Texas–Texas A&M football rivalry

The Texas–Texas A&M football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Texas Longhorns and the Texas A&M Aggies. The rivalry was played every year between 1915 and 2011, until A&M left the Big 12 Conference to join the Southeastern Conference[2] during the 2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment as a part of the wider 2010–2014 NCAA conference realignment. Texas currently leads the series 76–37–5.[3]

Texas–Texas A&M
Texas Longhorns
Texas A&M Aggies
SportFootball
First meetingOctober 19, 1894
Texas 38, Texas A&M 0
Latest meetingNovember 24, 2011
Texas 27, Texas A&M 25
Statistics
Meetings total118
All-time seriesTexas leads, 76–37–5[1]
Largest victoryTexas, 48–0 (1898)
Longest win streakTexas, 10 (1957–1966)
Current win streakTexas, 1
Locations of Texas A&M and Texas

History

The first meeting was in 1894. By 1911, Texas led the series 15–4–2. The series went back and forth until 1939, but Texas still led 27–15–4. After that, Texas went 36–7–1. A&M then won 10 of the next 11 games in the series. Texas then won 12 of the last 17 games in the rivalry.

In July 2011, A&M elected to join the Southeastern Conference beginning in 2012.[4] The move to switch conferences resulted in the ending of the annual rivalry. On November 24, 2011, Texas faced A&M in College Station in the final scheduled annual meeting. Texas won 27–25 on a field goal by Justin Tucker as time expired. In January 2013, a Texas state legislator filed a bill that would require them to play each other every year.[5] The bill was referred to the House Committee on Higher Education on February 18, 2013.[6]

Proposed resumption of the rivalry

In June 2017, A&M's former athletic director, Bill Byrne, was quoted in an article saying, "Their AD (DeLoss Dodds) at the time came out and said we will never play Texas A&M again, and they worked along with Baylor and the conference to have no one in the (Big 12) schedule us... there were other forces at work to make sure we didn't play." [7] Byrne was referring to five years before that when he was still A&M's athletic director and A&M was in the midst of transitioning to the Southeastern Conference.

In September 2017, University of Texas students were polled in a university-wide referendum in which 96.71 percent said "Yes" when asked if they were in favor of bringing the game back or not. Later, in February 2019, during Texas A&M's spring student body elections, 88.71 percent (13,359) of 15,060 voters said "Yes" when asked if they were in favor of bringing the game back as a non-conference matchup.[8] Both polls had been organized by a student-led movement entitled, "Reinstate the Rivalry" which used student representatives from both schools.

In December 2017, Chris Del Conte was named athletic director of the University of Texas.[9] Shortly thereafter, Del Conte contacted Texas A&M athletic director Scott Woodward with a proposition to schedule a home-and-home series in 2022-23, but Woodward declined, as Texas A&M's non-conference schedule was already filled for those seasons.[10][11] Again in 2019 during a panel at the 2019 Texas Tribune Festival, Del Conte stated his support for a resumption of the series.[12]

In November 2018, GOP San Antonio Rep. Lyle Larson proposed and filed a bill that would require Texas and Texas A&M to play every year on or around Thanksgiving day.[13] In February 2019, the bill gained the support of Texas Governor Greg Abbott who also voiced support for the resumption of the rivalry.[14] The bill never gained wide support and died in committee,[15] but later in June 2019, Gov. Abbott stated that he had been working with leadership of both universities to schedule a two-game matchup at some future point.[16]

In July 2019, coaches of both schools' football teams reaffirmed their desire to resume the rivalry game.[17]

Aspects of the rivalry

Each school mentions the other in its fight song ("and it's goodbye to A&M" in Texas Fight;[18] Texas is mentioned twice in the second verse of the Aggie War Hymn[19]). The football series was the third longest in college football. The last regular season football game was usually reserved for the match-up. Each school has elaborate pregame preparations for the annual football clash, including the Aggie Bonfire and Hex Rally. Texas had a unique lighting scheme for the UT Tower after beating Texas A&M. The State Farm Lone Star Showdown, a full sports rivalry between the two schools, began in 2004, and ended in 2012 when Texas A&M moved to the Southeastern Conference.

