After an impressive opening touchdown drive by the Aggies that covered 65 yards in 15 plays and took 8 minutes off the clock, and a following 11 play 75 yards by the Falcons, it seemed we might be in for another familiar offensive shootout from these two division foes. After that, however, the young Falcon defenders settled down and shut out the Aggies the rest of the way. Meanwhile, the offense immediately responded with two more drives of 82 and 99 yards to take over the game before halftime.
The Falcons initially had trouble running the ball inside the tackles, as the Aggies went all in attempting to stop the fullback dives, counters, and zone runs, so the Falcons turned to the edge and an extremely efficient passing game.