2013 AGGIE FOOTBALL Game Notes THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 695 VICTORIES • 18 CONFERENCE TITLES • 34 BOWL GAMES • 61 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS 2013 SCHEDULE GAME #5 / AGGIES VS. RAZORBACKS Saturday, Aug. 31 W, 52-31 RICE TEXAS A&M Kyle Field, College Station (3-1, 0-1 vs. SEC) Saturday, Sept. 7 W, 65-28 AT SAM HOUSTON ST. Kyle Field, College Station ARKANSAS Saturday, Sept. 14 L, 49-42 (3-1, 0-0 vs. SEC) ALABAMA Kyle Field, College Station KICKOFF/DATE: .. 6:06 PM (CT), Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013 Saturday, Sept. 21 W, 42-13 SITE ..................... DonAlD W. ReynolDs RAzoRbAck stADiuM (cAp. 72,000) SMU TELEVISION ........ espn2 (nAtionAl) Kyle Field, College Station Mark Jones, play-by-play Saturday, Sept. 28 6:06 pm Brock Huard, commentary @ARKANSAS Kaylee Hartung, sideline reporter Reynolds Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, Ark. RADIO ................. espn RADio (nAtionAl) Saturday, Oct. 12 TBA Marc Kestecher, play-by-play @OLE MISS David Norrie, commentary Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, Miss Joe Schad, sideline Saturday, Oct. 19 TBA AUBURN TEXAS A&M SPORTS NETWORK Kyle Field, College Station Dave South, play-by-play Dave Elmendorf, commentary Saturday, Oct. 26 TBA VANDERBILT Will Johnson, sideline Kyle Field, College Station (Arkansas feed on SiriusXM channel: Sirius 85 / XM 85) RANKINGS .......... TEXAS A&M (No. 10 - AP / No. 9 - USA TODAY) Saturday, Nov. 2 TBA UTEP ARKANSAS (NR - AP / NR - USA TODAY) Kyle Field, College Station SERIES HISTORY .. Arkansas leads 41-25-3 (Last meeting: 2012: at TAMU 58, Arkansas 10) Saturday, Nov. 9 TBA LIVE AUDIO ........ aggieathletics.com, radioaggieland.com MISSISSIPPI ST. STATS .................. aggieathletics.com Kyle Field, College Station Saturday, Nov. 23 TBA AGGIES HIT THE road SEEkING first SEC WIN OF 2013 @LSU t exas A&M will hit the road for the first time in 2013 for a 6:06 p.m. matchup with Arkansas Baton Rouge, La. in Fayetteville on saturday. the Aggies will be seeking their first sec win of the year after fall- Saturday, Nov. 30 TBA ing to top-ranked Alabama two weeks ago, while Arkansas will be playing its first conference @MISSOURI game of the season against A&M. Columbia, Mo. • A&M and Arkansas were both charter members of the Southwest TAMU-Arkansas Last 10 Conference from 1915 until Arkansas joined the SEC in 1992. y eAR locAtion W-l, scoRe FB MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS • It will be A&M’s first trip to Fayetteville since 1990, which was a 2012 College Station W, 58-3 2011 Arlington, Texas L, 42-38 ALAN CANNON, Associate A.D./Media Relations 20-16 win by R.C. Slocum’s second Aggie squad. The 1990 win was email ....................... [email protected] A&M’s first in Fayetteville since Paul “Bear” Bryant’s final Aggie 2010 Arlington, Texas L, 24-17 team won 7-6 in 1957. 2009 Arlington, Texas L, 47-19 BRAD MARQUARDT, Associate Director 1991 College Station W, 13-3 email .................. [email protected] • UA holds a 41-25-3 advantage in the long series with the Aggies, 1990 Fayetteville, Ark. W, 20-16 that dates back to first meeting in 1903. ADAM QUISENBERRY, Assistant Director 1989 College Station L, 23-22 email ................ [email protected] • Prior to A&M joining the SEC, the Aggies and Hogs played the first 1988 Fayetteville, Ark. L, 25-20 MEREDITH COLLIER, Assistant Director three games of a 10-year non-conference series agreement with 1987 College Station W, 14-0 email ........................ [email protected] Arkansas earning victories at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington in 1986 Little ock,R Ark. L, 14-10 C JA KIE THORNTON, Secretary 2009, 2010 and 2011. email ........................... [email protected] • Texas A&M and Arkansas, along with the Dallas Cowboys organization, have agreed to a long-term series to play the annual football game between the two schools at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington beginning in 2014 and continuing through the 2024 season. SUMLIN SEEkING CAREER WIN NO. 50 2013 QUICK FACTS Second-year Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin will be seeking the 50th win of his career against Arkansas. Sumlin compiled a 35-17 record in four seasons at the University of Houston GENERAL INFORMATION from 2008-11 and is 14-3 in Aggieland. Sumlin, who turned 49 on Aug. 3, has a career record of LO CATION: College Station, Texas 77842 49-20 in six seasons. FOUNDED: 1872 (opened 1876) ENROLLMENT: 53,219 (fall 2012) PRESIDENT: Dr. R. Bowen Loftin (Texas A&M ’71) roa d WARRIORS CHANCELLOR: John Sharp (Texas A&M ’72) FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Tom Adair (Texas A&M ’57) • Texas A&M will be seeking its ninth straight win away from Kyle Field when the Aggies take DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Eric Hyman (North Carolina) on the Hogs on Saturday. The last loss for the Aggies on the road was a 53-50 overtime loss ATHLETIC DEPT PHONE: (979) 845-5129 CONFERENCE: Southeastern Conference to Kansas State in Manhattan, Kan., on Nov. 12, 2011. The Aggies’ eight-game road winning AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I streak is the second-longest