2009 Texas A&M Football
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2009 TEXAS A&M FOOTBALL OFFICIAL GAME NOTES TWO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 664 VICTORIES • 18 CONFERENCE TITLES • 30 BOWL GAMES • 41 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS SCHEDULE & RESULTS GAME 10 • 6:10 PM CST Saturday, September 5 • 6:05 PM & NEW MEXICO w, 41-6 TEXAS A M AGGIES kyle field, college station (5-4, 2-3 Big 12) Saturday, September 19 • 6:05 PM at UTAH STATE w, 38-30 kyle field, college station OKLAHOMA SOONERS (5-4, 3-2 Big 12) Saturday, September 26 • 6:05 PM UAB w, 56-19 TELEVISION ............FSN-HD (National) kyle field, college station Joel Meyers, play-by-play Gary Reasons, commentary Saturday, October 3 • 6:30 PM Jim Knox, sidelines VS ARKANSAS L, 19-47 RADIO .....................Texas A&M Sports Network (see page 7) cowboys stadium, arlington (espn2) Dave South, play-by-play Dave Elmendorf, commentary Saturday, October 10 • 11:40 AM SATELLITE RADIO ....Sirius Channel 154 #15 OKLAHOMA STATE L, 31-36 LIVE AUDIO ............aggieathletics.com • radioaggieland.com kyle field, college station (fsn) LIVE STATS ..............aggieathletics.com Saturday, October 17 • 6:10 PM RANKINGS ..............Oklahoma is receiving votes in the USA Today poll. AT KANSAS STATE L, 14-62 SERIES HISTORY ......OU leads, 17-10 snyder family stadium, manhattan (fcs) A&M STREAKS ........Lost 6 / Last 5 (0-5) / Last 10 (1-9) Saturday, October 24 • 6:00 PM LAST MEETING .......OU 66, A&M 28 (Nov. 8, 2008 in College Station) AT #21 TEXAS TECH W, 52-30 jones at&t stadium, lubbock Saturday, October 31 • 2:35 PM STEPPING OFF IOWA STATE w, 35-10 Texas A&M (5-4, 2-3) heads north for its final road game of the season on Saturday night when the Ag- kyle field, college station gies face the Oklahoma Sooners (5-4, 3-2) at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium ... kickoff is set Saturday, November 7 • 12:40 PM for 6:10 p.m. (CST) and the game will be televised nationally by FSN HD ... Joel Meyers, Gary Reasons and Jim Knox will have the call ... both teams enter the game off a tough road loss, with A&M falling 35-34 at AT COLORADO L, 34-35 folsom field, boulder (fcs) Colorado and OU dropping a 10-3 decision at Nebraska. Saturday, November 14 • 6:00 PM FOLLOWING THE ACTION at OKLAHOMA • RADIO — The 50-station Texas A&M Sports Network will broadcast the game live from Owen Field ... gaylord family stadium, norman Dave South (play-by-play) and Dave Elmendorf (commentary) will call the action ... pregame show begins at 5 p.m. ... Sirius Satellite Radio will air the Aggie broadcast on Channel 154 ... fans attending the game Saturday, November 21 • 2:30 PM can tune in on the low end of the FM dial. BAYLOR • INTERNET — aggieathletics.com will offer live play-by-play and statistics ... fans can listen to the kyle field, college station broadcast free of charge on aggieathletics.com. • MOBILE PHONE — listen to the game on your iPhone, Blackberry or PDA free of charge ... log on to Thursday, November 26 • 7:00 PM radioaggieland.com for more information. TEXAS kyle field, college station A&M/OKLAHOMA SERIES NOTABLES Oklahoma leads the all-time series with Texas A&M, 17-10, and has won six straight ... the Aggies have MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACT INFO won four of the Big 12 meetings between the programs (1996-98, 2002) ... A&M’s last win in the series was a 30-26 upset of the then No. 1-ranked Sooners on November 9, 2002 at Kyle Field ... the Aggies have lost Alan Cannon, Associate A.D./Media Relations five straight in Norman, with their last win coming in 1997—a game which saw A&M clinch the Big 12 South office ...... (979) 862-5447 cell ......... (979) 777-4200 division title ... Saturday will mark just the third time since the formation of the Big 12, and in the last 60 email .............................. [email protected] years overall, that neither team is ranked on game day. Brad Marquardt, Associate Director office ...... (979) 862-5448 cell ......... (979) 229-8651 UP NEXT email ........................ [email protected] Texas A&M returns home to host Baylor at Kyle Field ... kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. and the game will not Matt Simon, Assistant Director be televised ... OU heads to Lubbock to face Texas Tech. office ...... (979) 862-5451 cell ......... (979) 255-0469 email .................................. [email protected] 2009 AGGIE FOOTBALL • GAME TEN • TEXAS A&M AT OKLAHOMA • NOVEMBER 14, 2009 2009 QUICK FACTS INJURY UPDATE CORYELL JUDIE—shoulder surgery (out for season) ... RICKY CAVANAUGH—knee (out indefinitely) ... GENERAL INFORMATION DUSTIN HARRIS — ankle sprain (questionable). LOCation: ....................... College Station, Texas 77842 FOUNDED: ............................................................. 1876 GRAY EARNS BIG 12 WEEKLY HONORS ENROLLMENT: .................................. 