Texas A&M Aggies football
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| Texas A&M Aggies football | |||
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| First season | 1894 | ||
| Staff | |||
| Athletic director | Bill Byrne | ||
| Head coach | Mike Sherman | ||
| 1st year, 0–0 | |||
| Stadium | |||
| Home stadium | Kyle Field | ||
| Stadium capacity | 82,600 | ||
| Stadium surface | Natural Grass | ||
| Location | College Station, Texas | ||
| League/Conference | |||
| Conference | Big 12 | ||
| Division | South | ||
| Team records | |||
| All-time record | 648–419–48 (.607) | ||
| Postseason bowl record | 13–17–0 | ||
| Awards | |||
| National titles | 1 | ||
| Conference titles | 19 | ||
| Heisman winners | 1 | ||
| All-Americans | 41 | ||
| Pageantry | |||
| Colors | Maroon and White | ||
| Fight song | Aggie War Hymn | ||
| Mascot | Reveille | ||
| Marching band | Fightin' Texas Aggie Band | ||
| Rivals | Texas Longhorns | ||
| Website | AggieAthletics.com | ||
The Texas A&M Aggies football team represents Texas A&M University in Division I FBS college football. The team is also referred to as the Texas Aggies, indicating the state in which the school is located rather than the university the players attend. The team has competed in the South Division of Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996. Texas A&M football has earned one national title and 19 conference titles since becoming a charter member in the Southwest Conference in 1915. The team plays all home games at Kyle Field, an 82,600-person capacity outdoor stadium on the university campus.
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[edit] History
The 1921 game between the University of Texas and the Aggies was the first ever live, play-by-play broadcast of a college football game.[1]
[edit] Conference affiliations
- 1894–1902: Independent
- 1903–1908: Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- 1909–1911: Independent
- 1912–1914: Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- 1913–1917: Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- 1915–1995: Southwest Conference
- 1996–present: Big 12 Conference (South Division)
[edit] Championships
[edit] National championships
Texas A&M has earned one wire national title, voted #1 by the AP Poll after the 1939 season. Southern California also claims this title through the Dickinson System;[2] however, USC finished #3 in the final AP Poll.[3] While 1939 is the only national title that Texas A&M recognizes, retroactive polls have awarded Texas A&M national titles in 1917, 1919, and 1927. The 1917 team finished 8-0-0 and unscored upon, earning a retroactive national title by 1st-N-Goal and James Howell.[4] The 1919 team finished 10-0-0 and unscored upon, earning a retroactive national title by ten selectors, including the Billingsley Report and National Championship Foundation.[5]. The 1927 team finished 8-0-1, with a tie against TCU in Fort Worth, Texas, earning a retroactive national title by the Sagarin Rating and the Sagarin ELO-Chess. [6]
| Year | Overall Record | Conference Record | Coach | Notable Selectors |
| 1917† | 8-0-0 | 2-0-0 | Dana X. Bible | |
| 1919† | 10-0-0 | 4-0-0 | Dana X. Bible | National Championship Foundation, Billingsley Report |
| 1927† | 8-0-1 | 5-0-1 | Dana X. Bible | Sagarin Rating, Sagarin ELO-Chess |
| 1939 | 11-0-0 | 6-0-0 | Homer H. Norton | AP, College Football Researchers Association, Helms Foundation, National Championship Foundation |
† Not recognized by Texas A&M as national title seasons.