in school history. Only a 10-game streak from 1939-40 is longer. NICKNAME: Aggies MASCOT: Reveille (American Collie) • Head coach Kevin Sumlin’s personal “away from home” winning streak stands at 13 games COLORS: Maroon (Pantone 505) and White (6 at Houston, 7 at A&M). STADIUM INFORMATION • Last year’s 7-0 road record was the Aggies’ first unblemished season since 1939’s national cham- STADIUM: Kyle Field pionship season. CapacITY: 82,589 LARGEST CROWD: 90,079 (vs. Nebraska, Nov. 20, 2010) PLAYING SURfacE: Natural grass “F AST start”-ERS UNdER SUMLIN FIRST YEAR OF FOOTbaLL: 1905 STADIUM BUILT: 1927 and 1929 • One of the opening periods of Sumlin’s practices is called “fast start.” Occurring just after warmups, “fast start” features several live-action 11-on-11 series just like a game situation. COA HING STAFF He starting implementing the period when his teams at Houston were getting off to slow HCEAD COA H: starts. KEVIN SUMLIN (Purdue, ‘88) • Texas A&M has scored first in 16 of 17 games under head coach Kevin Sumlin. The only Years at Texas A&M: 2nd Years as head coach: 6th (49-20) game when the Aggies didn’t score first was the 2013 season opener against Rice. ASSISTANT COACHES: CLARENCE MCKINNEY, Off. Coordinator/RB (Mary, ’94) • On opening offensive series under Sumlin, the Aggies have scored 14 of 17 times with an MARK SNYDER, Defensive Coordinator (Marshall, ’88) impressive 13 touchdowns. A&M has opened the last three games with a TD on its first of- JAKE SpavITAL, Co-Off. Coordinator/QB (Missouri St., ’08) fensive series. MARCEL YaTES, Co-DC/Secondary (Boise State, ’00) B.J. ANDERSON, Offensive Line (Stephen F. Austin, ’97) • In first quarters under Sumlin, the Aggies have outscored their opponents 200-68 or an JEFF BANKS, TE/Special Teams Coor. (Wash. St., ’99)) average of 11.8-4.0. In the first two quarters, A&M has outscored its opponents 461-184 or DAVID BEATY, WR/Recruiting Coor. (Lindenwood, ’94) 27.1-10.8. MARK HagEN, Linebackers (Indiana, ’95) TERRY PRICE, Defensive Line (Texas A&M, ’90) • While the Aggies have been scoring regularly on its opening possession, Mark Snyder’s LARRY JACKSON, FB Sports Performance (Texas A&M, ’95) defense has forced a punt or a turnover on 12 of 17 opening series. TE AM INFORMATION BASIC OFFENSE: Multiple BASIC DEFENSE: Multiple 4-3 MILESTONES ON HORIZON 2012 OvERALL RECORD: 11-2 • Manziel needs 66 passing yards to become the eighth Aggie QB with 5,000 yards. 2012 conFeRence RecoRD (Finish): 6-2 (t2nd in SEC West) 2012 BOWL: 2013 AT&T Cotton Bowl (W, 41-13 vs. Oklahama) • Manziel needs two passing TDs to become the seventh Aggie QB with 40 passing TDs. 2012 RANKING: No. 5 in AP media/USA Today coaches LETTERMEN RETURNING: .......................................... 46 • Manziel needs 401 total yards to reach 7,000 career yards. He reached 6,000 yards in 16 career (19 offense, 19 defense, 8 specialists) games, which is the fastest in FBS history. LETTERMEN LOST: .......................................................24 (12 offense, 12 defense, 2 specialists) • Junior DB Deshazor Everett needs 10 tackles to reach 100 for his career. STARTERS RETURNING: ...............................................11 OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING: ........................... 6 DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING: ............................5 C Ashin’ out “MONEY PLAYs” PK/P STARTERS RETURNING: ..................................... 1 statcrew, the statistical program used by all Fbs schools, defines the term “money play” as STARTERS LOST: ...........................................................11 “plays resulting in a first down or a touchdown.” OFFENSIVE STARTERS LOST: ....................................... 5 DEFENSIVE STARTERS LOST: ....................................... 6 • Texas A&M has generated a “money play” on 14 of 16 catches on third down (13 first downs and PK/P STARTERS LOST: ..................................................1 five touchdowns). MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION • Of sophomore WR Mike Evans’ 22 catches, 19 have produced a “money play” (18 first downs OFFICE PHONE: ....................................... (979) 845-5725 and three touchdowns). OFFICE FAX: ............................................ (979) 845-6825 WEBSITE: ............................... aggieathletics.com/media • The Aggies’ top three receivers -- Evans, junior Malcome Kennedy and senior Derel Walker -- ASSOCIATE AD: ..................................... ALAN CANNON have combined to produce 42 “money plays” on 53 catches (79.2 percent). The trio is particu- E-MAIL: ......................... [email protected] larly dangerous on first- and second-down plays, with 46 catches generating 36 “money plays.” ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR: ................. BRAD MARQUARDT E-MAIL: [email protected] • Three Aggies have produced double-digit “money plays” on running plays -- senior RB Ben ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: ............... ADAM QUISENBERRY Malena (20 on 45 carries), sophomore QB Johnny Manziel (16 on 36) and sophomore Tra Carson E-MAIL: [email protected] ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: ...................MEREDITH COLLIER (12 on 32).