2012 AGGIE FOOTBALL Official Game Notes THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 687 VICTORIES • 18 CONFERENCE TITLES • 33 BOWL GAMES • 57 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS
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2012 AGGIE FOOTBALL Official Game Notes THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 687 VICTORIES • 18 CONFERENCE TITLES • 33 BOWL GAMES • 57 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME #9 Saturday, Sept. 8 • 2:35 pm FLORIDA (ESPN) L, 20-17 TEXAS A&M Kyle Field, College Station (6-2, 3-2 vs. SEC) Saturday, Sept. 15 • 2:30 pm AT @SMU (FSN) W, 48-3 Ford Stadium, Dallas, Texas MISSISSIPPI STATE Saturday, Sept. 22 • 6 pm (7-1, 3-1 vs. SEC) S.C. STATE (FSN) W, 70-14 Kyle Field, College Station KICKOFF/DATE: .. 11 a.m. (CT), Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 Saturday, Sept. 29 • 11:21 am SITE ..................... DAvis WADe stADiuM, stARkville, Miss. (CAp. 55,082) ARKANSAS (SEC N) w, 58-10 TELEVISION ........ ESPN Kyle Field, College Station Brad Nessler, play-by-play Saturday, Oct. 6 • 6:02 pm Todd Blackledge, commentary @OLE MISS (ESPNU) W, 30-27 Holly Rowe, sideline reporter Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, Miss. RADIO ................. texAs A&M spORts Network Saturday, Oct. 13 • 8:17 pm Dave South, play-by-play (ESPNU) W, 59-57 LA. TECH Dave Elmendorf, commentary Independence Stadium, Shreveport, La. Will Johnson, sidelines Saturday, Oct. 20 • 11 am (MSU call on Sirius channel 91 / XM 91) (ESPN) L, 24-19 LSU RANKINGS .......... TEXAS A&M .............. (No. 16 - BCS / No. 16 - Ap / No. 16 - USA TODAY) Kyle Field, College Station Mississippi stAte ... (No. 15 - BCS / No. 17 - Ap / No. 18 - USA TODAY) Saturday, Oct. 27 • 6:02 pm SERIES HISTORY .. Mississippi State lead, 3-2 @AUBURN (ESPNU) W, 63-21 Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, Ala. LIVE AUDIO ........ aggieathletics.com, radioaggieland.com LIVE STATS .......... aggieathletics.com Saturday, Nov. 3 • 11 am @MISSISSIPPI ST. (ESPN) Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, Miss. TOP 20 MATCHUP AWAITS AggIES IN MISSISSIPPI Saturday, Nov. 10 • 6-day hold texas A&M, ranked No. 16 in this week’s Associated press poll, will battle a top 25-ranked @ALABAMA Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Ala. team for the fourth time in 2012 when the Aggies take on No. 17 (Ap rank) Mississippi state at 11 a.m. on saturday at Davis Wade stadium. the Aggies’ previous matchups with ranked Saturday, Nov. 17 • TBA teams were then-No. 24 Florida, then-No. 23 louisiana tech and then-No. 6 lsu. the Aggies SAM HOUSTON ST. Kyle Field, College Station will be the second ranked team faced by Msu, which fell to top-ranked Alabama, 38-7, in Tuscaloosa last Saturday. Saturday, Nov. 24 • TBA MISSOURI • The Bulldogs hold a 3-2 advantage over the Aggies in the all-time series between the schools, Kyle Field, College Station with four of the five meetings coming prior to 1940. It will be A&M’s first-ever trip to Starkville, Miss. FB MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS • In the only recent meeting, Jackie Sherrill’s 2000 Mississippi State squad took a 43-41 overtime ALAN CANNON, Associate A.D./Media Relations victory over R.C. Slocum’s Aggies in the 2000 Independence Bowl, which was played in the midst office ... (979) 862-5447 cell ...... (979) 777-4200 of a freak snow storm in Shreveport, La. The Bulldogs rallied from a pair of two-touchdown defi- email ....................... [email protected] cits to force overtime, and then won the “Snow Bowl” with blocked PAT conversion for two points BRAD MARQUARDT, Associate Director office ... (979) 862-5448 cell ...... (979) 229-8651 and a touchdown. email .................. [email protected] • To commemorate the “Snow Bowl,” Mississippi State will be wearing all-white uniforms like they MEREDITH COLLIER, Assistant Director office ... (979) 862-5443 cell ...... (979) 777-6112 were in 2000, which requires Texas A&M wear its normal maroon home uniform on the road. email ........................ [email protected] • Saturday’s game will mark the first time since 2001 that two ranked teams have faced off at Davis ADAM QUISENBERRY, Assistant Director Wade Stadium (No. 17 Mississippi State vs. No. 18 South Carolina). office ... (979) 862-5453 cell ...... (713) 582-5135 email ................ [email protected] • A pair of former Texas A&M head coaches also served as head coach at Mississippi State. Jackie JacKIE THORNTON, Office Assistant Sherrill coached at Texas A&M from 1982-88 and at MSU from 1991-2003. Emory Bellard coached office ... (979) 845-5725 email [email protected] at A&M from 1972-78 and then at Mississippi State from 1979-85. 