[edit] Conference championships
| Year | Overall Record | Conference Record | Coach | Conference |
| 1917 | 8-0-0 | 2-0-0 | Dana X. Bible | Southwest Conference |
| 1919 | 10-0-0 | 4-0-0 | Dana X. Bible | Southwest Conference |
| 1921 | 6-1-2 | 3-0-2 | Dana X. Bible | Southwest Conference |
| 1925 | 7-1-1 | 4-1-0 | Dana X. Bible | Southwest Conference |
| 1927 | 8-0-1 | 4-0-1 | Dana X. Bible | Southwest Conference |
| 1939 | 11-0-0 | 6-0-0 | Homer H. Norton | Southwest Conference |
| 1940 | 9-1-0 | 5-1-0 | Homer Norton | Southwest Conference |
| 1941 | 9-2-0 | 5-1-0 | Homer Norton | Southwest Conference |
| 1956 | 9-0-1 | 6-0-0 | Bear Bryant | Southwest Conference |
| 1967 | 7-4-1 | 6-1-0 | Gene Stallings | Southwest Conference |
| 1975 | 10-2-0 | 6-2-0 | Emory Bellard | Southwest Conference |
| 1985 | 10-2-0 | 7-1-0 | Jackie Sherrill | Southwest Conference |
| 1986 | 9-3-0 | 7-1-0 | Jackie Sherrill | Southwest Conference |
| 1987 | 10-2-0 | 7-1-0 | Jackie Sherrill | Southwest Conference |
| 1991 | 10-2-0 | 8-0-0 | R. C. Slocum | Southwest Conference |
| 1992 | 12-1-0 | 7-0-0 | R. C. Slocum | Southwest Conference |
| 1993 | 10-2-0 | 7-0-0 | R. C. Slocum | Southwest Conference |
| 1998 | 11-3-0 | 7-1-0 | R. C. Slocum | Big 12 Conference |
[edit] Divisional championships
| Year | Overall Record | Conference Record | Coach |
| 1997 | 9-4-0 | 6-2-0 | R. C. Slocum |
| 1998 | 11-3-0 | 7-1-0 | R. C. Slocum |
[edit] Bowl history
| Date Played | Bowl game | Winning team | Losing team | ||
| January 2, 1922 | Dixie Classic | Texas A&M | 22 | Centre | 14 |
| January 1, 1940 | Sugar Bowl | (1) Texas A&M | 14 | (4) Tulane | 13 |
| January 1, 1941 | Cotton Bowl | (6) Texas A&M | 13 | (12) Fordham | 12 |
| January 1, 1942 | Cotton Bowl | (20) Alabama | 29 | (9) Texas A&M | 21 |
| January 1, 1943 | Orange Bowl | LSU | 19 | Texas A&M | 14 |
| December 8, 1950 | Presidential Cup Bowl | Texas A&M | 40 | Georgia | 20 |
| December 28, 1957 | Gator Bowl | (13) Tennessee | 3 | (9) Texas A&M | 0 |
| January 1, 1968 | Cotton Bowl | Texas A&M | 20 | (8) Alabama | 16 |
| December 22, 1975 | Liberty Bowl | (20) Southern California | 20 | (6) Texas A&M | 0 |
| January 2, 1977 | Sun Bowl | (10) Texas A&M | 37 | (20) Florida | 14 |
| December 31, 1977 | Bluebonnet Bowl | (20) Southern California | 47 | (17) Texas A&M | 28 |
| December 20, 1978 | Hall of Fame Bowl | Texas A&M | 28 | (19) Iowa State | 12 |
| December 12, 1981 | Independence Bowl | Texas A&M | 33 | Oklahoma State | 16 |
| January 1, 1986 | Cotton Bowl | (11) Texas A&M | 36 | (16) Auburn | 16 |
| January 1, 1987 | Cotton Bowl | (13) Ohio State | 28 | (8) Texas A&M | 12 |
| January 1, 1988 | Cotton Bowl | (13) Texas A&M | 35 | (12) Notre Dame | 10 |
| December 30, 1989 | John Hancock Bowl | (23) Pittsburgh | 31 | (16) Texas A&M | 28 |
| December 29, 1990 | Holiday Bowl | Texas A&M | 65 | (9) BYU | 14 |
| January 1, 1992 | Cotton Bowl | (5) Florida State | 10 | (9) Texas A&M | 2 |
| January 1, 1993 | Cotton Bowl | (5) Notre Dame | 28 | (3) Texas A&M | 3 |
| January 1, 1994 | Cotton Bowl | (4) Notre Dame | 24 | (6) Texas A&M | 21 |
| December 29, 1995 | Alamo Bowl | (19) Texas A&M | 22 | (14) Michigan | 20 |
| January 1, 1998 | Cotton Bowl | (5) UCLA | 29 | (19) Texas A&M | 23 |
| January 1, 1999 | Sugar Bowl | (3) Ohio State | 24 | (8) Texas A&M | 14 |
| December 28, 1999 | Alamo Bowl | (13) Penn State | 24 | (18) Texas A&M | 0 |
| December 31, 2000 | Independence Bowl | Mississippi State | 43 | Texas A&M | 41 (OT) |
| December 28, 2001 | Galleryfurniture.com Bowl | Texas A&M | 28 | TCU | 9 |
| January 1, 2005 | Cotton Bowl | (15) Tennessee | 38 | (22) Texas A&M | 7 |
| December 28, 2006 | Holiday Bowl | (20) Cal | 45 | (21) Texas A&M | 10 |
| December 29, 2007 | Alamo Bowl | Penn State | 24 | Texas A&M | 17 |
[edit] Top 25 poll finishes
The Aggies have finished in the final season rankings of the AP Poll and Coaches Poll 23 times. The AP Poll first appeared in 1934, and has been published continuously since 1936. The Coaches Poll began its ranking with 20 teams in 1950–51 season, but expanded to 25 teams beginning in the 1990–91 season.[7]
| Year | AP Rank | Coaches Rank |
| 1939 | 1 | N/A |
| 1940 | 6 | N/A |
| 1941 | 9 | N/A |
