A&M Consolidated upsets No. 12 Lake Travis

By Staff Report Sep 21, 2012, 9:00pm

A&M Consolidated jumped out to an early lead and fought off several Lake Travis comeback attempts.

A&M Consolidated (College Station, Texas) snapped Lake Travis' (Austin, Texas) 25-game winning streak with a 30-28 upset Friday night in Austin.

Lake Travis QB Baker Mayfield
couldn't pull out another late
victory on Friday night.
Lake Travis QB Baker Mayfield couldn't pull out another late victory on Friday night.
File photo by Kyle Dantzler
A&M Consolidated built an early 16-0 lead and fought off the Cavaliers' various comeback attempts to hold on for the victory. Lake Travis, ranked No. 2 in Texas and No. 12 nationally, received a scare last week from Round Rock Westwood (Austin), but was able to launch a late comeback. Unfortunately for the Cavaliers, they couldn't do the same this week.

A&M Consolidated scored on its second possession, a 7-yard run by Derrick Dick. Trouble on the snap didn't allow the Tigers to attempt the extra point, but they took a 6-0 lead.

After recovering a fumble on an attempted punt return, A&M Consolidated added to its lead with a Dillon Moore 24-yard field goal to make it 9-0.



A 38-yard touchdown pass from Jaylan Cheshire to Josch Motley gave the Tigers a 16-0 lead with 10:31 left in the half.

Lake Travis quarterback Baker Mayfield attempted to lead his team back into the game with a touchdown pass, but A&M Consolidated answered with a Xavier Jones 25-yard touchdown to make it 23-7 with 3:49 left in the half.

Lake Travis cut into the lead again, and gained some momentum heading into halftime, on a 4-yard touchdown run by Shaun Nixon to make it 23-14.

Mayfield opened the second half with another touchdown pass to cut the Tigers lead to 23-21.

But once again A&M Consolidated responded, capitalizing on another fumbled punt return and scoring on a 29-yard pass, increasing its lead to 30-21.

With 6:30 left in the fourth quarter, Lake Travis went 80 yards on two plays — a 53-yard run by Mayfield and a 27-yard touchdown run by Nixon — to once more cut the lead to two, 30-28.



However the Cavaliers were unable to get one more score, and the game ended in a major upset. Both teams are now 3-1.