NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Adrian Peterson rushed for 135 yards and two touchdowns and propelled Oklahoma's stalling offense to a crucial late score in a 36-30 win against Texas A&M on Saturday.

After the Aggies (5-5, 3-4 Big 12) had come back from 21 points down to get within 30-24, the Sooners (6-3, 5-1) gave the ball to Peterson on five straight plays on their way to the clinching score.

Peterson ran for 47 yards on seven carries on the drive, which Rhett Bomar capped with an 8-yard touchdown pass to Travis Wilson .

Todd Pegram kicked field goals of 34 and 27 yards to bring the Aggies within 36-30 with 3:30 left. A&M stuffed Peterson for a seven-yard loss on second down, but Bomar connected with Juaquin Iglesias for a 34-yard gain on a third-and-12 play and the Sooners were able to run the clock out after that.

Bomar threw for a career-high 298 yards with one touchdown and one interception, and Malcolm Kelly caught five passes for 118 yards for Oklahoma, which is bowl eligible for the seventh straight season.

Texas A&M failed in its third attempt to qualify for a bowl. The Aggies last chance comes against No. 2 Texas on Nov. 25.

Reggie McNeal threw for 158 yards and two touchdowns and set Texas A&M's record for career yards passing before leaving in the third quarter with an injury. He finished with 6,992 yards passing, breaking Corey Pullig's mark of 6,846 yards set from 1992-95.

He'd need only eight more yards passing to become the fourth player in Division I history with 2,000 yards rushing and 7,000 yards passing in his career.

Stephen McGee replaced McNeal and ran for 67 yards on option runs and scrambles. All six of his pass attempts fell incomplete.

Courtney Lewis finished with 146 yards - the most for any player this season against Oklahoma, which entered the game second in the nation against the run. Only Texas' Jamaal Charles , who had an 80-yard touchdown run among his 116 yards, had more than 100 yards against Oklahoma this season before Lewis.

The game initially looked like a repeat of Oklahoma's 77-0 win in 2003.

Oklahoma got off to an even quicker start than it did two years ago, scoring three times before the Aggies could pick up their second first down. Peterson scored on runs of 10 and 6 yards, and Bomar's 15-yard score on a quarterback keeper made it 21-0 only 8:32 into the game.

Oklahoma led 28-7 after Allen Patrick 's 28-yard TD run, but after racking up 277 yards in the first quarter, the Sooners' offense slowed considerably.

McNeal's 5-yard touchdown pass to Lewis and a 42-yard field goal by Pegram cut the deficit to 28-17, but Calvin Thibodeaux sacked McNeal in the end zone for an Oklahoma safety, and McNeal had to be helped off the field.