| 1955 | 17 | 14 |
| 1956 | 5 | 5 |
| 1957 | 9 | 10 |
| 1974 | 16 | 15 |
| 1975 | 11 | 12 |
| 1976 | 7 | 8 |
| 1978 | 19 | 18 |
| 1985 | 6 | 7 |
| 1986 | 13 | 12 |
| 1987 | 10 | 9 |
| 1989 | 20 | N/A |
| 1990 | 15 | 13 |
| 1991 | 12 | 13 |
| 1992 | 7 | 6 |
| 1993 | 9 | 8 |
| 1994 | 8 | N/A |
| 1995 | 15 | 15 |
| 1997 | 20 | 21 |
| 1998 | 11 | 13 |
| 1999 | 23 | 20 |
[edit] Rivalries
[edit] Texas Longhorns
The Texas-Texas A&M rivalry dates back to 1894. It is the longest-running rivalry for both teams and is also the third most-played rivalry in Division I-A college football.[8]
In an attempt to generate more attention for the rivalry in sports other than football, in 2004 the two schools started the Lone Star Showdown,[9] a trial two-year program. Essentially, each time the two schools meet in a sport, the winner of the matchup gets a point. At the end of the year, the school with the most points wins the series and receives the Lone Star Showdown trophy.
Aspects of the rivalry include:
- Each school mentions the other in its fight song (Texas with "and it's goodbye to A&M" in Texas Fight,[10] and the Aggies singing about Texas for essentially the entire second verse of the Aggie War Hymn[11])
- The football series between the two universities is the third longest running rivalry in all of college football.[12] Since 1900, the last regular season football game is usually reserved for their matchup.[13]
- Each school has elaborate pre-game preparations for the annual football clash, including the Aggie Bonfire[14] and the Hex Rally[15]
- Texas has a unique lighting scheme for the UT Tower after wins over Texas A&M.[16]
- In the past, mischief has preceded the annual game, such as "kidnapping" each other's mascots.[17][18]
| Games played | First meeting | Last meeting | A&M wins | A&M losses | Ties | Win % |
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| 114 | 1894 (lost 0–38) | November 23, 2007 (won 38–30) | 36 | 73 | 5 | 31.6% |
[edit] Baylor Bears
The Aggies first played the Baylor Bears in 1899, and have competed with them annually since 1945.[19] The rivalry is nicknamed the Battle of the Brazos, a term coined after the Brazos River, which flows by the two schools. The two schools are only 90 miles (145 km) apart. A&M leads the series 65–30–9.[20]
| Games played | First meeting | Last meeting | A&M wins | A&M losses | Ties | Win % |
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| 104 | 1899 (won 33–0) | September 29, 2007 (won 34–10) | 65 | 30 | 9 | 62.5% |
[edit] Texas Tech Red Raiders
The first time in which A&M met Tech was back in 1932. The battle against the Red Raiders has been very heated recently. The Aggies lead all-time 34-31-1 but trail 3-9 since the inception of the Big 12 Conference. The Aggies have not won in Lubbock since 1993.[21]
| Games played | First meeting | Last meeting | A&M wins | A&M losses | Ties | Win % |
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| 66 | November 28, 1927 (won 47–6) | October 13, 2007 (lost 7–35) | 34 | 31 | 1 | 51.5% |
[edit] Arkansas Razorbacks
The Aggies first played the Arkansas Razorbacks in 1903. From 1934–1991, the two teams had played annually as Southwest Conference members. In 1991, however, Arkansas left the conference to join the Southeastern Conference. Arkansas leads all-time 38–24–3. On March 10, 2008, officials from both schools announced the revival of the series, which will recommence on October 3, 2009. The game will be played at the Dallas Cowboys New Stadium, which is expected to hold about 80,000 fans. The initial agreement between the two schools allows the game to be played for at least 10 years, followed by 5 consecutive, 4-year rollover options, allowing the game to be played for a total of 30 consecutive seasons.[22][23][24]
| Games played | First meeting | Last meeting | A&M wins | A&M losses | Ties | Win % |
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| 65 | 1903 (won 6–0) | November 16, 1991 (won 13–3) | 24 | 38 | 3 | 36.9% |
[edit] Player accomplishments
[edit] Individual awards
Texas A&M has three national trophy winners. Dat Nguyen won the Lombardi Award and Chuck Bednarik Award in 1998, while John David Crow won the Heisman Trophy in 1958.
