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The Arkansas–Texas A&M football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Arkansas Razorbacks and Texas A&M Aggies, which started in 1903. Between 1992 and 2008, the schools did not play each other when Arkansas left the Southwest Conference to join the Southeastern Conference .
The 1969 Texas vs. Arkansas football game, sometimes referred to as the "Game of the Century", was a college football game played on December 6 in which No. 1 Texas visited No. 2 Arkansas at Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas. [3] The Longhorns came back from a 14–0 deficit after three quarters to win 15–14. [4] [5] [6] [7]
The game was played annually the day after Thanksgiving and was televised on CBS until 2014 when LSU played Texas A&M on Thanksgiving and Arkansas played Missouri that week. The winner of the game has taken home the " Golden Boot ", which is a 24-karat gold trophy in the shape of the two states, since its creation in 1996.
The 1975 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season.Led by fourth-year head coach Emory Bellard, the Aggies compiled an overall record of 10–2 with a mark of 6–1 in conference play, sharing the SWC title with Arkansas and Texas.
As a team, the Razorbacks were the seventh-best rushing offense in college football, with an average of 314.2 yards per game on the ground. Ken Hatfield led Arkansas to back-to-back SWC titles in 1988 and 1989, coaching the Razorbacks to an overall record of 20–4 and 14-1 against conference opponents over those two seasons.
LSU now plays Texas A&M in its regular season finale. Missouri faced the Aggies to close the 2012 and 2013 regular seasons in a continuation of the former Big 12 Conference series. Arkansas will bring the game back to War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock in alternating years when the Razorbacks are hosting the Tigers, from 2019 to 2024.
A late fumble from Razorback quarterback Taylen Green forced by Aggies defensive lineman Nic Scourton gave A&M (4-1, 2-0 SEC) its 12th win in the last 13 games against its longtime rival.
Arkansas finished the regular season 9–2, came into the game on a five-game winning streak. The Hogs were part of a three-way tie for the Southwest Conference Championship with Texas and Texas A&M. The Hogs lost to Texas, 18–24, but gave #2 Texas A&M its first loss in the regular season finale.