2013 AGGIE FOOTBALL Game Notes
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2013 AGGIE FOOTBALL Game Notes THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 692 VICTORIES • 18 CONFERENCE TITLES • 34 BOWL GAMES • 61 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS 2013 SCHEDULE GAME #1 / AGGIES vS. owls Saturday, Aug. 31 12 noon RICE RICE Kyle Field, College Station (0-0, 0-0 vs. C-USA) Saturday, Sept. 7 6 pm AT SAM HOUSTON ST. Kyle Field, College Station TEXAS A&M Saturday, Sept. 14 2:30 pm (0-0, 0-0 vs. SEC) ALABAMA Kyle Field, College Station KICKOFF/DATE: .. 12 noon (CT), Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013 Saturday, Sept. 21 TBA SITE ..................... Kyle FielD, College station, TexAS (CAp. 82,589) SMU TELEVISION ........ eSpn Kyle Field, College Station Dave Pasch, play-by-play Saturday, Sept. 28 TBA Brian Griese, commentary @ARKANSAS Tom Luginbill, sideline reporter Reynolds Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, Ark. RADIO ................. TexAS A&M Sports neTwoRK Saturday, Oct. 12 TBA Dave South, play-by-play @OLE MISS Dave Elmendorf, commentary Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, Miss Will Johnson, sideline Saturday, Oct. 19 TBA (SiriusXM channel: Sirius 93 / XM 199) AUBURN Kyle Field, College Station RANKINGS .......... RICE ...............................................................(NR - Ap / NR - USA TODAY) TEXAS A&M .......................................... (No. 7 - Ap / No. 6 - USA TODAY) Saturday, Oct. 26 TBA VANDERBILT SERIES HISTORY .. Texas A&M leads 50-27-2 Kyle Field, College Station LIVE AUDIO ........ aggieathletics.com, radioaggieland.com Saturday, Nov. 2 TBA LIVE STATS .......... aggieathletics.com UTEP Kyle Field, College Station AGGIES OPEN 2013 against OLd SWC FOE RICE Saturday, Nov. 9 TBA MISSISSIPPI ST. Texas A&M will open its 119th season of football against a familiar foe when former South- Kyle Field, College Station west Conference rival Rice comes to Kyle Field for a 12 noon matchup on Aug. 31. The Aggies and owls played annually from 1914-95 (79 meetings), but haven’t faced each other on the Saturday, Nov. 23 TBA @LSU gridiron since the demise of the SwC in 1995. Baton Rouge, La. • The last time Rice visited Kyle Field was 1994 when the Aggies logged a hard-fought 7-0 win on the strength of a 60-yard TD by running back Rodney Thomas on a swing pass from Corey Pullig Saturday, Nov. 30 TBA @MISSOURI on A&M’s second offensive play of the game. Columbia, Mo. • Rice is tied for the fourth-most commonly played opponent for the Texas A&M program despite having not faced each other in nearly 20 years. The Rice series is tied with SMU at 79 meetings, FB MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS and trails only Texas (118 meetings), Baylor (108) and TCU (92). • With 50 wins against the Owls, Texas A&M has beaten only Baylor (68) and TCU (56) more times ALAN CANNON, Associate A.D./Media Relations email ....................... [email protected] in its history. BRAD MARQUARDT, Associate Director • Texas A&M leads the all-time series against Rice with a 50-27-2 record. The Aggies have won the email .................. [email protected] last 15 meetings with the Owls. The most recent Rice win in the series was a 10-6 victory over ADAM QUISENBERRY, Assistant Director the Aggies in 1980 in College Station. email ................ [email protected] • Rice is a familiar foe for Aggie head coach Kevin Sumlin, who faced the Owls as Conference USA MEREDITH COLLIER, Assistant Director email ........................ [email protected] rivals of the University of Houston from 2008-11. Sumlin was 2-2 against the Owls, scoring 70+ points in home wins in 2009 (73-14) and 2011 (73-34), while dropping high-scoring road deci- JacKIE THORNTON, Secretary email ........................... [email protected] sions in 2008 (56-42) and 2010 (34-31). • Texas A&M wide receivers coach/recruiting coordinator David Beaty served two stints on Rice’s coaching staff. He was the passing game coordinator/wide receivers coach in 2006-07, and he was the offensive coordinator in 2010. AGGIES vS. NON-CONFERENCE opponents from TExas 2013 QUICK FACTS All four of the Aggies’ non-conference opponents in 2013 are from the state of Texas -- Rice, Sam Houston State, SMU and UTep. All four of those games will be played at Kyle Field. GENERAL INFORMATION • The last time Texas A&M lost a home game to a non-conference opponent from the state of LOCATION: College Station, Texas 77842 Texas was Sept. 18, 1954 when Texas Tech, then members of the Border Conference, handed the FOUNDED: 1872 (opened 1876) Aggies a 41-9 loss in Paul “Bear” Bryant’s debut game as A&M’s head coach. ENROLLMENT: 53,219 (fall 2012) pReSiDenT: Dr. R. Bowen Loftin (Texas A&M ’71) • Texas A&M has not lost a non-conference matchup with a team from the state of Texas anywhere CHANCELLOR: John Sharp (Texas A&M ’72) since Sept. 25, 1964 when the University of Houston beat A&M 10-0 in Houston. FACUlTy RepReSenTATiVe: Dr. Tom Adair (Texas A&M ’57) DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Eric Hyman (North Carolina) ATHleTiC DepT pHone: (979) 845-5129 CONFERENCE: Southeastern Conference KyLE FIELd IS NON-conference gravEyARd AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I Since 1985, Texas A&M has compiled a 60-5 record against non-conference opponents at NICKNAME: Aggies Kyle Field, including 25 seasons with undefeated home records vs. non-conference teams. The MASCOT: Reveille (American Collie) only non-conference losses were to LSU (1987), Virginia Tech (2002), Pittsburgh (2003), Arkansas COLORS: Maroon (Pantone 505) and White State (2008) and Miami (Fla.) (2008). STADIUM INFORMATION STADIUM: Kyle Field CApaciTy: 82,589 TEXAS A&M IN HOME OPENERS lARgeST CROWD: 90,079 (vs. Nebraska, Nov. 20, 2010) The Aggies are traditionally tough to beat in their home opener. The Aggies are 25-3 (89.3 plAying Surface: Natural grass winning percentage) since 1985, which includes a 20-game winning streak from 1988-2007. FIRST YEAR OF FOOTbaLL: 1905 STADIUM BUILT: 1927 and 1929 COACHING STAFF TEXAS A&M IN THE RANKINGS The Aggies enter the 2013 season with a top 10 preseason ranking for the 13th time in HEAD COacH: school history. KEVIN SUMLIN (Purdue, ‘88) Years at Texas A&M: 2nd • Texas A&M was ranked No. 6 in the USA Today head coaches poll, which was the highest pre- Years as head coach: Entering 6th (46-19 record in 5 years) season rank in the coaches poll since being ranked No. 6 in the 1995 preseason rankings. ASSISTANT COacHES: • Texas A&M was ranked No. 7 in The Associated Press Top 25, which was the highest preseason CLARENCE MCKINNEY, Off. Coordinator/RB (Mary, ’94) MARK SNYDER, Defensive Coordinator (Marshall, ’88) AP ranking since being No. 7 in the first poll of 1999. JAKe Spavital, Co-Off. Coordinator/QB (Missouri St., ’08) • Texas A&M finished 2012 ranked No. 5 in both the media