The Mustangs fell short 46-14 Sunday evening against the No. 8 Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Stadium.

“We got our rear ends kicked in pretty much every way, but we’ll find out a lot about ourselves in the next four games,” SMU Head Coach June Jones said.

More than 86,951 fans, students and spirit groups came Sunday evening to watch the SMU Mustangs take on the Texas A&M Aggies. The attendance was the largest ever for a season opener and the sixth-largest of all-time.

The game started with two interceptions under SMU quarterback Kyle Padron’s possession which gave the Aggies a 14-0 lead in the first quarter.

SMU head coach June Jones immediately replaced Padron with backup quarterback J.J. McDermott. Jones said that he felt that Padron wasn’t himself during the game and expected to get him back on the field after a short sit out. But Jones ended up using McDermott the remainder of the game.

“McDermott was the way to go. J.J. did some good things tonight. I don’t change quarterbacks very often,” Jones said.

SMU junior Margus Hunt holds the NCAA title with 10 block kicks in his career. The Mustangs cut the lead 20-14 when McDermott made a 27-yard touch down pass to Keenan Holman.

In the second half, the Aggies scored only 13 points. Aggie quarterback, Ryan Tannehill threw his second touchdown pass in the second half, a 32-yard score to Huston Prioleaus.

Running back Cyrus Gray lead the Aggies with 132 yards on 21 carries, Ryan Swope led Texas A&M with eight receptions for 109 yard and a score, and Jeff Fuller added six catches for 52 yards.

After the game Jones told players that they will find out about themselves in the home opener next week.

“This game was disappointing but it was just one game,” Jones said.

SMU will face UTEP in their season opener against Sept. 10 at 6 p.m.