2012 NCAA First Round Playoff-Texas A&M-41, LSU-20

Malena rushed for 140 and 2 TD (Martinez/Getty Images)

December 14, 2012

Weather-61 degrees, 10 mph ESE

Baton Rouge, LA-The Aggies exploded for 28 points in the fourth quarter to put away LSU, 41-20. Texas A&M RB Ben Malena rushed for 140 yards on 17 carries and scored twice in the fourth quarter. Heisman Trophy QB Johnny Manziel brought the Aggies back from 13-6 down to a 20-13 lead by throwing touchdowns to WR Mike Evans on back-to-back possessions in the second half. Texas A&M ran for 272 yards against LSU, eventually wearing down the Tigers front in the fourth quarter.

The Aggies advance to next week's quarterfinal round.

Texas A&M Aggies.(11-2)-3-3-7-28-41
LSU Tigers........(10-3)-3-3-7-7-20

TAM-Bertolet 50 FG
LSU-Alleman 43 FG
TAM-Bertolet 21 FG
LSU-Alleman 40 FG
LSU-Hill 43 run (Alleman Kick)
TAM-Evans 6 pass from Manziel (Bertolet Kick)
TAM-Evans 11 pass from Manziel (Bertolet Kick)
TAM-Michael 25 run (Bertolet Kick)
LSU-Landry 3 pass from Mettenberger (Alleman Kick)
TAM-Malena 48 run (Bertolet Kick)
TAM-Malena 29 run (Bertolet Kick)

Rushing (season totals in parentheses)
TAM-Malena-17-140-2 (147-892-9), Michael-7-69-1 (95-486-13), Manziel-22-49-0 (206-1,230-19), Williams-8-14-0 (67-349-4)
LSU-Hill-20-68-1 (150-699-11), Hilliard-2-13-0 (82-469-6), Ware-10-4-0 (101-362-1), Ford-1-2-0 (70-395-3), Mettenberger-8-(-19)-0 (49-(-186)-0)

Passing
TAM-Manziel-17-11-141-2-0 (417-284-3,560-26-8)
LSU-Mettenberger-37-18-235-1-0 (366-211-2,724-12-6)

Receiving
TAM-Evans-4-46-2 (79-1,068-7), Hicks-3-32-0 (10-92-0), Nwachukwu-2-40-0 (25-444-6), Swope-2-23-0 (66-832-7)
LSU-Boone-4-86-0 (28-420-4), Dickson-4-50-0 (9-119-0), Landry-4-31-1 (56-567-5), Beckham-3-38-0 (43-711-2), Wright-2-18-0 (20-260-0), Jacobs-1-12-0 (6-70-0)