48,787 (fall 2009) Sophomore tailback CYRUS GRAY (DeSoto) was named the Big 12’s Special Teams Player of the Week by INTERIM PRESIDENT: ...Dr. R. Bowen Loftin (Texas A&M ‘71) a select media panel on Monday. CHANCELLOR: ............ Dr. Michael D. McKinney (Houston ‘73) Gray totaled 181 yards on four kick returns in A&M’s game at Colorado, including a career-best 99-yard FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: .....Dr. Tom Adair (Texas A&M ‘57) kickoff return for a touchdown in the second quarter. He also added a 45-yard kick return in the fourth quar- DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: ..............Bill Byrne (Idaho State ‘67) ter to set up the Aggies’ final score. ATHLETIC DEPT PHONE: .......................... 979-845-5129 GAME OPERATIONS DIRECTOR: .. Mike Caruso/Associate A.D. The honor is the second of Gray’s career, who also earned special teams POW honors last season after CONFERENCE: .......................................................Big 12 his performance against Oklahoma. It is also the first Big 12 weekly football honor of any kind for an Aggie NICKNAME: .......................................................... Aggies in 2009. MASCOT: ................................Reveille (American Collie) COLORS: ........................................... Maroon and White RECORD-SEEKING JOHNSON FIRST YEAR OF FOOTBALL: ......................................1894 Quarterback Jerrod JOHNSON (Humble) could break a host of single season passing school records ALL-TIME RECORD: ............. 664-437-48 (115th season in ‘09) against Oklahoma on Saturday. ALL-TIME BOWL RECORD: .................................... 13-17 WITHIN RANGE STADIUM INFORMATION Category JJ in ‘09 Rank Current Record STADIUM: ........................................................ Kyle Field Completions 210 3rd 212 (Kevin Murray, 1987) OPENED:..................................................................1927 Attempts 348 t3rd 364 (Stephen McGee, 2007) CAPACITY: .............................................................83,002 PLAYING SURFACE: .................................... Natural Grass Passing Yards 2,607 2nd 2,791 (Reggie McNeal, 2004) ALL-TIME RECORD: ...................................... 373-147-19 Passing TDs 21 t1st 21 (Jerrod Johnson, 2008) COACHING STAFF JOHNSON SEEKS TOUCHDOWN RESPONSIBILITY RECORD HEAD COACH: ...... Mike Sherman (Central Connecticut State ‘77) In just his third season and second as a starter, quarterback Jerrod JOHNSON is within two touch- CAREER COLLEGIATE RECORD: ......... 9-12 (second year) downs of matching the school record for touchdown responsibility. Johnson has thrown for 44 scores and RECORD AT A&M: ............................ 9-12 (second year) CAREER NFL RECORD: ............. 59-43 (.578, six seasons) added 13 rushing touchdowns for a total of 57 touchdowns. Reggie McNeal owns the school record of 59 with 44 passing scores and 15 rushing TDs. ASSISTANT COACHES Joe Kines (Jacksonville St ‘67) ........Asst. Head Coach/Def. Coord./LBs CAREER TD RESPONSIBILITY LIST Nolan Cromwell (Kansas ‘78) ...................... Off. Coordinator/WRs Tom Rossley (Cincinnati ‘68) ........................ Senior Assistant/QBs Player, Years Pass Rush Total Kirk Doll (East Carolina ‘74) ..............Tight Ends/Special Teams Coord. 1. Reggie McNeal, 2002-05 44 15 59 Randy Jordan (North Carolina ‘93) ......................... Running Backs 2. Jerrod Johnson, 2007- 44 13 57 Van Malone (Texas ‘94) .................................................... Safeties 3. Kevin Murray, 1983-86 48 5 53 Charles McMillian (Utah State ‘95) ........................... Cornerbacks 4. Corey Pullig, 1992-95 47 1 48 Jim Turner (Boston College ‘88) ............................. Offensive Line 5. Edd Hargett, 1966-68 40 6 46 Buddy Wyatt (TCU ‘90) ........................................... Defensive Line TEAM INFORMATION SEASON TD RESPONSIBILITY LIST BASIC OFFENSE: .................................. Multiple Pro Sets Player, Years Pass Rush Total BASIC DEFENSE: ................................................ Multiple 1. Jerrod Johnson, 2009 21 7 28 2008 OVERALL RECORD: ........................................... 4-8 2. Jerrod Johnson, 2008 21 3 24 2008 CONFERENCE RECORD: ..............2-6 (T-5th, South) 3. Reggie McNeal, 2004 14 8 22 2008 BOWL: .............................................................. n/a 4. Dustin Long, 2002 19 1 20 2008 FINAL RANKING: .................................. not ranked Gary Kubiak, 1982 19 1 20 LETTERMEN RETURNING: .......................................... 47 (24 offense, 20 defense, 3 specialists) LETTERMEN LOST: .......................................................28 JOHNSON KEEPS THE CHAINS MOVING (10 offense, 15 defense, 3 specialists) Texas A&M junior quarterback Jerrod JOHNSON is on a record pace as a passer, but he consistently STARTERS RETURNING: