2013 AGGIE FOOTBALL Game Notes
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2013 AGGIE FOOTBALL Game Notes THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 698 VICTORIES • 18 CONFERENCE TITLES • 34 BOWL GAMES • 61 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS 2013 SCHEDULE GAME #9 / AggIES VS. MINERS Saturday, Aug. 31 W, 52-31 RICE UTEP Kyle Field, College Station (1-6, 0-4 vs C-USA) Saturday, Sept. 7 W, 65-28 AT SAM HOUSTON ST. Kyle Field, College Station TEXAS A&M Saturday, Sept. 14 L, 49-42 (6-2, 3-2 vs. SEC) ALABAMA Kyle Field, College Station KICKOFF/DATE: .. 8 p.m. (CT), Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013 Saturday, Sept. 21 W, 42-13 SITE ..................... Kyle FielD, College StAtion, texAS (CAp. 82,589) SMU TELEVISION ........ eSpn2 (nAtionAl) Kyle Field, College Station Mark Jones, play-by-play Saturday, Sept. 28 W, 45-33 Brock Huard, commentary @ARKANSAS Jessica Mendoza, sideline reporter Reynolds Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, Ark. RADIO ................. texAS A&M SpoRtS netwoRK Saturday, Oct. 12 W, 41-38 Dave South, play-by-play @OLE MISS Dave Elmendorf, commentary Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, Miss Will Johnson, sideline Saturday, Oct. 19 L, 45-41 (Texas A&M feed on SiriusXM channel: Sirius 93 / XM 199) AUBURN Kyle Field, College Station RANKINGS .......... TEXAS A&M (No. 12 - BCS / No. 12 - Ap / No. 14 - USA TODAY) Saturday, Oct. 26 W, 56-24 Utep (NR - BCS / NR - Ap / NR - USA TODAY) VANDERBILT SERIES HISTORY .. Texas A&M leads 2-0 (Last meeting: at Texas A&M 45, UTEP 17, 9/16/2000) Kyle Field, College Station LIVE AUDIO ........ aggieathletics.com, radioaggieland.com Saturday, Nov. 2 8 pm/ESPN2 STATS .................. tamu.statbroadcast.com (password located on flipcard) UTEP Kyle Field, College Station THIS WEEK: UTEP at TExas A&M Saturday, Nov. 9 TBA MISSISSIPPI ST. texas A&M will play its final non-conference opponent of the 2013 regular season when Kyle Field, College Station the Aggies host the Utep Miners in a nationally televised matchup at 8 p.m. on Saturday. Saturday, Nov. 23 TBA • UTEP will be the fourth 2013 non-conference opponent from the state of Texas. The Aggies @LSU were 3-0 against the three previous non-conference foes, and haven’t lost to a non-conference Baton Rouge, La. school from the state of Texas since 1954. In that game, Texas Tech, then of the Border Confer- Saturday, Nov. 30 TBA ence, handed Paul “Bear” Bryant a 41-9 loss in his first game as the Aggies’ head coach. @MISSOURI • Texas A&M has won both previous meetings with UTEP -- 20-17 in 1984 and 47-17 in 2000. Columbia, Mo. Both games were played at Kyle Field. The 1984 game is memorable for the horrific ankle in- jury suffered by QB Kevin Murray, who was lost for the season but went on to finish his career FB MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS as the school’s leader in career passing yards and touchdowns. ALAN CANNON, Associate A.D./Media Relations • While Texas A&M hasn’t faced UTEP in more than a decade, the Miners are a familiar foe for email ....................... [email protected] second-year head coach Kevin Sumlin who faced the Miners annually from 2008-11. Sumlin BRAD MARQUARDT, Associate Director email .................. [email protected] was 3-1 against the Miners in what was always a high-scoring affair -- the two teams combined ADAM QUISENBERRY, Assistant Director for 65 or more points in each game and the lowest winning score by either team was 42 points. email ................ [email protected] • CONNECTIONS: Aggies special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Jeff Banks oversaw MEREDITH COLLIER, Assistant Director UTEP’s special team and running backs from 2004-12. ... Miners QB Jameill Showers played email ........................ [email protected] his first two seasons at Texas A&M before transferring to UTEP prior to the 2013 season. The JacKIE THORNTON, Secretary email ........................... [email protected] former backup to NFL first-round draft pick Ryan Tannehill and 2012 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel has emerged as dangerous dual threat quarterback with 1,263 passing yards and 192 rushing yards (286 gross yards). TExAS A&M VS. UTEP: WHAT TO WATCH FOR 2013 QUICK FACTS • Biletnikoff Award candidate MIKE EvaNS is within reach of breaking A&M’s school standards for catches, GENERAL INFORMATION receiving yards and receiving in a season despite having just played just eight games. Evans needs seven LOCATION: College Station, Texas 77842 catches and 106 yards to match Ryan Swope’s 2011 records of 89 catches for 1,207 yards and one TD catch FOUNDED: 1872 (opened 1876) to match Jeff Fuller’s record of 12 from 2010. ENROLLMENT: 53,219 (fall 2012) • The Aggies are in the midst of a streak of seven straight games with 500-plus total yards, which is easily the pReSiDent: Dr. R. Bowen Loftin (Texas A&M ’71) longest streak in the FBS. Oregon has the second longest streak with four straight 500-yard games. CHANCELLOR: John Sharp (Texas A&M ’72) FACULTY RepReSentAtiVe: Dr. Tom Adair (Texas A&M ’57) • Texas A&M takes a