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[edit] Aggies in the NFL
As of 3 June 2008, 27 Aggies are in the NFL,[26] and 8 others serve as NFL coaches.[27][28]
[edit] Hall of Fame
[edit] College Football Hall of Fame coaches
| Coach | Years | Induction |
| Madison A. “Matty” Bell | 1929-1933 | 1955 |
| Dana X. Bible | 1917, 1919-1928 | 1951 |
| Paul “Bear” Bryant | 1954-1957 | 1986 |
| Homer H. Norton | 1934-1947 | 1971 |
[edit] College Football Hall of Fame players
| Player | Position | Years | Induction |
| John David Crow | HB | 1955-1957 | 1976 |
| Dave Elmendorf | S | 1968-1970 | 1997 |
| Joel Hunt | QB | 1925-1927 | 1967 |
| John Kimbrough | FB | 1938-1940 | 1954 |
| Charlie Krueger | T | 1955-1957 | 1983 |
| Jack Pardee | FB | 1954-1956 | 1986 |
| Joe Routt | G | 1935-1937 | 1962 |
| Joe Utay | HB | 1905-1907 | 1974 |
[edit] Pro Football Hall of Fame players
| Player | Position | Years | Induction |
| Yale Lary | S | 1948-1951 | 1979 |
[edit] Football traditions
- See also: Traditions of Texas A&M University
[edit] 12th Man
- See also: 12th Man (football)
Aggie football fans call themselves the 12th Man, meaning they are there to support the 11 players on the field. To further symbolize their "readiness, desire, and enthusiasm," the entire student body stands throughout the game.[29] In a further show of respect, the students step "off the wood" (step off the bleachers onto the concrete) whenever a player is injured or when the band plays the Aggie War Hymn or The Spirit of Aggieland.[30][31]
Seniors wearing either their Senior boots or Aggie Rings are also encouraged to join the "Boot Line." As the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band leaves the field after their half-time performances, seniors line up at the north end of Kyle Field to welcome the team back onto the field for the second half.[32]
The tradition began in Dallas on January 2, 1922, at the Dixie Classic, the forerunner of the Cotton Bowl. A&M played defending national champion Centre College in the first post-season game in the southwest. In this hard fought game, which produced national publicity, an underdog Aggie team was slowly defeating a team which had allowed fewer than 6 points per game. The first half produced so many injuries for A&M that Coach D. X. Bible feared he wouldn’t have enough men to finish the game. At that moment, he called into the Aggie section of the stands for E. King Gill, a student who had left football after the regular season to play basketball. Gill, who was spotting players for a Waco newspaper and was not in football uniform, donned the uniform of injured player Heine Weir and stood on the sidelines to await his turn. Although he did not actually play in the game, his readiness to play symbolized the willingness of all Aggies to support their team to the point of actually entering the game. When the game ended in a 22-14 Aggie victory, Gill was the only man left standing on the sidelines for the Aggies. Gill later said, "I wish I could say that I went in and ran for the winning touchdown, but I did not. I simply stood by in case my team needed me."[33]
In the 1980s, the tradition was expanded as coach Jackie Sherrill created the 12th Man squad. Composed solely of walk-on (non-scholarship) players, the squad would take the field for special teams' performances.[33] This squad never allowed a kickoff return for a touchdown.[34] Sherrill's successor, R. C. Slocum, amended the tradition in the 1990s to allow one walk-on player, wearing the No. 12 jersey, to take the field for special teams' plays.[33] The player is chosen based on the level of determination and hard work shown in practices. Coach Dennis Franchione has continued Slocum's model, while also keeping an all-walk-on kickoff team that played three times in the 2006 season.[34]
[edit] Bonfire
Aggie Bonfire was a long-standing tradition at Texas A&M University as part of a college rivalry with the University of Texas at Austin, known as t.u. by Texas A&M students. For ninety years, Texas A&M students built and burned a large bonfire on campus each fall. Known within the Aggie community simply as Bonfire, the annual fall event symbolized the students' "burning desire to beat the hell outta t.u."[35] The bonfire was traditionally lit around Thanksgiving in conjunction with the festivities surrounding the annual game between the schools.[36]
