2013 AGGIE FOOTBALL Game Notes
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2013 AGGIE FOOTBALL Game Notes THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 699 VICTORIES • 18 CONFERENCE TITLES • 34 BOWL GAMES • 61 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS 2013 SCHEDULE GAME #10 / AGGIES VS. BULLDOGS Saturday, Aug. 31 W, 52-31 RICE MISSISSIPPI STATE Kyle Field, College Station (4-4, 1-3 vs. SEC) Saturday, Sept. 7 W, 65-28 AT SAM HOUSTON ST. Kyle Field, College Station TEXAS A&M Saturday, Sept. 14 L, 49-42 (7-2, 3-2 vs. SEC) ALABAMA Kyle Field, College Station KICKOFF/DATE: .. 2:30 p.m. (CT), Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013 Saturday, Sept. 21 W, 42-13 SITE ..................... Kyle FielD, College StAtion, texAS (CAp. 82,589) SMU TELEVISION ........ CBS (nAtionAl) Kyle Field, College Station Tim Brando, play-by-play Saturday, Sept. 28 W, 45-33 Aaron Taylor, commentary @ARKANSAS Kristina Akra, sideline reporter Reynolds Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, Ark. RADIO ................. eSpn RADio (nAtionAl) Saturday, Oct. 12 W, 41-38 Marc Kestecher, play-by-play @OLE MISS David Norrie, commentary Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, Miss Joe Schad, sideline Saturday, Oct. 19 L, 45-41 AUBURN t exAS A&M SpoRtS netwoRK Kyle Field, College Station Dave South, play-by-play Dave Elmendorf, commentary Saturday, Oct. 26 W, 56-24 VANDERBILT Will Johnson, sideline Kyle Field, College Station (Texas A&M feed on SiriusXM channel: Sirius 108 / XM 200) Saturday, Nov. 2 W, 57-7 RANKINGS .......... TEXAS A&M (No. 15 - BCS / No. 11 - Ap / No. 13 - USA TODAY) UTEP MiSSiSSippi StAte (NR - BCS / NR - Ap / NR - USA TODAY) Kyle Field, College Station SERIES HISTORY .. Series is tied, 3-3 (Last meeting: Texas A&M 38, at Mississippi St. 13,11/3/2012) Saturday, Nov. 9 2:30 pm/CBS LIVE AUDIO ........ aggieathletics.com, radioaggieland.com MISSISSIPPI ST. STATS .................. tamu.statbroadcast.com (password located on flipcard) Kyle Field, College Station Saturday, Nov. 23 TBA @LSU AGGIES SEEK PROGRAM’S 700TH WIN Baton Rouge, La. t exas A&M will be seeking its 700th victory in pro- Saturday, Nov. 30 TBA gram history when the no. 11 Aggies host Mississippi TAMU vs. MSU Series @MISSOURI State in a nationally-televised game at 2:30 p.m. on Sat- 1912: TAMU, 41-7 at Houston, Texas Columbia, Mo. urday at Kyle Field. with a win, the Aggies would become 1913: MSU, 6-0 College Station 1915: MSU, 7-0 at Dallas the 17th school in nCAA FBS history to reach the 700-win 1937: TAMU, 14-0 at Tyler, Texas FB MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS plateau. georgia tech will also be seeking its 700th win 2000: MSU, 43-41 (OT) at Shreveport, La. ALAN CANNON, Associate A.D./Media Relations on Saturday in a 6 p.m. Ct matchup against pittsburgh. 2012: TAMU, 38-13 at Starkville email ....................... [email protected] • The series between Texas A&M and Mississippi State is BRAD MARQUARDT, Associate Director tied at 3-3. The Aggies won the most recent meeting 38-13 last year in Starkville, Miss. email .................. [email protected] ADAM QUISENBERRY, Assistant Director • While Texas A&M and Mississippi State have met in the state of Texas four times previously, email ................ [email protected] it will be just the second time the two teams have met in College Station. The only previous MEREDITH COLLIER, Assistant Director meeting in College Station was a 6-0 Bulldog win in 1913. email ........................ [email protected] • CONNECTIONS: Former Texas A&M head coaches Emory Bellard and Jackie Sherrill both C JA KIE THORNTON, Secretary email ........................... [email protected] served as head coaches at Mississippi State ... MSU offensive coordinator Les Koenning Jr. served two assistant coaching stints at A&M (1994-96, 2003-07) ... Texas A&M Senior Assoc. AD/External Affairs Jason Cook is a MSU grad and began his career in athletics in the Bulldog media relations office. FINAL HOME GAME FOR SENIOR CLASS OF ‘13 2013 QUICK FACTS thirteen Aggie seniors will play their final games at GENERAL INFORMATION Kyle Field when the Aggies take on Mississippi State on Senior Class of 2013 LO CATION: College Station, Texas 77842 Saturday. Highlights of their careers include: Nate Askew ______San Antonio, Texas Kirby Ennis _______Huntsville, Texas FOUNDED: 1872 (opened 1876) • Compiled a 34-14 overall record entering Saturday’s game. ENROLLMENT: 53,219 (fall 2012) Nehemiah Hicks __Hutto, Texas pReSiDent: Dr. R. Bowen Loftin (Texas A&M ’71) • Became the seventh senior class to play in four bowl Toney Hurd Jr. ____Missouri City, Texas CHANCELLOR: John Sharp (Texas A&M ’72) games, joining the seniors of 1978, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2001 Tramain Jacobs ___Covington, La. FACULTY RepReSentAtiVe: Dr. Tom Adair (Texas A&M ’57) and 2012. Steven Jenkins ____ Pensacola, Fla. DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Eric Hyman (North Carolina) • Have led the Aggies to a top 25 ranking in 21 consecutive Shep Klinke ______Katy, Texas