and coaches polls. It was A&M’s highest MARCEL YaTES, Co-DC/Secondary (Boise State, ’00) final rank since 1956. B.J. ANDERSON, Offensive Line (Stephen F. Austin, ’97) JEFF BANKS, TE/Special Teams Coor. (Wash. St., ’99)) DavID BEATY, WR/Recruiting Coor. (Lindenwood, ’94) MARK HagEN, Linebackers (Indiana, ’95) 2013 SCHEduLE: 0-0 Overall, 0-0 vs. SEC TeRRy pRiCe, Defensive Line (Texas A&M, ’90) DATE (Ap RK) opponenT W / l SCoReS ReCoRD TV ATTen. Ap RK LARRY JacKSON, FB Sports Performance (Texas A&M, ’95) AUG. 31 Sat Rice ESPN #7 TEAM INFORMATION SEPT. 7 Sat Sam Houston State FSN PPV BASIC OFFENSE: Multiple 14 Sat * (#1) Alabama CBS BASIC DEFENSE: Multiple 4-3 2012 OvERALL RECORD: 11-2 21 Sat SMU 2012 ConFeRenCe ReCoRD (FiniSH): 6-2 (t2nd in SEC West) 28 Sat * at Arkansas 2012 Bowl: 2013 AT&T Cotton Bowl (W, 41-13 vs. Oklahama) 2012 RANKING: No. 5 in AP media/USA Today coaches OCT. 12 Sat * at Ole Miss LETTERMEN RETURNING: .......................................... 46 19 Sat * Auburn (19 offense, 19 defense, 8 specialists) LETTERMEN LOST: .......................................................24 26 Sat * Vanderbilt (12 offense, 12 defense, 2 specialists) NOV. 2 Sat UTEP STARTERS RETURNING: ...............................................11 9 Sat * Mississippi State OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING: ........................... 6 DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING: ............................5 23 Sat * at LSU pK/p STARTeRS ReTURning: ..................................... 1 30 Sat * at Missouri STARTERS LOST: ...........................................................11 OFFENSIVE STARTERS LOST: ....................................... 5 2012 RESults: 11-2, 6-2 vs. SEC (t2nd) DEFENSIVE STARTERS LOST: ....................................... 6 DATE OPPONENT w / l SCoReS ReCoRD TV ATTen. RK pK/p STARTeRS LOST: ..................................................1 SEPT. 8 Sat * (#23) Florida L 17-20 0-1, 0-1 ESPN 87,114 — MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION 15 Sat at SMU W 48-3 1-1 FSN 32,016 — oFFiCe pHone: ....................................... (979) 845-5725 22 Sat South Carolina State W 70-14 2-1 FSN 86,775 — OFFICE FAX: ............................................ (979) 845-6825 weBSiTe: ............................... aggieathletics.com/media 29 Sat * Arkansas W 58-10 3-1, 1-1 SEC Net 86,442 — ASSOCIATE AD: ..................................... ALAN CANNON OCT. 6 Sat * at Ole Miss W 30-27 4-1, 2-1 ESPNU 55,343 — E-MAIL: ......................... [email protected] 13 Sat † vs (#23) Louisiana Tech W 59-57 5-1 ESPNU 40,453 22 ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR: ................. BRAD MARQUARDT E-MAIL: [email protected] 20 Sat * (#6) LSU L 19-24 5-2, 2-2 ESPN 87,429 20 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: ............... ADAM QUISENBERRY 27 Sat * at Auburn W 63-21 6-2, 3-2 ESPNU 85,119 22 E-MAIL: [email protected] ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: ...................MEREDITH COLLIER NOV. 3 Sat * at (#17) Mississippi State W 38-13 7-2, 4-2 ESPN 55,240 16 E-MAIL: .......................... [email protected] 10 Sat * at (#1) Alabama W 29-24 8-2, 5-2 CBS 101,821 15 MAILING ADDRESS: ......................................................... P.O. Box 30017, College Station, TX 77842-3017 17 Sat Sam Houston State W 47-28 9-2 PPV 87,101 9 OVERNIGHT ADDRESS: ...................................................