The Arizona State Sun Devils hit the road for the first time in 2026 and got absolutely shellacked, losing 48-20 to nationally ranked Texas A&M on Saturday. For a while, they hung tough, even trailing by just four points, 24-20, heading into the fourth quarter. But then, man, it just fell apart. What felt like a tight game turned into a runaway train in the final 15 minutes.
Four Turnovers Cost ASU Everything
Playing in front of an absolutely massive crowd of 107,523 fans , the biggest ASU has ever seen, by the way , the Sun Devils just couldn’t hold it together. Against a team ranked No. 9 in the Coaches Poll and No. 10 in the AP, you can’t be giving away freebies. But that’s exactly what happened: four brutal turnovers throughout the game, and get this, those mistakes led directly to 24 points for the Aggies. Twenty-four points! That’s almost half of A&M’s total score, handed to them on a silver platter because of ASU’s miscues. It’s tough to swallow when you know your own mistakes are digging your grave.
Cutter Boley’s Fumble-Six Was a Crushing Blow
The defining moment, the one that truly sealed their fate, came with 8:38 left in the fourth quarter. ASU was down 31-20, still within striking distance. Then, a gift: Texas A&M fumbled a punt snap, and ASU recovered at the Aggies’ 34-yard line. This was it, right? A chance to cut it to a one-score game, grab some momentum, make it interesting! But on the very first play of that promising drive, quarterback Cutter Boley got hammered by pressure. The ball squirted right out of his hand, landed perfectly for Aggies’ Marco Jones, who then took it to the house for a touchdown. Just like that, it was 38-20. As the source said, “It was over after that.” Absolutely soul-crushing.
You gotta feel for the guys. After a gut-wrenching collapse like that, with turnovers leading to a blown opportunity, what do you even say? Quarterback Cutter Boley tried to rally the troops, saying, “We’re going to be a hell of a team. We know that. We know who we are. We know what we’ve got. Just another day in the office. Go back to work. All of our guys believe in each other. We trust each other, so we’re going to go right back to work because we know what we’ve got.” That’s the spirit, but they’ve got to translate that belief into protecting the football. Those four turnovers were the difference, and they’ll be looking to fix that as they head back to work.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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