2012 QUICK FACTS ABOUT THE BCS STANDIngs, TOP 25 GENERAL INFORMATION Texas A&M was ranked No. 16 in the third Bowl Championship Series standings of 2012. The LOCATION: College Station, Texas 77842 Aggies were one of seven SEC schools in the BCS top 20. FOUNDED: 1872 (opened 1876) The Aggies were in the top 25 polls for the fourth straight week. The Aggies’ dominating ENROLLMENT: 50,054 (fall 2011) 63-21 win at Auburn on Saturday resulted in a boost as A&M climbed to No. 16 in both the pRESIDeNt: Dr. R. Bowen Loftin (Texas A&M ’71) CHANCELLOR: John Sharp (Texas A&M ’72) Associated Press media poll and the USA Today coaches poll. A&M climbed six spots in the AP FACULTY RepRESENtAtive: Dr. Tom Adair (Texas A&M ’57) poll, and five spots in the coaches poll. DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Eric Hyman (North Carolina) AtHletiC DEPT pHONe: (979) 845-5129 SUMLIN AgAINST RANKED TEAMS CONFERENCE: Southeastern Conference AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I No. 17 Mississippi State (AP poll) will be the fourth ranked team faced by Texas A&M in NICKNAME: Aggies 2012 with the Aggies holding a 1-2 record in those contests. In his fifth overall season as a head MASCOT: Reveille (American Collie) coach, first-year Aggie coach KEVIN SUMLIN has a career record of 4-3 against ranked teams. COLORS: Maroon (Pantone 505) and White Sumlin vs. the AP Top 25 STADIUM INFORMATION OppONeNt, YeAR ___ Ap RANk ___ RESULT STADIUM: Kyle Field at East Carolina, 2008 ____No. 23 __ W, 41-24 CApacitY: 82,589 Tulsa, 2008 ____________No. 25 __ W, 70-30 LARGEST CROWD: 90,079 (vs. Nebraska, Nov. 20, 2010) playiNg surface: Natural grass at Oklahoma State, 2009 __No. 5 __ W, 45-35 FIRST YEAR OF FOOTbaLL: 1905 Southern Miss, 2011 _____No. 24 ___ L, 49-28 STADIUM BUILT: 1927 and 1929 Florida, 2012 ___________No. 24 ___ L, 20-17 vs. Louisiana Tech, 2012 __No. 22 __ W, 59-57 COACHING STAFF LSU, 2012 ______________No. 6 ___ L, 24-19 HEAD COacH: KEVIN SUMLIN (Purdue, ‘88) WINNING AWAY FROM HOME Years at Texas A&M: 1st First-year Aggie head coach KEVIN SUMLIN’s teams have won 10 straight games away from Years as head coach: 5th (41-19 record in 5 years) their home field -- six at the University of Houston and four at Texas A&M. Sumlin’s last road ASSISTANT COacHES: KLIFF KINGSBURY, Offensive Coordinator/ loss was at Texas Tech in the Cougars’ regular season finale in 2010. Quarterbacks (Texas Tech, ’01) MARK SNYDER, Defensive Coordinator (Marshall, ’88) FAST STARTERS/SCORERS MARCEL YaTES, Co-Defensive Coordinator/ Secondary (Boise State, ’00) • A&M has scored first in every game in 2012, and in 13 straight games dating back to 2011. B.J. ANDERSON, Offensive Line (Stephen F. Austin, ’97) DavID BEATY, Wide Receivers (Lindenwood, ’94) • A&M has scored on six of eight opening drives in 2012, totaling 38 points and 22 first CLARENCE MCKINNEY, Running Backs/ downs. The Aggies have scored a touchdown on their opening drive in five straight games. Recruiting Coordinator (Mary, ’94) BRiAN pOliAN, Tight Ends/ • A&M averages eight plays and 61 yards on its opening drive of the game. Special Teams Coordinator (John Carroll, ’97) terry pRiCe, Defensive Line (Texas A&M, ’90) • Meanwhile, A&M has forced 3-and-outs on its opponent’s first possession of the game six times MATT WALLERSTEDT, Linebackers (Kansas State, ’88) this season. LARRY JacKSON, FB Sports Performance (Texas A&M, ’95) • A&M has 18 scoring drives of five plays or less … and three scoring drives on only one play. TEAM INFORMATION BASIC OFFENSE: Multiple THREE OF A KIND BASIC DEFENSE: Multiple 4-3 The Aggies are one of just three teams in the NCAA FBS that rank in the top 20 statistically in 2011 OvERALL RECORD: 7-6 2011 CONFeReNCe Record (FiNisH): 4-5 (t6th in Big 12) rushing, passing, total and scoring offense (others are Louisiana Tech and Oklahoma State). The 2011 BOWL: Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas (Win 33-22) Aggies rank No. 3 in scoring offense (45.5 points per game), No. 5 in total offense (542.9 yards 2011 RANKING: Not ranked per game), No. 14 in rushing (237.6) and No. 17 in passing (305.3). LETTERMEN RETURNING: .......................................... 47 (18 offense, 27 defense, 2 specialists) LETTERMEN LOST: .......................................................33 PROLIFIC SCORING (15 offense, 14 defense, 4 specialists) Texas A&M hit the 300-point plateau after just seven games in 2012 (301 points), which STARTERS RETURNING: ...............................................14 matched the fastest-to-300 pace originally set by CHARLEY MORAN’s 1912 Aggies squad. OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING: ........................... 8 Moran’s Aggies scored 303 points in its first seven games. After eight games, the Aggies have DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING: ........................... 6 speCiAl teAMs STARteRs RetuRNiNg: .................... 2 scored 364 (45.5 per game) points and is well ahead of the rest of the SEC and A&M’s record of STARTERS LOST: .............................................................8 39.1 points per game set last year. The next closest scoring offense in the SEC is Alabama with OFFENSIVE STARTERS LOST: ....................................... 3 325 points (40.6 per game). DEFENSIVE STARTERS LOST: ....................................... 5 speCiAl teAMs STARteRs lOST: .................................3 RE-WRITING THE RECORD BOOK MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION The Aggies set school records for total, passing and scoring offense just last year with future OFFiCe pHONe: ......................................