Kyle Allen threw four touchdown passes and ran for another as No. 17 Texas A&M pulled away for a 44-27 win over Nevada on Saturday.
It was the 19th straight non-conference victory for the Aggies, the longest active streak in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
The Aggies were up by four early in the second quarter before scoring 17 straight points, with two touchdown catches by Josh Reynolds, to make it 31-10 early in the third. The second one came soon after an interception by Donovan Wilson on the first play of the second half.
Though Texas A&M (3-0) came away with a decisive win, coach Kevin Sumlin will undoubtedly be unhappy with his team's two turnovers with the SEC opener against Arkansas coming up next.
Tyler Stewart threw for 206 yards with two touchdowns and an interception for Nevada (1-2).
The second meeting between the teams and first since 1950 matched Sumlin against Nevada coach Brian Polian, who was an assistant on his staff in 2012.
Polian was on good behavior Saturday after he was fined $10,000 by his own school this week for being called for two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties during last week's 44-20 loss to Arizona. Athletic director Doug Knuth called the third-year coach's behavior unacceptable.
Texas A&M's aggressive defense, led by new defensive coordinator John Chavis, piled up five sacks and 16 tackles for losses. A highlight of those takedowns came when Daylon Mack busted through the line to level James Butler for a 5-yard loss and Myles Garrett had 3 1/2 sacks and four tackles for losses.
Hassan Henderson had a 27-yard reception for a touchdown for Nevada that cut the lead to 38-20 late in the third. The Wolf Pack got within 41-27 after a 9-yard pass to Jackson with less than 10 minutes remaining. Nevada recovered an onside kick after that score, but Garrett sacked Stewart on consecutive plays to force a punt on the ensuing possession.
A&M freshman Christian Kirk finished with six receptions for a career-high 120 yards and Tra Carson had 22 carries for 137 yards, but also fumbled in the red zone in the second quarter.
Butler had 17 carries for 107 yards for Nevada.
The Aggies took a 7-0 lead on a 1-yard touchdown run by Allen on their first drive. Their offense stalled on the next two drives and they had to punt on both of them. Allen was penalized for intentional grounding on the first one when he mishandled the snap and threw the ball away.
Nevada gambled by going for it on fourth-and-1 after that and it paid off when Don Jackson ran 31 yards for a touchdown to tie it at 7-7.
Allen, who finished with 270 yards passing, was sacked and fumbled two plays later and Matthew Lyons recovered and ran it into the end zone for what looked like a touchdown. But the Aggies got a break when Nevada was called for defensive holding on the play and A&M got the ball back.
Allen regrouped to continue the drive which was capped by a 10-yard touchdown reception by Speedy Noil that put A&M on top 14-7. It was the first touchdown of the season for Noil, who had been slowed by injuries in the first two games.
A 28-yard field goal by Brent Zuzo got Nevada within 14-10 early in the second quarter.