FBS-best 11-game streak of 40-point games into the UTEP game. DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Eric Hyman (North Carolina) • As a team, the Aggies lead the SEC in scoring (48.0 points/game), total offense (584.9 yards/game), passing AtHletiC DEPT pHone: (979) 845-5129 (377.0 yards/game), punting (48.8 avg.) and net punting (40.9 avg.), and first downs (29.6/game). CONFERENCE: Southeastern Conference AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I • The Aggies are within range of reaching the 400-point plateau against UTEP. A&M has scored 400 points for NICKNAME: Aggies four consecutive seasons and eight times in program history. MASCOT: Reveille (American Collie) • Texas A&M is nearing the 700-win level in all-time victories. Going into the UTEP game, the Aggies have COLORS: Maroon (Pantone 505) and White 698 wins. There are 17 FBS football program with 700 or more victories, including SEC brethren Alabama, STADIUM INFORMATION Tennessee, Georgia, LSU and Auburn. STADIUM: Kyle Field CApacity: 82,589 lARgeSt CROWD: 90,079 (vs. Nebraska, Nov. 20, 2010) AggIES AMONG NAtion’s elite oFFENSES plAying Surface: Natural grass Schools Averaging 300 Pass / 200 Rush Schools with 20 Rush TD / 20 Pass TD FIRST YEAR OF FOOTbaLL: 1905 SCHOOL ____________ RUSH TD ____Pass tD STADIUM BUILT: 1927 and 1929 SCHOOL ____________ Passing ___RUSHING Baylor _________________ 417.3 ______ 301.1 Ball State __________________ 23 _________ 23 COACHING STAFF Florida State ____________ 341.4 ______ 212.3 Baylor ____________________ 34 _________ 21 Oregon ________________ 300.6 ______ 331.5 Florida State _______________ 22 _________ 23 HEAD COacH: TEXAS A&M ____________ 377.0 ______ 207.9 Ohio State _________________ 25 _________ 24 KEVIN SUMLIN (Purdue, ‘88) Oregon ___________________ 38 _________ 21 Years at Texas A&M: 2nd TEXAS A&M _______________ 23 _________ 25 Years as head coach: 6th (52-21) ASSISTANT COacHES: CLARENCE MCKINNEY, Off. Coordinator/RB (Mary, ’94) MARK SNYDER, Defensive Coordinator (Marshall, ’88) “Fast start”-ERS RED ZONE TRAVELS JAKe SpavitAl, Co-Off. Coordinator/QB (Missouri St., ’08) MARCEL YaTES, Co-DC/Secondary (Boise State, ’00) one of the opening periods of head coach texas A&M leads the nCAA FBS in red B.J. ANDERSON, Offensive Line (Stephen F. Austin, ’97) Kevin Sumlin’s practices is called “fast start.” zone chances, scores and touchdowns, and JEFF BANKS, TE/Special Teams Coor. (Wash. St., ’99)) occurring just after warmups, “fast start” ranks no. 3 in red zone rushing tDs. DavID BEATY, WR/Recruiting Coor. (Lindenwood, ’94) features several live-action 11-on-11 series MARK HagEN, Linebackers (Indiana, ’95) teRRy pRiCe, Defensive Line (Texas A&M, ’90) just like a game situation. He started imple- FBS Red Zone Chances LARRY JacKSON, FB Sports Performance (Texas A&M, ’95) menting the period when his teams at the RK SCHOOL ______ RZ CHANCES University of Houston were getting off to TEAM INFORMATION 1. TEXAS A&M ________55 slow starts. 2. Oregon State ________51 BASIC OFFENSE: Multiple BASIC DEFENSE: Multiple 4-3 • Texas A&M has scored 14 or more points Oregon _____________51 4. Northern Illinois _____48 2012 OvERALL RECORD: 11-2 in the first quarter of seven consecutive 2012 ConFeRenCe ReCoRD (FiniSH): 6-2 (t2nd in SEC West) 5. Texas Tech __________47 2012 Bowl: 2013 AT&T Cotton Bowl (W, 41-13 vs. Oklahama) games. In 21 games under Sumlin, the 2012 RANKING: No. 5 in AP media/USA Today coaches Aggies have scored at least 14 first-quarter LETTERMEN RETURNING: .......................................... 46 points 13 times. Texas A&M has been shut FBS Red Zone Scores (19 offense, 19 defense, 8 specialists) out in the first quarter just once -- in game RK SCHOOL _______ RZ SCORES LETTERMEN LOST: .......................................................24 1. TEXAS A&M ________45 2 of the Sumlin era against SMU. In that (12 offense, 12 defense, 2 specialists) 2. Oregon State ________42 STARTERS RETURNING: ...............................................11 game, the Aggies scored 20 second-quarter Texas Tech __________42 OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING: ........................... 6 points on the way to a 48-3 road victory 4. Northern Illinois _____41 DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING: ............................5 over the Ponies. 5. Two teams __________40 pK/p StARteRS RetURning: ..................................... 1 STARTERS LOST: ...........................................................11 • Texas A&M has scored first in 20 of 21 OFFENSIVE STARTERS LOST: ....................................... 5 games under Kevin Sumlin. The only game FBS Red Zone Total TDs DEFENSIVE STARTERS LOST: ....................................... 6 when the Aggies didn’t score first was the RK SCHOOL _________ RZ TD pK/p StARteRS LOSt: ..................................................1 2013 season opener against Rice. 1. TEXAS A&M ________39 MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION 2. Oregon _____________36 • On opening offensive series under Sumlin, 3. Oregon State ________35 oFFiCe pHone: ......................................