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The history of Texas A&M University, the first public institution of higher education in Texas, began in 1871, when the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas was established as a land-grant college by the Reconstruction-era Texas Legislature. Classes began on October 4, 1876.
Texas A&M School of Law, formerly Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, is located in Fort Worth. [49] [50] Texas A&M maintains the RELLIS Campus, formerly the Texas A&M University-Riverside Campus and Bryan Air Force Base, which was transferred from the university to become a separate entity within the Texas A&M University System in ...
The founding member of the A&M System is Texas A&M University, established in 1876. Prairie View A&M, also established in 1876, is an HBCU.The A&M System, like all schools in Texas was racially segregated by state law, from its founding until the 1960s. [6]
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.
A&M enjoyed great successes under Norton. The 1939 Texas A&M team went 11–0, beating Tulane in the Sugar Bowl, and was named a national champion. [12] Norton's record at Texas A&M was 82–53–9, giving him the second most wins of any coach in Texas A&M Aggies football history. [12]
The Texas-Texas A&M matchup has been a staple for much of history during the final weekend of the regular season until the teams stopped playing after the 2011 season.
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.
Twenty-five years ago — on Nov. 18, 1999 — the 40-foot tower of logs being built at Texas A&M University in College Station collapsed, killing 12 people and injuring at least 27 others.