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2020 TEXAS A&M FOOTBALL GAME 7: LSU -- SATURDAY, NOV. 28, 2020 GAME TIME: 6 p.m. CT | SITE: Kyle Field - Bryan-College Station, Texas | TV: ESPN TWITTER: @AGGIEFOOTBALL /// INSTAGRAM: @AGGIEFOOTBALL /// FACEBOOK: /AGGIEFOOTBALL /// #GIGEM 2020 SCHEDULE LSU TEXAS A&M TIGERS AGGIES SEP VANDERBILT 26 W, 17-12 | 6:30 p.m. | SEC Network Kyle Field, Bryan-College Station, Texas 2020 TEAM RECORD: 3-3 2020 TEAM RECORD: 5-1 2020 CONFERENCE RECORD: 3-3 (SEC) 2020 CONFERENCE RECORD: 5-1 (SEC) OCT at No. 2 Alabama 3 L, 24-52 | 2:30 p.m. | CBS RANKING: AP: NR / Coaches: RV RANKING: AP: 5 / Coaches: 6 Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Ala. LAST GAME: Nov. 21 LAST GAME: Nov. 7 No. 7 Texas A&M 48, South Carolina 3 OCT No. 4 FLORIDA LSU27, Arkansas 24 10 W, 41-38 | 11 a.m. | ESPN HEAD COACH: Ed Orgeron (Northwestern St. ‘84) HEAD COACH: Jimbo Fisher (Salem Univ. ‘90) Kyle Field, Bryan-College Station, Texas Overall Record .................. 59-39 (9th Season) Overall Record ............... 105-33 (11th Season) at Mississippi State at LSU .................................43-12 (5th Season) at Texas A&M .....................22-10 (3rd Season) OCT vs. Texas A&M .............................................3-1 vs. LSU ..........................................................1-1 17 W, 28-14 | 3 p.m. | SEC Network Davis-Wade Stadium, Starkville, Miss. ARKANSAS WHAT TO WATCH FOR #LSUVSTAMU: QUICK HITS OCT • Senior QB Kellen Mond became A&M’s career 31 W, 42-31 | 6:30 p.m. | SEC Network • Texas A&M returns to action against LSU, aiming Kyle Field, Bryan-College Station, Texas to boast a 6-1 record on the season for the first passing touchdowns leader at South Carolina, time since starting the year that way in 2016. sending a regulation career-high four passes to the end zone to up his career total to 68. at South Carolina • A&M moved into and remains the No. 5 NOV team in the AP Poll following the win at • This season, Mond has also become A&M’s 7 W, 48-3 | 6 p.m. | ESPN South Carolina, marking the first time since all-time leader in career passing yards (8,847), Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, S.C. finishing the 2012 season as the fifth ranked completions (730), attempts (1,234) and total team in the country that the Aggies have offense (10,273), while currently sitting in LSU been top five in the poll ... This is the first time second on the career TD’s responsible for (87) NOV since Sept. 26, 1999 that A&M has ranked in and QB victories (27-13) lists. 28 6 p.m. | ESPN the top five during the regular season. Kyle Field, Bryan-College Station, Texas • Sophomore RB Isaiah Spiller is second in the • The Aggies’ highest ranking in any poll SEC averaging 6.24 yards per carry, good since joining the SEC came when they were for 24th in the nation ... After passing the DEC at Auburn ranked No. 4 in the initial College Football century mark in just one SEC game a season TBD | TBD Playoff ranking of 2016. ago, Spiller is averaging 107.2 yards per 5 game against league opponents this year. Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, Ala. • Senior QB Kellen Mond is in need of 153 passing yards and 74 rushing yards to • To date, 89-percent of the Aggies’ rushing at Tennessee become the third QB in SEC history to pass yards and 96-percent of their receiving yards DEC TBD | TBD for over 9,000 yards and rush for over 1,500 have come from freshmen and sophomores ... Twenty-five of their 27 touchdowns have 12 Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, Tenn. yards in their careers. been scored by freshmen and sophomores. • A&M’s veteran offensive line has not allowed a OLE MISS sack in five straight games (171 pass attempts) • A&M has scored 18 times on its last 19 trips TBD ... The Maroon Goons lead the country in into the red zone (last four games), with 15 TBD | TBD sacks allowed, also sitting atop the SEC and of those scores being touchdowns. Kyle Field, Bryan-College Station, Texas ranking among the top three teams in the • The Aggies’ 62.0 success rate on third-down nation in TFLs allowed (4+ games). tries leads the nation, as they have converted at No. 4 GEORGIA • Sophomore RB Isaiah Spiller has rushed for more than 58.0 percent on third downs in four NOV L, 13-19 | 2:30 p.m. | CBS over 100 yards in four of A&M’s six games of the last five games. 