There is a silver lining for Texas A&M despite getting embarrassed by its rival and missing the conference title game.

Michael Taaffe, who started his career as a walk-on and built himself into an All-American, finished his final home game with an interception that beat Texas' biggest in-state rival.

AUSTIN, Texas -- When No. 3 Texas A&M took the field at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium against rival No. 16 Texas for the first time in 15 years, they were greeted by chants from the home crowd.

In the marquee matchup of the night, No. 16 Texas finally put all the pieces together and upset bitter rival and No. 3 Texas A&M in a result that knocked the Aggies out of the SEC title game. The Longhorns kept alive their own College Football Playoff hopes, but they'll need some help to get in the field.

Texas A&M football experienced its first loss of the season Friday. The loss revealed several issues and areas the Aggies need to address before the playoffs.

UT played spoiler to end the Aggies undefeated season. But did the Longhorns do enough to make things weird on the College Football Playoff Committee?

Texas A&M opened on a 19-3 run and led 52-24 at the break. Dominguez scored 15 points and Agee had 10 as the Aggies shot 46% (17 of 37) that included nine 3-pointers. Florida State shot just 26% (9 of 35).

Texas A&M had fours straight punts to begin the half including three three-and-outs. The run game found some traction on the last possession of the third quarter, with four gains of 4-plus yards but that ended in a punt as well. The Aggies went the entire third quarter without completing a pass of longer than 5 yards.