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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (Ticker) -- Texas A&M let Tulsa hang around for a quarter before it showed why it's ranked in the top 10 in the country. Randy McCown had a another career day with 320 passing yards as the seventh-ranked Aggies overcame a sluggish start and rolled to a 62-13 rout of Tulsa. The Aggies (2-0), who came in nearly a five-touchdown favorite, trailed 7-3 after the first quarter before exploding for 28 unanswered points in the second. McCown, who completed 13-of-30 passes, was a key factor in the decisive quarter, throwing a 20-yard touchdown pass and scoring on a 12-yard run as the Aggies built a 31-7 halftime advantage. McCown was coming off a career-best performance in the season-opener, when he threw for 252 yards in a 37-17 victory over Louisiana Tech. "We came out tonight and looked good at times and bad at others," McCown said. "We are fortunate to get a win tonight, and we have to be more consistent." The 6-1 McCown also threw the longest touchdown pass in school history, hooking up with Chris Taylor on a 96-yard scoring strike 12 seconds into the fourth quarter. Gary Kubiak found Don Jones for a 92-yard TD in 1981 against Louisiana Tech. Michael Wall hit Damon Savage from six yards out in the first quarter for the only TD pass for Tulsa (1-2), which has allowed 102 points in losing its last two games. After Wall's pass gave the Golden Hurricane a 7-3 lead, the Aggies reeled off the next 28 points, starting with Ja'Mar Toombs' one-yard run 88 seconds into the second quarter. That triggered the rout as McCown found tight end RoDerrick Broughton with a 20-yard TD pass and Dante Hall scored on a five-yard run to make it 24-7 with 5:24 left before halftime. Hall finished with 53 yards on 11 carries. Freshman Joe Webber led the Aggies on the ground with 64 yards on 13 rushes. McCown, who also ran for 29 yards, completed the big second quarter with a 12-yard scoring run with just over two minutes left. Like it did in the first half, Tulsa came out of the locker room strong as Ken Bohanon scampered seven yards for score. The extra point failed. After that touchdown, the Aggies again enjoyed prolonged success, scoring 31 unanswered points to end the game. Toombs went in again from one yard with 5:24 left in the third quarter to push the lead to 38-13. McCown followd Toombs' short run up with a touchdown of a different variety, finding Taylor with a bomb that the receiver took 96 yards into the end zone for a 32-point lead. "It was just a play-action fake," McCown said. "The safety bit on the fake and I just laid the ball out there for him to run under it. He did a good job of getting to the ball." Taylor had six catches for 177 yards, helping the Aggies to a 606-192 edge in total yardage. "I was pleased with our overall performance," Texas A&M coach R.C. Slocum said. "I thought we started off rough, but then got into a good tempo. I was pleased a lot of players got into the game with their families in the stands." Terrence Kitchens kicked a 37-yard field goal before backup quarterback Vance Smith hit Mickey Jones with an 11-yard TD toss. Jones also scored on a 16-yard run with eight seconds left to complete the scoring. Wall was 8-of-11 for 43 yards and was intercepted twice. Backup Josh Blankenship came on but was ineffective at 5-of-18 for 109 yards and two interceptions.
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