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The Texas–Texas A&M football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Texas Longhorns and the Texas A&M Aggies. [2] The rivalry was played every year between 1915 and 2011, until A&M left the Big 12 Conference to join the Southeastern Conference [3] during the 2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment as a part of the wider 2010–2014 NCAA conference realignment.
Texas A&M has two active, long-time rivals, the LSU Tigers and the Arkansas Razorbacks. After playing LSU sporadically throughout the 20th Century, the LSU–Texas A&M Rivalry is the Aggies' seventh oldest, with the series dating back to 1899. Since Texas A&M joined the SEC in 2012, fans have anticipated LSU to become Texas A&M's primary rival.
In 1916, 15,000 fans packed Clark Field to witness Texas’ 21–7 upset win against Texas A&M. It was the first UT vs. A&M game in Austin since 1909 and the first game in which the first Bevo was unveiled. Texas was again selected as National Champions in 1918 by the Cliff Morgan Ratings when the team went undefeated at 9–0. [3]
The Tigers hold the series' longest winning streak of 7 games from 2011 to 2017. The 1960 winning streak was part of a 10-game unbeaten streak for the Tigers from 1960 to 1969 which included a 7–7 tie in 1966. From 1945 to 1973 was the most dominant span by either team in the series history. LSU was 17–3–1 vs Texas A&M during this span. [178]
The annual football game with Texas A&M usually took place on the weekend of Thanksgiving each year, though it was moved to the first weekend in December in 1994 due to A&M's TV restriction during probation. In either case, the Texas-Texas A&M game was the last regular-season contest for each team. The Longhorns lead the series, 76–37–5.
Texas A&M defeated Oklahoma for the first time since 2002. Also the first time A&M beat a ranked opponent at home since 2007 Texas. [23] It was an upset victory that included 3 goal-line stands by the A&M defense. OU ran 15 plays under the Aggie 10-yard line, and gained only 11 yards. [24] Michael Hodges was part of the 3 goal-line stands.
The 2024 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies played their home games at Kyle Field located in College Station, Texas , and competed as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
Texas' kicker #19, Justin Tucker celebrates his game winning 40-yard field goal over Texas A&M during the final play of the game held at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas, on Thursday, November ...