Marcel Reed threw two touchdown passes to KC Concepcion and ran for another touchdown, and No. 6 Texas A&M defeated Mississippi State 31-9 on Saturday night in College Station, Texas.Reed passed for only 180 yards while completing 13 of 23 with an interception, but the Aggies (5-0, 2-0 SEC) rushed for 299 yards, led by Rueben Owens II’s 142 yards on 21 attempts.Blake Shapen passed for just 142 yards with a touchdown and an interception, and Mississippi State (4-2, 0-2) totaled 219 yards.Texas A&M held the Bulldogs to one conversion on 10 third downs. A week earlier in a 16-10 win against Auburn, the Aggies didn’t allow any conversions on 13 third-down and two fourth-down attempts.Both teams punted on their first two possessions of the second half before Owens’ 17-yard run and Reed’s 42-yard completion to Mario Craver set up Reed’s 2-yard touchdown pass to Concepcion. That increased the Aggies’ lead to 14-3 at the end of the third quarter.On the sixth play of the fourth quarter, Reed’s 7-yard touchdown run expanded the lead to 21-3. On the first play of the ensuing drive, Dalton Brooks recovered Anthony Evans III’s fumble and Texas A&M took over at the Mississippi State 24. Four plays later, Craver ran 7 yards for a touchdown.
