2013 AGGIE FOOTBALL Game Notes THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 692 VICTORIES • 18 CONFERENCE TITLES • 34 BOWL GAMES • 61 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS 2013 SCHEDULE GAME #2 / AggIES VS. BEARKATS Saturday, Aug. 31 W, 52-31 RICE SAM HOUSTON ST. Kyle Field, College Station (1-0) Saturday, Sept. 7 6 pm AT SAM HOUSTON ST. Kyle Field, College Station TEXAS A&M Saturday, Sept. 14 2:30 pm (1-0, 0-0 vs. SEC) ALABAMA Kyle Field, College Station KICKOFF/DATE: .. 6:00 (CT), Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 Saturday, Sept. 21 TBA SITE ..................... Kyle FielD, College stAtion, texAs (CAp. 82,589) SMU TELEVISION ........ Fox spoRts ppV Kyle Field, College Station Bill Land, play-by-play Saturday, Sept. 28 TBA Shea Walker, commentary @ARKANSAS Kayce Smith, 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 135 / XM 200) AUBURN Kyle Field, College Station RANKINGS .......... Sam HOUSTON STATE ....................(FCS: No. 4 - TSN / No. 4 - COacHES) TEXAS A&M .........................penDing (No. 7 - Ap / No. 6 - USA TODAY) Saturday, Oct. 26 TBA VANDERBILT SERIES HISTORY . Texas A&M leads 11-0 Kyle Field, College Station LIVE AUDIO ........ aggieathletics.com, radioaggieland.com Saturday, Nov. 2 TBA LIVE STATS .......... aggieathletics.com UTEP Kyle Field, College Station AGGIES TAKE ON FCS POWERHOUSE SHSU Saturday, Nov. 9 TBA MISSISSIPPI ST. texas A&M will continue its all-texas school non-conference slate with 6 p.m. matchup with Kyle Field, College Station Football Championship subdivision powerhouse sam Houston state, which has advanced to the nCAA FCs final game the past two seasons. the Bearkats will be making the quick trip Saturday, Nov. 23 TBA @LSU from Huntsville, texas, which is a mere 53 miles from the texas A&M campus. Baton Rouge, La. • Despite the two schools’ close proximity, the Aggies and Bearkats have met just 11 times previ- ously on the gridirion, and Saturday’s meeting will be just the third encounter since 1941. Texas Saturday, Nov. 30 TBA @MISSOURI A&M has won all 11 previous meetings. Columbia, Mo. • In the two most recent meetings, R.C. Slocum’s Aggies beat the Bearkats, 59-6, in 1997 and Kevin Sumlin’s first A&M squad defeated SHSU, 47-28, last season. Both of those A&M squads went on FB MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS to earn invitations to the Cotton Bowl. • Connection: Texas A&M offensive line coach B.J. Anderson was the run-game coordinator/offen- ALAN CANNON, Associate A.D./Media Relations sive line coach at SHSU from 2005-08. email ....................... [email protected] BRAD MARQUARDT, Associate Director email .................. [email protected] AvGGIES S. NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS FROM TExAS ADAM QUISENBERRY, Assistant Director All four of the Aggies’ non-conference opponents in 2013 are from the state of texas -- Rice, email ................ [email protected] sam Houston state, sMU and Utep. All four of those games will be played at Kyle Field. MEREDITH COLLIER, Assistant Director email ........................ [email protected] • The last time Texas A&M lost a home game to a non-conference opponent from the state of JacKIE THORNTON, Secretary Texas was Sept. 18, 1954 when Texas Tech, then members of the Border Conference, handed the email ........................... [email protected] Aggies a 41-9 loss in Paul “Bear” Bryant’s debut game as A&M’s head coach. • Texas A&M has not lost a non-conference matchup with a team from the state of Texas any- where since Sept. 25, 1964 when the University of Houston beat A&M 10-0 in Houston. OFFENSE HITS FOUR BILLS...AGAIN 2013 QUICK FACTS the Aggies gained 486 total yards against Rice last week, which marked the 13th straight game that the offense has surpassed the 400-yard plateau, which is easily the longest streak GENERAL INFORMATION in school history. only Baylor has a longer streak of 400-yard offensive game in then CAA FBs. LOCATION: College Station, Texas 77842 • Since head coach Kevin Sumlin’s arrival in College Station, the Aggies have surpassed 400 in 13- FOUNDED: 1872 (opened 1876) of-14 games, including 500-plus yards eight times. ENROLLMENT: 53,219 (fall 2012) pResiDent: Dr. R. Bowen Loftin (Texas A&M ’71) • Digging deeper into the Aggies’ offensive surge, Texas A&M has posted 40 400-plus yardage out- CHANCELLOR: John Sharp (Texas A&M ’72) puts in 53 total games since shifting to a no-huddle, up-tempo offense in 2009. During that span, FACUlty RepResentAtiVe: Dr. Tom Adair (Texas A&M ’57) the Aggies have hit the 500-yard level 26 times. As a point of comparison, the Aggies reached DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Eric Hyman (North Carolina) 400 total yards in just 18 games in the decade of games prior to 2009 (116 games). AtHletiC Dept pHone: (979) 845-5129 CONFERENCE: Southeastern Conference AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I C OMING TO PASS NICKNAME: Aggies MASCOT: Reveille (American Collie) Despite a first-time starter at quarterback and five new receivers added to the mix, the Ag- COLORS: Maroon (Pantone 505) and White gies’ passing game opened 2013 with a smoothly efficient passing attack. the Aggie passers completed 20-of-27 passes (.741) for 284 yards and four touchdowns (with no pickoffs). ST ADIUM INFORMATION • The Aggies completed better than 70.0 percent of their passing attempts in the season-opener STADIUM: Kyle Field CApacity: 82,589 for the sixth straight year. From 1970-2007, the Aggies hit 70.0 percent of their pass attempts in lARGESt CROWD: 90,079 (vs. Nebraska, Nov. 20, 2010) the season-opener only three times (20-of-28, .714, 1996 vs. BYU), (9-of-12, .750, 1989 vs. LSU) plAying SurfaCe: Natural grass and (19-of-27, .704, 1985 vs. Alabama). FIRST YEAR OF FOOTBALL: 1905 • After one ame,g the Aggies rank No. 5 nationally in pass efficiency at 214.49 STADIUM BUILT: 1927 and 1929 • The Aggies averaged 10.5 yards per attempt against Rice. A&M had just two games with a higher C OACHING STAFF per-attempt average in 2012 (10.6 vs. Arkansas and 12.8 vs. Sam Houston State) • The Aggies completed 15 of their last 18 passes against Rice (9-of-10 by Matt Joeckel, 6-of-8 by H EAD COacH: KEVIN SUMLIN (Purdue, ‘88) Johnny Manziel). Years at Texas A&M: 2nd Years as head coach: 6th (47-19) ASSIST ANT COacHES: YOUTH MOVEMENT CLARENCE MCKINNEY, Off. Coordinator/RB (Mary, ’94) the Aggies used an eye-catching 16 true freshmen in last saturday’s 52-31 win over Rice -- MARK SNYDER, Defensive Coordinator (Marshall, ’88) five on offense and 11 on defense.i t was the most true freshmen ever used by texas A&M in a JAKe spavitAl, Co-Off. Coordinator/QB (Missouri St., ’08) MARCEL YATES, Co-DC/Secondary (Boise State, ’00) season-opener, two more than the 13 that saw action in the 2009 opener againstn ew Mexico. B.J. ANDERSON, Offensive Line (Stephen F. Austin, ’97) • Only once since freshmen became eligible in 1972 has Texas A&M used more true freshmen in JEFF BANKS, TE/Special Teams Coor. (Wash. St., ’99)) an entire season. Then-head coach Mike Sherman ended up using 18 true freshmen in 2009. DavID BEATY, WR/Recruiting Coor. (Lindenwood, ’94) Head coach Tom Wilson lettered 16 true freshmen in 1980. MARK HAGEN, Linebackers (Indiana, ’95) teRRy pRiCe, Defensive Line (Texas A&M, ’90) • Since 1972, the Aggies have awarded varsity letters to 10 or more true freshman in a season only LARRY JacKSON, FB Sports Performance (Texas A&M, ’95) a handful of times: 18 in 2009, 16 in 1980, 11 in 1973 and 10 in 1972 and 2008. • 39 of the the Aggies’ 96 tackles (40.6 percent) against Rice were made by newcomers (true TEAM INFORMATION freshmen, redshirt freshmen or transfers). Newcomers also contributed both sacks and 6.5 of the BASIC OFFENSE: Multiple BASIC DEFENSE: Multiple 4-3 Aggies’ 9.0 tackles for loss. 2012 OvERALL RECORD: 11-2 • The Aggies started four newcomers on defense against Rice -- two true freshmen, one redshirt 2012 ConFeRenCe ReCoRD (FinisH): 6-2 (t2nd in SEC West) freshman and one junior college transfer. 2012 Bowl: 2013 AT&T Cotton Bowl (W, 41-13 vs. Oklahama) 2012 RANKING: No. 5 in AP media/USA Today coaches SCHOOL OF FISH LETTERMEN RETURNING: .......................................... 46 POS PlAyeR HoMetown (HigH sCHool) Notes (19 offense, 19 defense, 8 specialists) DL Jay Arnold Rockwall, Texas (Heath) Made 1 tackle with .5 TFL vs. Rice LETTERMEN LOST: .......................................................24 LB Darian Claiborne Port Allen, La. (Port Allen) Led team with 11 tackles, had 1.5 TFL (12 offense, 12 defense, 2 specialists) DB Noel Ellis New Orleans, La. (Karr) Made 1 tackle STARTERS RETURNING: ...............................................11 DB Tavares Garner Missouri City, Texas (Manvel) Saw action against Rice OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING: ........................... 6 DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING: ............................5 DL Isaiah Golden Carthage, Texas (Carthage) Made 3 tackles against Rice pK/p stARteRs RetURning: ..................................... 1 WR LaQuvionte Gonzales Cedar Hill, Texas (Cedar Hill) Saw action ta WR, 1 KOR for 7 yards DL Daeshon Hall Lancaster, Texas (Lancaster) Made 3 solo tackles with 1 TFL STARTERS LOST: ...........................................................11 OFFENSIVE STARTERS LOST: ....................................... 5 OL Ryan Lindblade Richmond, Texas (Foster) Former gray-shirt saw action vs. Rice DEFENSIVE STARTERS LOST: ....................................... 6 LB Jordan Mastrogiovanni Dallas, Texas (Jesuit) Made 4 tackles pK/p stARteRs lost: ..................................................1 WR Ricky Seals-Jones Sealy, Texas (Sealy) Made 3 catches for 84 yards w. 71-yard TD DB Alex Sezer Jr.