aaron Medley KICK)
Q4 1:49	Texas A&M	+71 yd	Trayveon Williams run for 71 yds Trayveon Williams fumbled, forced by Malik Foreman, recovered by Tenn
Q4 1:35	Tennessee	+43 yd	Joshua Dobbs pass complete to Tyler Byrd for 43 yds to the TexAM 42 for a 1ST down
Q4 0:41	Tennessee	+18 yd	Joshua Dobbs pass complete to Alvin Kamara for 18 yds for a TD, (Aaron Medley KICK)
Q4 0:23	Texas A&M	+21 yd	Trevor Knight pass complete to Christian Kirk for 21 yds to the Tenn 40 for a 1ST down
Q4 0:04	Texas A&M	+38 yd	Daniel LaCamera 38 yd FG MISSED
Q4 0:10	Texas A&M	+22 yd	Trayveon Williams run for 22 yds to the Tenn 18 for a 1ST down
Q5 0:00	Tennessee	+34 yd	Aaron Medley 34 yd FG GOOD
Q5 0:00	Texas A&M	+34 yd	Daniel LaCamera 34 yd FG GOOD
Q6 0:00	Texas A&M	+24 yd	Trevor Knight pass complete to Christian Kirk for 24 yds to the Tenn 1 for a 1ST down
Q6 0:00	Texas A&M	+1 yd	Trevor Knight run for 1 yd for a TD, (Daniel LaCamera KICK)
Q6 0:00	Tennessee	+0 yd	Joshua Dobbs pass intercepted Armani Watts return for no gain to the TexAM 8

Scoring plays, turnovers, and gains of 20+ yards, pulled from CFBD’s play-by-play. This section only appears for belt games with play-by-play on file (2003 onward).

Box Score

Player stats

CFBD player stats

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Trevor KnightTexas A&M	17/34	239	7.0	2	2	79.0
Joshua DobbsTennessee	28/47	398	8.5	1	2	30.3
Jauan JenningsTennessee	1/1	4	4.0	1	0	87.0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Trayveon WilliamsTexas A&M	28	217	7.8	1	71
Trevor KnightTexas A&M	15	110	7.3	3	62
Keith FordTexas A&M	6	29	4.8	0	22
TeamTexas A&M	1	-3	-3.0	0	0
Alvin KamaraTennessee	18	127	7.1	2	36
John KellyTennessee	13	89	6.8	1	18
Joshua DobbsTennessee	17	57	3.4	0	33
Tyler ByrdTennessee	2	11	5.5	0	8
TeamTennessee	1	-2	-2.0	0	0

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Josh ReynoldsTexas A&M	5	89	17.8	1	43
Christian KirkTexas A&M	7	80	11.4	1	24
Speedy NoilTexas A&M	2	32	16.0	0	27
Frank IheanachoTexas A&M	1	24	24.0	0	24
Keith FordTexas A&M	1	14	14.0	0	14
Trayveon WilliamsTexas A&M	1	0	0.0	0	0
Alvin KamaraTennessee	8	161	20.1	1	53
Jauan JenningsTennessee	5	68	13.6	0	20
Tyler ByrdTennessee	3	60	20.0	0	43
Jason CroomTennessee	3	41	13.7	0	26
Josh MaloneTennessee	2	31	15.5	0	27
Ethan WolfTennessee	2	14	7.0	0	10
John KellyTennessee	1	12	12.0	0	12
Brandon Edward JohnsonTennessee	1	7	7.0	0	7
Joshua DobbsTennessee	1	4	4.0	1	4
Josh Walker SmithTennessee	3	4	1.3	0	5

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Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Justin EvansTexas A&M	11	7	0	1	2	0
Armani WattsTexas A&M	9	6	0	0	1	0
Shaan WashingtonTexas A&M	7	3	0	0	0	0
Donovan WilsonTexas A&M	6	4	1	1	0	0
Nick HarveyTexas A&M	6	4	0	0	2	0
Jarrett JohnsonTexas A&M	6	4	0.5	1.5	0	0
Claude GeorgeTexas A&M	5	4	0	1	0	0
Otaro AlakaTexas A&M	5	3	0	0	1	0
Kingsley KekeTexas A&M	5	3	0	0	0	1
Alex SezerTexas A&M	4	3	0	0	0	0
Zaycoven HendersonTexas A&M	4	3	0.5	1.5	0	0
Tyrel DodsonTexas A&M	4	1	0	0	0	0
Myles GarrettTexas A&M	3	2	1	1	0	0
Hardreck WalkerTexas A&M	3	2	0	0	0	0
Priest WillisTexas A&M	3	2	0	0	3	0
Cullen GillaspiaTexas A&M	3	2	0	0	0	0
Qualen CunninghamTexas A&M	3	1	0	0	0	0
Richard MooreTexas A&M	3	0	0	0	0	0
Daylon MackTexas A&M	3	0	0.5	0.5	0	0
Reggie ChevisTexas A&M	2	0	0	0	0	0
Daeshon HallTexas A&M	2	0	0.5	0.5	1	4
Larry PryorTexas A&M	2	0	0	0	0	0
Josh ReynoldsTexas A&M	1	1	0	0	0	0
Deshawn Capers-SmithTexas A&M	1	1	0	0	0	0
Noel EllisTexas A&M	1	0	0	0	0	0
Colton JumperTennessee	10	7	0	1	0	0
Todd Kelly Jr.Tennessee	7	4	0	0	0	0
Elliott BerryTennessee	7	3	0	1	0	0
Derek BarnettTennessee	6	4	1	1	1	2
Cortez McDowellTennessee	5	3	0	0	0	0
Reginald McKenzie Jr.Tennessee	5	1	0	0.5	0	0
Kendal VickersTennessee	4	0	0	0.5	0	0
Malik ForemanTennessee	3	3	0	0	2	0
Rashaan GauldenTennessee	3	2	0	0	0	0
Danny O'BrienTennessee	3	1	0	0	0	0
Corey VereenTennessee	3	1	0	0	0	1
LaTroy LewisTennessee	2	2	0	1	0	0
Micah AbernathyTennessee	2	2	0	0	0	0
Emmanuel MoseleyTennessee	2	1	0	0	1	0
Shy TuttleTennessee	2	1	0	0	0	0
Evan BerryTennessee	1	1	0	0	0	0
Baylen BuchananTennessee	1	1	0	0	0	0
Dimarya MixonTennessee	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan JohnsonTennessee	1	0	0	0	0	0

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Clifford ChattmanTexas A&M	0	0	1
Trayveon WilliamsTexas A&M	1	1	0
Evan BerryTennessee	1	1	0
John KellyTennessee	1	1	0
TeamTennessee	0	0	1
Joshua DobbsTennessee	2	2	0
Alvin KamaraTennessee	2	1	0

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS
Armani WattsTexas A&M	1	0
Justin EvansTexas A&M	1	0
Todd Kelly Jr.Tennessee	1	9
Colton JumperTennessee	1	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Evan BerryTennessee	3	65	21.7	32	0
Alvin KamaraTennessee	1	16	16.0	16	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Daniel LaCameraTexas A&M	1/2	50.0	34	6/6	9
Aaron MedleyTennessee	1/1	100.0	34	5/5	8

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Josh Walker SmithTennessee	1	16	16.0	16	0
Alvin KamaraTennessee	3	8	2.7	7	0

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Shane TripuckaTexas A&M	10	419	41.9	0	0	55
Trevor DanielTennessee	6	271	45.2	0	0	66

Full player stats from CFBD’s /games/players data. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have player-level stats that far back.

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