Game results
Texas victoriesTexas A&M victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 October 19, 1894 Austin Texas 38–0
2 October 22, 1898 Austin Texas 48–0
3 November 4, 1899 San Antonio Texas 6–0
4 October 27, 1900 San Antonio Texas 5–0
5 November 29, 1900 Austin Texas 11–0
6 October 26, 1901 San Antonio Texas 17–0
7 November 28, 1901[t] Austin Texas 32–0
8 October 25, 1902 San Antonio Tie0–0
9 November 27, 1902[t] Austin Texas A&M 11–0
10 November 29, 1903 Austin Texas 29–6
11 November 24, 1904[t] Austin Texas 34–6
12 November 22, 1905 Austin Texas 27–0
13 November 29, 1906 Austin Texas 24–0
14 October 12, 1907 Dallas Tie0–0
15 November 28, 1907[t] Austin Texas 11–6
16 November 9, 1908 Houston Texas 24–8
17 November 29, 1908 Austin Texas 28–12
18 November 8, 1909 Houston Texas A&M 23–0
19 November 25, 1909[t] Austin Texas A&M 5–0
20 November 14, 1910 Houston Texas A&M 14–8
21 November 13, 1911 Houston Texas 6–0
22 November 19, 1915 College Station Texas A&M 13–0
23 November 30, 1916 Austin Texas 21–7
24 November 20, 1917 College Station Texas A&M 7–0
25 November 28, 1918[t] Austin Texas 7–0
26 November 27, 1919[t] College Station Texas A&M 7–0
27 November 25, 1920[t] Austin Texas 7–3
28 November 24, 1921[t] College Station Tie0–0
29 November 30, 1922 Austin Texas A&M 14–7
30 November 29, 1923 College Station Texas 6–0
31 November 27, 1924[t] Austin Texas 7–0
32 November 26, 1925[t] College Station Texas A&M 28–0
33 November 25, 1926[t] Austin Texas 14–5
34 November 24, 1927[t] College Station Texas A&M 28–7
35 November 29, 1928 Austin Texas 19–0
36 November 28, 1929[t] College Station Texas A&M 13–0
37 November 27, 1930[t] Austin Texas 26–0
38 November 26, 1931[t] College Station Texas A&M 7–6
39 November 24, 1932[t] Austin Texas 21–0
40 November 30, 1933 College Station Tie10–10
41 November 29, 1934 Austin Texas 13–0
42 November 28, 1935[t] College Station Texas A&M 20–6
43 November 26, 1936[t] College Station Texas 7–0
44 November 25, 1937[t] College Station Texas A&M 7–0
45 November 24, 1938[t] Austin Texas 7–6
46 November 30, 1939 College Station #1 Texas A&M 20–0
47 November 28, 1940[t] Austin Texas 7–0
48 November 27, 1941[t] College Station #10 Texas 23–0
49 November 26, 1942[t] Austin #18 Texas 12–6
50 November 25, 1943[t] College Station #12 Texas 27–13
51 November 30, 1944 Austin Texas 6–0
52 November 29, 1945 College Station #10 Texas 20–10
53 November 28, 1946[t] Austin #20 Texas 24–7
54 November 27, 1947[t] College Station #7 Texas 32–13
55 November 25, 1948[t] Austin Tie14–14
56 November 24, 1949[t] College Station Texas 42–14
57 November 30, 1950 Austin #3 Texas 17–0
58 November 29, 1951 College Station Texas A&M 22–21
59 November 27, 1952[t] Austin #10 Texas 32–12
60 November 26, 1953[t] College Station #7 Texas 21–12
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
61 November 25, 1954[t] Austin Texas 22–13
62 November 24, 1955[t] College Station Texas 21–6
63 November 29, 1956 Austin #5 Texas A&M 34–21
64 November 28, 1957[t] College Station Texas 9–7
65 November 27, 1958[t] Austin Texas 27–0
66 November 26, 1959[t] College Station #4 Texas 20–17
67 November 24, 1960[t] Austin Texas 21–14
68 November 23, 1961[t] College Station #5 Texas 25–0
69 November 22, 1962[t] Austin #4 Texas 13–3
70 November 28, 1963[t] College Station #1 Texas 15–13
71 November 26, 1964[t] Austin #5 Texas 26–7
72 November 25, 1965[t] College Station Texas 21–17
73 November 24, 1966[t] Austin Texas 22–14
