October 16, 2021 Week 7 · Regular Season Belt defended

Texas A&M defends the belt, 35–14, on the road at Missouri.

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Texas A&MAP No. 21 35

AP poll, week 7: Texas A&M No. 21 at Missouri unranked · No. 1 that week: Georgia. The belt vs. the polls →

Belt context

Where this game sits in the lineage

Texas A&M came in 7 days into reign #316, which began with a win over Alabama, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Texas A&M went on to defend it 2 more times before Ole Miss took it on November 13, 2021, 35 days after the reign began.

For Missouri this was its 8th shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before.

It was the 2nd of 2 belt games between the two; going in, Texas A&M led the belt series 1–0; all-time Texas A&M leads 2–0.

AI-Written

Recap

Texas A&M's defense dominated the first quarter, forcing two early interceptions while the Aggies' offense exploded for three touchdowns to build a commanding 21-0 lead. Missouri managed to answer with Tyler Badie's 32-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, but Texas A&M extended their advantage with another Ainias Smith touchdown pass to reach 28-7 by halftime. The Tigers showed some offensive life in the third quarter with Dominic Lovett's touchdown reception cutting it to 28-14, but Texas A&M's ground game proved too powerful down the stretch as they held on for the 35-14 victory and retained the belt.

Two Bazelak interceptions in Q1 (Jones and Johnson) set the tone early and led directly to two Aggie TDs
Isaiah Spiller's 48-yard TD run in Q1 and Devon Achane's explosive rushing performances established A&M's dominance on the ground
Ainias Smith's two TD receptions (2 yards and 11 yards) gave Texas A&M multiple scoring options and extended their lead
Missouri's defensive adjustments in Q3 with Lovett's TD brought them closer, but too late to mount a comeback

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

MissouriTexas A&M

Total yards328431

Rushing yards98283

Passing yards230148

First downs1929

3rd down conv.6/172/8

Turnovers21

Penalties–yards13–1065–54

Time of possession30:0329:57

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 13:23	Missouri	+17 yd	Connor Bazelak pass intercepted Jaylon Jones return for 17 yds to the Misso 22
Q1 11:25	Texas A&M	+2 yd	Zach Calzada pass complete to Ainias Smith for 2 yds for a TD (Seth Small KICK)
Q1 7:55	Texas A&M	+48 yd	Isaiah Spiller run for 48 yds for a TD (Seth Small KICK)
Q1 4:25	Texas A&M	+20 yd	Devon Achane run for 20 yds to the Misso 34 for a 1ST down
Q1 2:43	Texas A&M	+20 yd	Devon Achane run for 20 yds for a TD (Seth Small KICK)
Q1 1:54	Missouri	+22 yd	Michael Cox run for 22 yds to the Misso 26 for a 1ST down
Q1 0:53	Missouri	+6 yd	Connor Bazelak pass intercepted Antonio Johnson return for 6 yds to the Misso 30
Q2 14:19	Texas A&M	+54 yd	Seth Small 54 yd FG MISSED
Q2 8:09	Missouri	+32 yd	Tyler Badie run for 32 yds for a TD (Harrison Mevis KICK)
Q2 6:12	Texas A&M	+27 yd	Zach Calzada pass complete to Devon Achane for 27 yds to the Misso 22 for a 1ST down
Q2 4:45	Texas A&M	+11 yd	Zach Calzada pass complete to Ainias Smith for 11 yds for a TD (Seth Small KICK)
Q2 1:28	Texas A&M	+37 yd	Zach Calzada pass intercepted Jaylon Carlies return for 27 yds to the Misso 1 MISSOURI Penalty, Illegal Block (Trajan Jeffcoat) to the Misso 18
Q3 12:32	Missouri	+24 yd	Connor Bazelak pass complete to Tauskie Dove for 24 yds to the Misso 30 for a 1ST down
Q3 9:35	Missouri	+26 yd	Connor Bazelak pass complete to Tauskie Dove for 26 yds to the TexAM 13 for a 1ST down
Q3 8:12	Missouri	+7 yd	Dominic Lovett run for 7 yds for a TD (Harrison Mevis KICK)
Q3 2:33	Texas A&M	+1 yd	Devon Achane run for 1 yd for a TD (Seth Small KICK)
Q3 5:27	Texas A&M	+21 yd	Zach Calzada pass complete to Ainias Smith for 21 yds to the Misso 34 for a 1ST down
Q3 2:24	Missouri	+34 yd	Connor Bazelak pass complete to Tyler Badie for 34 yds to the TexAM 41 for a 1ST down
Q4 11:33	Texas A&M	+46 yd	Seth Small 46 yd FG MISSED
Q4 7:12	Texas A&M	+20 yd	Isaiah Spiller run for 20 yds to the TexAM 32 for a 1ST down

