2009 Texas A&M Football
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2009 TEXAS A&M FOOTBALL OFFICIAL GAME NOTES TWO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 664 VICTORIES • 18 CONFERENCE TITLES • 30 BOWL GAMES • 41 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS SCHEDULE & RESULTS GAME 9 • 12:40 PM CST Saturday, September 5 • 6:05 PM & NEW MEXICO w, 41-6 TEXAS A M AGGIES kyle field, college station (5-3, 2-2 Big 12) Saturday, September 19 • 6:05 PM at UTAH STATE w, 38-30 kyle field, college station COLORADO BUFFALOES (2-6, 1-3 Big 12) Saturday, September 26 • 6:05 PM UAB w, 56-19 TELEVISION ............FOX College Sports (DirecTV Ch 617) kyle field, college station Dan McLaughlin, play-by-play Yogi Roth, commentary Saturday, October 3 • 6:30 PM Samantha Steele, sidelines VS ARKANSAS L, 19-47 RADIO .....................Texas A&M Sports Network (see page 7) cowboys stadium, arlington (espn2) Dave South, play-by-play Dave Elmendorf, commentary Saturday, October 10 • 11:40 AM SATELLITE RADIO ....Sirius Channel 154 #15 OKLAHOMA STATE L, 31-36 LIVE AUDIO ............aggieathletics.com • radioaggieland.com kyle field, college station (fsn) LIVE STATS ..............cubuffs.com Saturday, October 17 • 6:10 PM RANKINGS ..............neither team is ranked AT KANSAS STATE L, 14-62 SERIES HISTORY ......CU leads, 5-3 snyder family stadium, manhattan (fcs) A&M STREAKS ........Won 1 / Last 5 (2-3) Saturday, October 24 • 6:00 PM LAST MEETING .......A&M 24, CU 17 (Nov. 1, 2008 in College Station) AT #21 TEXAS TECH W, 52-30 jones at&t stadium, lubbock Saturday, October 31 • 2:35 PM STEPPING OFF IOWA STATE w, 35-10 Texas A&M (5-3, 2-2) looks to build on a two-game win streak when the Aggies head to Boulder to battle kyle field, college station the Colorado Buffaloes (2-6, 1-3) at Folsom Field ... kickoff is set for 12:40 p.m. (CST)/11:40 a.m. (MST) ... Saturday, November 7 • 12:40 PM the game will be televised by FOX College Sports (DirecTV Ch 617), with Dan McLaughlin, Yogi Roth and Samantha Steele on the call ... A&M enters the weekend fresh off an impressive 35-10 win over Iowa State at COLORADO folsom field, boulder on Saturday at Kyle Field ... the Buffs, meanwhile, suffered a 36-17 setback to Missouri in Boulder ... today’s 12th Man is senior Ryan O’Bryant (Houston). Saturday, November 14 • 6:00 PM at OKLAHOMA FOLLOWING THE ACTION gaylord family stadium, norman • RADIO — The 50-station Texas A&M Sports Network will broadcast the game live from Folsom Field ... Dave South (play-by-play) and Dave Elmendorf (commentary) will call the action ... pregame show begins Saturday, November 21 • 2:30 PM at 1:30 p.m. ... Sirius Satellite Radio will air the Aggie broadcast on Channel 154 ... fans attending the game BAYLOR can tune in on the low end of the FM dial. kyle field, college station • INTERNET — cubuffs.com will offer live play-by-play and statistics ... fans can listen to the broadcast free of charge on aggieathletics.com. Thursday, November 26 • 7:00 PM • MOBILE PHONE — listen to the game on your iPhone, Blackberry or PDA free of charge ... log on to TEXAS radioaggieland.com for more information. kyle field, college station A&M/COLORADO SERIES NOTABLES MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACT INFO Colorado leads the all-time series with Texas A&M, 5-3 ... the Aggies won the most recent meeting be- tween the schools, 24-17, last year at Kyle Field ... A&M lost in its most recent trip to Boulder, falling 41-20 Alan Cannon, Associate A.D./Media Relations to the Buffs on October 8, 2005 ... Texas A&M is 1-3 all-time at Folsom Field, with its lone win coming in 1997 office ...... (979) 862-5447 cell ......... (979) 777-4200 en route to the Big 12 South Division championship ... Mike Sherman is 1-0 as a head coach against Colorado, email .............................. [email protected] while Dan Hawkins is 0-1 against the Aggies. Brad Marquardt, Associate Director office ...... (979) 862-5448 cell ......... (979) 229-8651 UP NEXT email ........................ [email protected] Texas A&M plays its final road game of the year at Oklahoma next Saturday ... game time is set for 6 p.m. Matt Simon, Assistant Director and it will air nationally on FSN ... Colorado heads to Ames to face Iowa State. office ...... (979) 862-5451 cell ......... (979) 255-0469 email .................................. [email protected] 2009 AGGIE FOOTBALL • GAME NINE • TEXAS A&M AT COLORADO • NOVEMBER 7, 2009 2009 QUICK FACTS INJURY UPDATE CORYELL JUDIE—shoulder surgery (out for season) ... RICKY CAVANAUGH—knee (questionable). GENERAL INFORMATION LOCation: ....................... College Station, Texas 77842 WHAT TO LOOK FOR FOUNDED: ............................................................. 1876 • Sophomore Cyrus Gray (DeSoto) is 70 yards shy of joining Texas A&M’s 1,000-yard club in career ENROLLMENT: .................................. 