74 November 23, 1967[t] College Station Texas A&M 10–7
75 November 28, 1968[t] Austin #6 Texas 35–14
76 November 27, 1969[t] College Station #1 Texas 49–12
77 November 26, 1970[t] Austin #1 Texas 52–14
78 November 25, 1971[t] College Station #12 Texas 34–14
79 November 23, 1972[t] Austin #7 Texas 38–3
80 November 22, 1973[t] College Station #11 Texas 42–13
81 November 29, 1974 Austin #17 Texas 32–3
82 November 28, 1975 College Station #2 Texas A&M 20–10
83 November 25, 1976[t] Austin #11 Texas A&M 27–3
84 November 26, 1977 College Station #1 Texas 57–28
85 December 2, 1978 Austin #14 Texas 22–7
86 December 1, 1979 College Station Texas A&M 13–7
87 November 29, 1980 Austin Texas A&M 24–14
88 November 26, 1981[t] College Station #7 Texas 21–13
89 November 25, 1982[t] Austin #14 Texas 53–16
90 November 26, 1983 College Station #2 Texas 45–13
91 December 1, 1984 Austin Texas A&M 37–12
92 November 28, 1985[t] College Station #15 Texas A&M 42–10
93 November 27, 1986[t] Austin #10 Texas A&M 16–3
94 November 26, 1987[t] College Station #15 Texas A&M 20–13
95 November 24, 1988[t] Austin Texas A&M 28–24
96 December 2, 1989 College Station #16 Texas A&M 21–10
97 December 1, 1990 Austin #5 Texas 28–27
98 November 28, 1991[t] College Station #10 Texas A&M 31–14
99 November 26, 1992[t] Austin #4 Texas A&M 34–13
100 November 25, 1993[t] College Station #8 Texas A&M 18–9
101 November 5, 1994 Austin #11 Texas A&M 34–10
102 December 2, 1995 College Station #9 Texas 16–6
103 November 29, 1996 Austin Texas 51–15
104 November 28, 1997 College Station #15 Texas A&M 27–16
105 November 27, 1998 Austin Texas 26–24
106 November 26, 1999 College Station #24 Texas A&M 20–16
107 November 24, 2000 Austin #12 Texas 43–17
108 November 23, 2001 College Station #5 Texas 21–7
109 November 29, 2002 Austin #10 Texas 50–20
110 November 28, 2003 College Station #6 Texas 46–15
111 November 26, 2004 Austin #5 Texas 26–13
112 November 25, 2005 College Station #2 Texas 40–29
113 November 24, 2006 Austin Texas A&M 12–7
114 November 23, 2007 College Station Texas A&M 38–30
115 November 27, 2008[t] Austin #4 Texas 49–9
116 November 26, 2009[t] College Station #3 Texas 49–39
117 November 25, 2010[t] Austin #17 Texas A&M 24–17
118 November 24, 2011[t] College Station #25 Texas 27–25
Series: Texas leads 76–37–5[1]
[t] Thanksgiving Day game

In October 2006, General Mills announced they would honor the then third-longest running college football rivalry with a special edition Wheaties box. The box featured the helmets of Texas and Texas A&M and their respective home stadiums, Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium and Kyle Field, on either side. Although several individual college basketball and football teams had been featured previously on special edition boxes, this was the first time Wheaties had honored a rivalry series.[20]

The game's tradition figures into the plot of the 1978 stage musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and its film adaptation; in the show, each year the game's winners (in the story, the Aggies) would celebrate at the "Chicken Ranch," until an overzealous news reporter (a character based on Marvin Zindler) endeavors to close the legendary brothel.

See also

References
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  13. "Lawmaker proposes bill to force Aggies-Longhorns game after 7 years without it". KTRK-TV ABC 13. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
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