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Alabama Beats Texas A&M 31-20 With 14 Fourth Quarter Points, Russell Throws Three Touchdowns

Alabama trailed 20-17 entering the fourth quarter at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Keelon Russell threw touchdown passes to Marshall Pritchett and Kaleb Edwards in the fourth, and Alabama ended back to back losses.

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Alabama Beats Texas A&M 31-20 With 14 Fourth Quarter Points, Russell Throws Three Touchdowns

Key points

  • No. 13 Alabama beat Texas A&M 31-20 at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa on Saturday, October 24, 2026.
  • Dijon Lee Jr.
  • Keelon Russell threw three touchdown passes for Alabama.

No. 13 Alabama beat Texas A&M 31-20 at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa on Saturday, October 24, 2026. Alabama trailed 20-17 entering the fourth quarter and scored 14 unanswered points in the fourth to win. The win ended back to back losses to Georgia and Tennessee and was Alabama's first win since October 3.

Dijon Lee Jr. opened the scoring in the first quarter with a 39 yard interception return touchdown off a Marcel Reed pass. The play came on the snap after Lee was flagged for a personal foul for a suplex style tackle on Mario Craver. Texas A&M answered in the same quarter when Reed threw a 9 yard touchdown pass to Craver, and the first quarter ended tied in scoring at 10-7 to Alabama after Conor Talty kicked a 47 yard field goal for Alabama. The quarter scores were Alabama 10, 7, 0, 14 and Texas A&M 7, 10, 3, 0.

Russell throws three touchdown passes

Keelon Russell threw three touchdown passes for Alabama. He threw a 3 yard touchdown pass to Daniel Hill in the second quarter. In the fourth quarter he threw a touchdown pass to Marshall Pritchett at 14:55 that put Alabama ahead 24-20. He then threw an 8 yard touchdown pass to Kaleb Edwards at 10:01 of the fourth quarter for the final 31-20 score. Reports in the live files differed on the yardage of the Pritchett touchdown, so this article does not state a distance for that play.

Texas A&M built its lead in the middle quarters. Reed ran for a 4 yard touchdown, and David Olano kicked field goals of 32 yards and 25 yards for the Aggies. Those scores put Texas A&M ahead 20-17 after three quarters, with Alabama held scoreless in the third quarter.

A fumbled snap turns the fourth quarter

Late in the game Texas A&M lost the ball on a fumbled snap on fourth and 1 by Reed. The turnover gave Alabama field position that led to the go ahead Pritchett touchdown, after a Russell connection to Rico Scott set up first and goal. Alabama then added the Edwards touchdown and held Texas A&M scoreless in the fourth quarter to close the win at home.

The result turns on two sequences that the live reports agree on. Lee's interception return gave Alabama an early lead it did not keep, and the fourth quarter fumble gave Alabama the short field it used to retake the lead for good. Russell's three touchdown passes accounted for the rest of Alabama's scoring apart from Lee's return and Talty's 47 yard field goal.

Timeline

  1. Oct 24, 2026Dijon Lee Jr. returns an interception 39 yards for a touchdown and Alabama leads Texas A&M 10-7 after the first quarter.
  2. Oct 24, 2026Texas A&M leads 20-17 after three quarters on a Marcel Reed rushing touchdown and field goals of 32 and 25 yards by David Olano.
  3. Oct 24, 2026Keelon Russell throws touchdown passes to Marshall Pritchett at 14:55 and to Kaleb Edwards at 10:01 of the fourth quarter, and Alabama wins 31-20.

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