Allen, Bertolet lead Texas A&M past Vanderbilt 25-0
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Taylor Bertolet tied Southeastern Conference and school records by making six field goals, and Kyle Allen passed for 336 yards and one touchdown, leading Texas A&M to 25-0 a win over Vanderbilt on Saturday night.
Bertolet kicked field goals of 31, 25, 46, 46, 41 and 23 yards. Texas A&M's Alan Smith kicked six field goals in a 1983 win over Arkansas State.
Allen made his first start since a 23-3 loss to Mississippi on Oct. 24. He won the starting job back in practice after freshman Kyler Murray started the previous three games, but threw a total of five interceptions against Western Carolina and Auburn.
Allen, who completed 18 of 36 passes, started the first seven games of the season.
Texas A&M (8-3, 4-3 SEC West) held Vanderbilt (4-7, 2-5 SEC East) to a season-low 148 total yards and 23 passing yards.
Teams from Texas shut out Vanderbilt 59-0 this season, including Houston's 34-0 win over the Commodores on Halloween.
Ralph Webb led the Commodores with 79 rushing yards on 25 carries, giving the sophomore 1,003 yards on the ground this season.
Bertolet made a 31-yard field goal on the first drive of the game.
Sam Moeller blocked Tommy Openshaw's punt and it was recovered by Devonta Burns at the Vanderbilt 13-yard line, setting up the Aggies' next score.
Four plays later, Bertolet's 25-yard field goal gave Texas A&M a 6-0 lead with 2:32 left in the first quarter.
Josh Reynolds got behind Vanderbilt's Torren McGaster on a fly route down the right sideline on third-and-9 for a 95-yard touchdown pass from Allen, increasing the Aggies' lead to 13-0 with 2:11 left in the first half.
That tied for the second longest TD pass in Texas A&M history. Johnny Manziel threw a 95-yard strike to Mike Evans against Alabama in 2013.
De'Vante Harris gave Texas A&M a good scoring opportunity 13 seconds later when he intercepted a Kyle Shurmur pass deep in Vanderbilt territory, but Bertolet's 35-yard field goal attempt went wide left.
Bertolet got another chance on the final play of the half when he hit a 46-yard field goal, giving the Aggies a 16-0 lead. He added three second-half field goals to cap the scoring.