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

Missouri

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Connor Bazelak	29/43	230	5.3	0	2	55.3

Texas A&M

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Zach Calzada	13/25	148	5.9	2	1	65.2

Rushing

Missouri

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Tyler Badie	22	68	3.1	1	32
Michael Cox	2	24	12.0	0	22
Dominic Lovett	2	17	8.5	1	10
Micah Wilson	1	2	2.0	0	2
Connor Bazelak	3	-13	-4.3	0	5

Texas A&M

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Isaiah Spiller	20	168	8.4	1	48
Devon Achane	16	124	7.8	2	20
LJ Johnson Jr.	2	5	2.5	0	5
Amari Daniels	2	5	2.5	0	6
Team	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Zach Calzada	1	-17	-17.0	0	0

Receiving

Missouri

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Tauskie Dove	5	65	13.0	26
Tyler Badie	7	53	7.6	34
Chance Luper	6	40	6.7	9
Javian Hester	2	26	13.0	13
Dominic Lovett	3	22	7.3	10
Niko Hea	4	16	4.0	7
Daniel Parker	2	8	4.0	6

Texas A&M

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Ainias Smith	3	34	11.3	2	21
Jalen Wydermyer	3	29	9.7	0	12
Devon Achane	1	27	27.0	0	27
Chase Lane	2	21	10.5	0	11
Jalen Preston	1	11	11.0	0	11
Isaiah Spiller	1	10	10.0	0	10
Max Wright	1	8	8.0	0	8
Demond Demas	1	8	8.0	0	8

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Defense

Missouri

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD
Allie Green IV	7	6	0	0	1
Martez Manuel	6	6	1	1	0
Shawn Robinson	5	5	0	1	0
Akayleb Evans	5	4	0	1	1
Jaylon Carlies	4	2	0	0	0
Mehki Wingo	3	3	0	0	0
Blaze Alldredge	3	2	0	0	0
Jamie Pettway	3	2	0	0	0
Darius Robinson	3	2	0	0	0
Chad Bailey	2	2	0	0	0
Isaiah McGuire	2	2	0	1	0
DJ Jackson	2	2	0	0	0
Trajan Jeffcoat	2	1	0	1	0
Hyrin White	1	1	0	0	0
Jatorian Hansford	1	1	0	0	0
Tauskie Dove	1	1	0	0	0
Chris Shearin	1	1	0	0	0
Devin Nicholson	1	1	0	0	0
Dominic Lovett	1	1	0	0	0

Texas A&M

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Edgerrin Cooper	8	7	0	1	0	0
Aaron Hansford	7	7	0	2	1	0
Demani Richardson	7	5	0	0	0	1
DeMarvin Leal	6	5	1	2	0	0
Tyreek Chappell	6	5	0	0	0	0
Antonio Johnson	4	4	0	0	0	0
Tyree Johnson	3	3	1	1	0	0
Leon O'Neal Jr.	3	3	0	0	0	0
Erick Young	3	3	0	0	0	0
Andre White Jr.	3	3	0	0	0	0
Micheal Clemons	2	2	0	1	0	0
Jaylon Jones	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jalen Wydermyer	1	1	0	0	0	0
Adarious Jones	1	1	0	0	0	0
McKinnley Jackson	1	1	0	0	0	0

Interceptions

Missouri

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Jaylon Carlies	1	27	0

Texas A&M

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Jaylon Jones	1	17	0
Antonio Johnson	1	6	0

Kick Returns

Missouri

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jaylon Carlies	1	11	11.0	11	0
Kris Abrams-Draine	1	9	9.0	9	0

Texas A&M

No recorded stats in this category.

Kicking

Missouri

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Harrison Mevis	0/0	0.0	0	2/2	2

Texas A&M

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Seth Small	0/2	0.0	0	5/5	5

Punt Returns

Missouri

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
D'ionte Smith	2	1	0.5	1	0

Texas A&M

No recorded stats in this category.

Punting

Missouri

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Grant McKinniss	6	235	39.2	0	4	60

Texas A&M

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Nik Constantinou	3	144	48.0	0	1	56

Full player stats from CFBD’s /games/players data, split out by team. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have player-level stats that far back. Linked player names go to that player’s stat line in every other belt game they’ve appeared in.

Sources Box score at ESPN · Game record: College Football Data (id 401282108) · This game in the downloadable dataset

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