14 Sanford Stadium, Athens, Ga. this season and scored multiple TDs on the • Texas A&M averages more than 4:00 ground in two of the last four outings. advantage in time of possession per game at No. 1 LSU • Sophomore TE Jalen Wydermyer has given and have held the TOP advantage in each NOV the offense a spark lately, averaging 63.5 of the last five games ... The Aggies lead 30 6 p.m. | ESPN yards and two touchdowns per game over the SEC in TOP and rank No. 16 nationally. Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, La. the last two outings. • Under DC Mike Elko, the Aggies ranked in ACADEMY SPORTS + OUTDOORS TEXAS BOWL • Senior LB Buddy Johnson has led the A&M the top 35 in total defense in 2018 (No. 32) defense in tackles in five of the team’s six and 2019 (No. 29) FBS statistical rankings vs. No. 25 Oklahoma State games this season, reaching double figures in ... Prior to Elko’s arrival, the Aggies hadn’t DEC the category on four occasions. ranked in the top 50 nationally in more 5:45 p.m. | ESPN than a decade (since 2006). 27 NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas 2020 TEXAS A&M GAME NOTES 2020 SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN VANDERBILT The Aggies moved to 3-0 all-time against Vanderbilt and won their eighth straight home opener ... I. Spiller recorded 117 of Sept. 26 | 6:30 p.m. A&M’s 183 rushing yards for his fifth career 100-game, as he Kyle Field, Bryan-College Station, Texas also surpassed the 1,000 career rushing yards mark ... The W, 17-12 | TV: SEC Network defense held strong late in the game and LBs B. Johnson and A. Hansford led the way with 11 takedowns apiece. A&M was able to keep things close early, but three at No. 2 ALABAMA unanswered TDs before the half positioned Alabama to take Oct. 3 | 2:30 p.m. control ... A. Smith finished with 123 receiving yards and a pair SETTING THE SCENE: Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Ala. of receiving TDs ... B. Johnson led the defense for the second striaght game with eight takedowns ... D. Leal recorded the TEXAS A&M VS. LSU L, 24-52 | TV: CBS first interception of his career to set up a second quarter TD. KICKOFF: 6 p.m. CT NO. 4 FLORIDA A&M earned its first win over a top-5 team since the 2014 SITE: Kyle Field (capacity: 102,733) season, generating 543 yards of total offense ... I. Spiller Bryan-College Station, Texas Oct. 10 | 11 a.m. rushed for 174 yards and two TDs, while C. Chapman had Kyle Field, Bryan-College Station, Texas 151 receving yards and two TDs ... K. Mond became A&M’s RANKINGS: all-time leader in career passing yards ... S. Small sent a 26- W, 41-38 | TV: ESPN yard FG through the uprights as time expired. Texas A&M: 5 (AP) | 6 (Coaches) LSU: NR (AP) | RV (Coaches) The A&M defense tallied 6.0 sacks, adding a forced fumble and at Mississippi State interception ... LB Buddy Johnson led the way for the fourth TELEVISION: Oct. 17 | 3 p.m. straight game with a career-high 12 tackles ... The offensive line ESPN (National) Davis-Wade Stadium, Starkville, Miss. kept QB Kellen Mond protected, not allowing a sack for the third Bob Wischusen , play-by-play W, 28-14 | TV: SEC Network straight game and allowed RB Isaiah Spiller to record his seventh career 100-yard game and fourth multi-touchdown game. Dan Orlovsky, analyst Kris Budden, sideline A&M earned its ninth straight victory over and remains ARKANSAS unbeaten as SEC foes by Arkansas ... K. Mond became A&M’s RADIO: Oct. 31 | 6:30 p.m. all-time career leader in total offense and threw for a career Sirius: 119 XM: 192 Internet: 963 Kyle Field, Bryan-College Station, Texas regulation-best three TDs ... A. Smith and J. Wydermyer scored two touchdowns ... B.. Johnson led the defense for the W, 42-31 | TV: SEC Network Westwood One Sports (National) fifth straight game with a career-high 12 tackles Craig Way (pxp), Babe Laufenberg (analyst) The Aggies used over 500 yards of total offense to establish at South Carolina their second-largest margin of victory in an SEC game since Nov. 7 | 6 p.m. joining the league ... K. Mond threw for a regulation career- Texas A&M Radio Network (Regional) Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, S.C. best four TDs to claim A&M’s all-time career record, and The Texas A&M Radio Network provides added another on the ground ... The defense only allowed W, 48-3 | TV: ESPN coverage via nearly 60 stations across South Carolina to tally 150 yards of offense in the game. the state of Texas. For a complete list of LSU Series Record: LSU leads 34-21-3 affiliates, please go to 12thMan.com. Nov. 21 | 6 p.m. Andrew Monaco, play-by-play Kyle Field, Bryan-College Station, Texas Dave Elmendorf, analyst TV: ESPN Will Johnson, sideline Texas A&M Spanish Network (Regional) Series Record: Tied 5-5 at Auburn Texas A&M’s Spanish broadcast can be Dec.