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Defense in Review: Auburn 42, Texas A&M 27

Texas A&M's defensive performance against Auburn was a mixed bag. The Aggies played well for the first 28 minutes of game time but faded down the stretch and struggled to defend the deep ball. Billy Liucci dissects the showing.
By Billy Liucci
November 6, 2017
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• The Aggie defense played well at times against Auburn and was pretty damned good through the first 28 minutes of the game. With two minutes left in the first half, A&M had held an explosive Auburn offense to a single touchdown and just over 157 yards. Kerryon Johnson, the SEC's leading rusher, had managed a solid-but-unspectacular 58 yards on 12 carries up until that point and was having to earn every bit of that real estate.

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