The first on-campus Aggie Bonfire was burned in 1909, and the tradition continued for the next 90 years.[36] For almost two decades, Bonfire was constructed from debris and pieces of wood that Aggies "found," including lumber intended for a dormitory that students appropriated in 1912.[37] The event became school-sanctioned in 1936, and, for the first time, students were provided with axes, saws, and trucks and pointed towards a grove of dead trees on the edge of town.[36] In the following years the Bonfire became more elaborate, and in 1967 the flames could be seen 25 miles (40 km) away. In 1969, the stack set the world record at 111 feet (30 m) tall.[36][38]
In 1978, Bonfire shifted to a wedding-cake style, in which upper stacks of logs were wedged on top of lower stacks. The structure was built around a fortified centerpole, made from two telephone poles.[39] Although tradition stated that if Bonfire burned through midnight A&M would win the following day's game, with the introduction of the wedding cake design Bonfire began to fall very quickly, sometimes burning for only 30 or 45 minutes.[40]
At 2:42 AM on November 18, 1999, the partially completed Aggie Bonfire, standing 40 feet (10 m) tall and consisting of about 5000 logs, collapsed during construction. Of the 58 students and former students working on the stack, 12 were killed and 27 others were injured.[39] On November 25, 1999, the date that Bonfire would have burned, Aggies instead held a vigil and remembrance ceremony. Over 40,000 people, including former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara and then-Texas governor George W. Bush and his wife Laura, lit candles and observed up to two hours of silence at the site of the Bonfire collapse.[41] The Bonfire Memorial was officially dedicated on November 18, 2004.[42]
Bonfire was postponed until 2002 in order to restructure it to make it safer. Delays in the development of a safety plan and a high estimated cost (mainly due to liability insurance), led A&M president Ray Bowen to postpone Bonfire indefinitely.[43] Despite the university's refusal to allow Bonfire to take place on campus, since 2002 a non-university sanctioned Bonfire has burned annually.[44] Known as Student Bonfire, the off-campus event draws between 8,000 and 15,000 fans.[45]
[edit] Fightin' Texas Aggie Band
The Fightin' Texas Aggie Band (also known as The Noble Men of Kyle or the Aggie Band) is the official marching band of Texas A&M University. Composed of over 400 men and women from the school's Corps of Cadets,[46] it is the largest military marching band in the world. The complex straight-line maneuvers, performed exclusively to traditional marches, are so complicated and precise that computer marching simulations say they cannot be performed.[47]
Since its inception in 1894, its members eat together, sleep in the same dormitories, and practice up to forty hours per week on top of a full academic schedule. The Aggie Band performs at all home football games, some away games, and university and Corps functions throughout the year. Other events in which the band participated include inauguration parades for many United States Presidents and Texas Governors, major annual parades across the country, and the dedication ceremony for the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library.[48][49][50]
[edit] Midnight Yell
Midnight Yell Practice is a pep rally usually held the night before a football game. If the football game is to be held at Kyle Field, midnight yell takes place the day of the football game at 12:00 a.m. If the football game is an away game, a yell is held on the Thursday night before at the Corps Arches on the Texas A&M campus, and Midnight Yell will be held in the city the game is being played. For example, the Midnight Yell for the annual game against the University of Texas at Austin is held on the steps of the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas.
[edit] Yell Leaders
Yell Leaders are five students who lead the crowd in yells during the games. The team consists of three seniors and two juniors elected by the student body. The Yell Leaders take the place of traditional "cheerleaders" and perform many of the same functions without the gymnastics and dance routines. They also participate in post-game activities such as being thrown in the Fish Pond if the team wins, or leading the student body in the singing of The Twelfth Man if the team loses.
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