48,787 (fall 2009) rushing yardage. In 20 career games, Gray has gained 930 yards and scored six touchdowns on 195 carries INTERIM PRESIDENT: ...Dr. R. Bowen Loftin (Texas A&M ‘71) (4.8 per carry average). CHANCELLOR: ............ Dr. Michael D. McKinney (Houston ‘73) • Sophomore placekicker Randy BulloCK (Klein) is six points away from 100 career points. FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: .....Dr. Tom Adair (Texas A&M ‘57) • Junior QB Jerrod JOHNSON (Humble) is within range of a variety of records and milestones, in- DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: ..............Bill Byrne (Idaho State ‘67) cluding: season passing touchdowns (has 20/his school record is 21); career passing yards (has 4,850, needs ATHLETIC DEPT PHONE: .......................... 979-845-5129 GAME OPERATIONS DIRECTOR: .. Mike Caruso/Associate A.D. 150 to become sixth QB to 5,000); career passing touchdowns (has 43 / Kevin Murray’s record is 48, JJ is CONFERENCE: .......................................................Big 12 currently No. 4 on list); season passing yards (has 2,365 / Reggie McNeal’s record is 2,791). NICKNAME: .......................................................... Aggies • Junior VON MILLER (DeSoto) has 13.5 quarterback sacks, which is No. 7 on school list. He is on pace MASCOT: ................................Reveille (American Collie) to break Jacob Green’s 29-year old record of 20 sacks. Miller is one shy of 20 career sacks, which would put COLORS: ........................................... Maroon and White him in a tie for No. 10 in school history. FIRST YEAR OF FOOTBALL: ......................................1894 ALL-TIME RECORD: ............. 664-436-48 (115th season in ‘09) ONE OF A KIND OFFENSE ALL-TIME BOWL RECORD: .................................... 13-17 Texas A&M is the only team in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision to rank in the top 25 of all four major STADIUM INFORMATION offensive statistical categories. STADIUM: ........................................................ Kyle Field OPENED:..................................................................1927 2009 OFFENSE (AFTER EIGHT GAMES) 2008 OFFENSE (FINAL) CAPACITY: .............................................................83,002 Category NCAA Big 12 Avg. Category NCAA Big 12 Avg. PLAYING SURFACE: .................................... Natural Grass Total Offense 3 1 490.5 Total Offense 78 12 340.9 ALL-TIME RECORD: ...................................... 373-147-19 Rushing Offense 23 2 191.1 Rushing Offense 114 8 88.5 Passing Offense 12 3 299.4 Passing Offense 27 11 252.4 COACHING STAFF Scoring Offense 8 3 35.8 Scoring Offense 64 11 25.0 HEAD COACH: ...... Mike Sherman (Central Connecticut State ‘77) CAREER COLLEGIATE RECORD: ......... 9-11 (second year) RECORD AT A&M: ............................ 9-11 (second year) OFFENSE ON SCHOOL RECORD PACE CAREER NFL RECORD: ............. 59-43 (.578, six seasons) The Aggies are off to their fastest offensive start in school history, and are on pace to break the school ASSISTANT COACHES total offense record. Joe Kines (Jacksonville St ‘67) ........Asst. Head Coach/Def. Coord./LBs Nolan Cromwell (Kansas ‘78) ...................... Off. Coordinator/WRs A&M TOTAL OFFENSE/GAME RECORD Tom Rossley (Cincinnati ‘68) ........................ Senior Assistant/QBs Year Yds/Gm Kirk Doll (East Carolina ‘74) ..............Tight Ends/Special Teams Coord. 1. 2009 490.5 Randy Jordan (North Carolina ‘93) ......................... Running Backs 2. 1990 471.1 Van Malone (Texas ‘94) .................................................... Safeties 3. 2005 442.3 Charles McMillian (Utah State ‘95) ........................... Cornerbacks Jim Turner (Boston College ‘88) ............................. Offensive Line 4. 1986 440.2 Buddy Wyatt (TCU ‘90) ........................................... Defensive Line 5. 1991 436.7 TEAM INFORMATION AGGIES ARE EFFICIENT ON THIRD DOWNS BASIC OFFENSE: .................................. Multiple Pro Sets Texas A&M leads the Big 12 and ranks No. 4 nationally with a 52.5 percent success rate in third-down BASIC DEFENSE: ................................................ Multiple situations. The Aggies have been successful on 63 of 120 third-down tries in 2009, and are the only Big 12 2008 OVERALL RECORD: ........................................... 4-8 2008 CONFERENCE RECORD: ..............2-6 (T-5th, South) team that converts over 45 percent of their third-down tries. 2008 BOWL: .............................................................. n/a 2008 FINAL RANKING: .................................. not ranked AGGIES REVERSE TROUBLING EARLY SEASON PENALTY TREND LETTERMEN RETURNING: .......................................... 47 The 2009 Aggies are living proof that penalties are correctable mistakes. Through four games, A&M was (24 offense, 20 defense,