Conner Weigman threw two touchdown passes, and Le’Veon Moss ran for two more scores before halftime as Texas A&M built a big lead and won 52-10 against McNeese State on Saturday.
“I’m proud of how we played,” Texas A&M coach Mike Elko said. “It’s crucial to maintain our standards in these games, and I think we did that in the first half.”
Texas A&M (1-1) scored touchdowns on their first five drives, jumping to a 35-0 lead. Moss had touchdown runs of 2 and 6 yards, and Amari Daniels added a 2-yard touchdown run to make it 21-0 early in the second quarter.
Weigman then threw touchdown passes of 15 and 3 yards, pushing the lead to 35-0 with 4 ½ minutes left before halftime.
The Aggies intercepted Kamden Sixkiller for the second time on McNeese’s next drive, and backup quarterback Marcel Reed took over for A&M on the following drive.
Sixkiller was 9 of 19 for 80 yards and a touchdown for McNeese (1-2), an FCS school from the Southland Conference.
Weigman, who had two interceptions in last week’s loss to Notre Dame, was 11 of 14 for 125 yards in less than two quarters of play.
“Conner was effective,” Elko said. “He did what we needed him to do and saw the field well. For the most part, he executed as planned.”
Moss, who also didn’t play in the second half, had nine carries for 84 yards.
“We wanted to run the ball, so it was important to do that today,” Moss said.
Elko praised Moss’s performance.
“We gave him plenty of room to run today, and he made the most of it,” Elko said. “Running the ball will be crucial for us in this conference.”
Daniels scored his second touchdown on a 7-yard run, making it 45-0 with about six minutes remaining in the third quarter.