AtHletiC DEPT pHone: (979) 845-5129 Travis Labhart ____Whitesboro, Texas CONFERENCE: Southeastern Conference editions of the AP and Coaches polls entering the Missis- AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I sipp State game. Gaston Lamascus _Navasota, Texas Ben Malena ______Cedar Hill, Texas NICKNAME: Aggies • Have helped A&M to bowl wins in back-to-back seasons MASCOT: Reveille (American Collie) Jake Matthews ___Missouri City, Texas COLORS: Maroon (Pantone 505) and White for first time since 1939 and 1940. Kyle Serres _______Spring, Texas • A&M is in the midst of a 10-game road winning streak, Derel Walker _____Hillsboro, Texas STADIUM INFORMATION which matches a school record originally set in 1939-40. STADIUM: Kyle Field CApACity: 82,589 • Helped the 2010 team to a Big 12 South tri-championship, and the 2012 team to a No. 5 final na- lARgeSt CRowD: 90,079 (vs. Nebraska, Nov. 20, 2010) tional ranking (highest since 1956) plAying Surface: Natural grass FIRST YEAR OF FOOTbaLL: 1905 STADIUM BUILT: 1927 and 1929 WHAT TO WATCH FOR FAST LEARNERS COA HING STAFF • Sophomore QB JOHNNY MANZIEL needs four • While most of the attention goes to veteran passing touchdowns to match Jerrod Johnson’s receivers like Mike Evans and Malcome Kennedy, HCEAD COA H: school record of 30 passing TDs from 2009. first-year players have combined to contribute 38 KEVIN SUMLIN (Purdue, ‘88) • Manziel needs 26 rushing yards to reach 2,000 for Years at Texas A&M: 2nd catches for 457 yards and five receiving touch- Years as head coach: 6th (53-21) career. He would join Bucky Richardson as A&M’s downs in 2013. ASSISTANT COACHES: only QB 2,000-yard rushers (He needs 122 to break CLARENCE MCKINNEY, Off. Coordinator/RB (Mary, ’94) Richardson’s school QB rushing record). When he MARK SNYDER, Defensive Coordinator (Marshall, ’88) reachs 2,000 rushing yards, he will become the “F AST start”-ERS JAKe SpAVitAl, Co-Off. Coordinator/QB (Missouri St., ’08) 18th FBS player with 2,000 rushing yards and 6,000 one of the opening periods of head coach MARCEL YaTES, Co-DC/Secondary (Boise State, ’00) passing yards in his career. B.J. ANDERSON, Offensive Line (Stephen F. Austin, ’97) Kevin Sumlin’s practices is called “fast start.” JEFF BANKS, TE/Special Teams Coor. (Wash. St., ’99)) • Manziel needs 133 passing yards to reach 3,000 in occurring just after warmups, “fast start” fea- DAVID BEATY, WR/Recruiting Coor. (Lindenwood, ’94) just 10 games in 2013. He would be the first Aggie tures several live-action 11-on-11 series just to surpass the 3,000-yard plateau twice. It’s only MARK HagEN, Linebackers (Indiana, ’95) like a game situation. He started implement- teRRy pRiCe, Defensive Line (Texas A&M, ’90) been done three times previously at Texas A&M. ing the period when his teams at the Univer- LARRY JACKSON, FB Sports Performance (Texas A&M, ’95) • Biletnikoff Award candidate MIKE EvaNS needs sity of Houston were getting off to slow starts. TE AM INFORMATION just 61 receiving yards to surpass Ryan Swope’s school record of 1,207 set in 2011. With his next • Texas A&M has scored nine or more points in the BASIC OFFENSE: Multiple BASIC DEFENSE: Multiple 4-3 receiving TD, he will take sole possession of A&M’s first quarter of eight consecutive games. In 22 2012 OvERALL RECORD: 11-2 record for receiving touchdowns in a season (tied games under Sumlin, the Aggies have scored at 2012 ConFeRenCe ReCoRD (FiniSH): 6-2 (t2nd in SEC West) with Jeff Fuller at 12). least 14 first-quarter points 13 times. 2012 Bowl: 2013 AT&T Cotton Bowl (W, 41-13 vs. Oklahama) • The Aggies are in the midst of a streak of eight • Texas A&M has scored first in 21 of 22 games 2012 RANKING: No. 5 in AP media/USA Today coaches straight games with 500-plus total yards, which is under Kevin Sumlin. The only game when the LETTERMEN RETURNING: .......................................... 46 easily the longest streak in the FBS. Oregon has the (19 offense, 19 defense, 8 specialists) Aggies didn’t score first was the 2013 season LETTERMEN LOST: .......................................................24 second longest streak with four straight 500-yard opener against Rice. (12 offense, 12 defense, 2 specialists) games. • On opening offensive series under Sumlin, the • Texas A&M takes a FBS-best 12-game streak of STARTERS RETURNING: ...............................................11 Aggies have scored 18 of 22 times with an im- OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING: ........................... 6 40-point games into the Mississippi State game. pressive 17 touchdowns. DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING: ............................5 • As a team, the Aggies lead the SEC in scoring (49.0 pK/p StARteRS RetURning: ..................................... 1 points/game), total offense (582.6 yards/game), • In first quarters under Sumlin (22 games), the STARTERS LOST: ...........................................................11 passing (371.8 yards/game), pass efficiency (178.5 Aggies have outscored their opponents 275-99 OFFENSIVE STARTERS LOST: ......................................