In their highly frustrating loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks, Texas A&M just became the first team in college football history to rack up more than 450 yards of offense, to not turn the ball over, and to fail to score a single touchdown— shoutout to Luke Evangelist for uncovering this embarrassing and infuriating stat that the Aggies just hit.
This stat is insane.
— Luke Evangelist (@lukeevangelist_) November 8, 2026
Texas A&M is the first team in college football history to have 450+ total yards of offense, zero turnovers, and score zero touchdowns in the same game. pic.twitter.com/emvODCiwvO
In a similar vein, Texas A&M had only once ever, besides this game, gained more than 400 yards of offense and failed to score ten points, as Bob Sturm pointed out on X. A&M very nearly broke double-digits (which is a very sad phrase) but David Olano missed a field goal that would have gotten them there.
This speaks to how broken things are right now with Texas A&M's offense. This was, in one sense, the most successful offensive outing they've had this entire season— after all, it was the first game in which they gained more than 450 yards of offense against a Power 4 opponent.
Texas A&M sets embarrassing offensive record in loss to South Carolina
Marcel Reed looked good for long stretches of the game. He was finding his receivers well, and as Brock Osweiler said about fifty times throughout the course of the game, he was doing a good job of seeing the field. A&M didn't turn over the ball at all. This was Texas A&M's highest offensive success rate on the road this year, as well.
And yet, they came away with zero touchdowns and only nine points. They gained more yardage in this one than they did against Arkansas— a game in which they scored 34 points— and put up nine. It boggles the mind in some sense how this could be possible, but it is.
With only three games to go in this season, it's hard to know exactly what to take from this. Do you say that this is just another symptom of the Aggies being unable to get out of their own way? After all, the numerous penalties that the Ags accrued definitely hindered them— they were only a couple of yards from a touchdown before a personal foul and a pair of false starts moved them way back.
Or do you take the opposite, optimistic tack, and say that, if the output continues at this pace, then the Aggies will eventaully find their way to the end zone? There's a case that can be made for that, as well, especially if we're trying to be future-facing with three games left to go.
Right now, though, it just feels empty. It feels like this is a team that is lacking what it takes to win games— the exact opposite of what we saw in 2020 and 2025, both years that had extremely gritty groups that kept finding ways to win.
With a couple of games to go, it's all but assured that this offensive staff will have a huge makeover coming in the offseason, so you don't want to put a lot of stock in them building something right now, either— they're going to start from the ground up soon. If nothing else, it's telling— it's a testament to the kind of season that the Aggies are in the middle of right now. Hopefully, it's something that they can salvage to some degree down the stretch— but it's hard to know how they can.
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