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The Florida Gators took a rough 33-20 defeat to the Texas A&M Aggies on Saturday in a game where coach Billy Napier left the field with an array of boos from Florida fans.
The Aggies (2-1, 1-0 SEC) came into Ben Hill Griffin Stadium having lost 10 consecutive SEC road games and with starting quarterback Connor Weigman sidelined with an injury.
But it was no problem for the Aggies.
Backup quarterback Marcel Reed, a redshirt freshman making his first start, threw two touchdown passes and ran for one to outshine both Florida quarterbacks.
Coming off of a solid win over Samford, the Gators (1-2, 0-1) could not get anything going in the first half against the Aggies.
The question coming into this game was who was going to start at quarterback for the Gators, although Napier said he would utilize both quarterbacks.
Napier elected to start Graham Mertz, but alternated DJ Lagway throughout the game.
The first quarter was not pretty for the Gators.
The Aggies hit a 31-yard field goal at the 8:14 mark to cap their first drive. They scored again when Reed completed a pass to Theo Melin Ohrstrom for a 29-yard touchdown with 18 seconds left to put the Aggies up 10-0.
The sold-out crowd (89,993) erupted as Lagway ran out onto the field for the last possession of the first quarter in place of Mertz.
At the end of the first quarter, the Gators had four rushes for negative three yards. The Aggies had more points in the first quarter than the Gators had yards.
Lightning in the area then forced a 47-minute delay.