2014 AGGIE FOOTBALL Game Notes
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2014 AGGIE FOOTBALL Game Notes THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 706 VICTORIES • 18 CONFERENCE TITLES • 35 BOWL GAMES • 64 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS 2014 SCHEDULE TEXAS A&M Thursday, Aug. 28 W, 52-28 (5-0, 2-0 vs. SEC) @SOUTH CAROLINA AT Columbia, S.C. MISSISSIPPI ST. Saturday, Sept. 6 W, 73-3 LAMAR (4-0. 1-0 vs. SEC) Kyle Field, College Station Saturday, Sept. 13 W, 38-10 RICE WHAT TO WATCH FOR: AGGIES AT BULLDOGS Kyle Field, College Station • Texas A&M will be seeking its first 6-0 start • Hill needs three passing TDs to reach 20 Saturday, Sept. 20 W, 58-6 since 1994 when the Aggies won their first for the season in his sixth game. The few- @SMU seven games on the way to a 10-0-1 unde- est games needed for 20 passing TDs is Dallas, Texas feated season. eight by Manziel in 2013. Saturday, Sept. 27 W, 35-28 • Junior RB/KOR TREY WILLIAMS needs 1 OT • Saturday’s 11 a.m. start will be the first ear- vs. ARKANSAS 292 all-purpose yards to become the 15th AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas ly start for the Aggies in 2014. It is A&M’s first early start since beating Vanderbilt, player in school history to reach 3,000 Saturday, Oct. 4 11 am / ESPN 56-24, in a 11:21 a.m. kickoff in 2013. A&M career A-P yards. @MISSISSIPPI STATE is 4-1 in games with a noon or earlier kick- Starkville, Miss. • Among defenses that have faced 200 or off under head coach KEVIN SUMLIN. more rushes in 2014, the Aggies have al- Saturday, Oct. 11 TBA OLE MISS • Senior WR MALCOME KENNEDY needs 39 lowed a FBS-low three rushing TDs. Kyle Field, College Station yards to become the 11th player in A&M • Among players with 150 rush/pass plays, Saturday, Oct. 18 TBA history to reach 1,500 career receiving A&M’s Hill leads FBS with a 9.3 yards/ @ALABAMA yards. play average, and Mississippi State QB Dak Tuscaloosa, Ala. • Sophomore QB KENNY HILL needs 119 Prescott ranks No. 3 with a 8.5 average. Saturday, Nov. 1 TBA total yards to reach the 2,000-yard plateau • True freshman DE MYLES GARRETT needs UL-MONROE in just six games. Johnny Manziel hit 2,000 Kyle Field, College Station 2.5 QBS to match Jadeveon Clowney’s SEC in the sixth game the past two seasons. freshman sacks record (8) in 2011. Saturday, Nov. 8 TBA @AUBURN Auburn, Ala. 2014 STATISTICAL LEADERS Saturday, Nov. 15 TBA MISSOURI Kyle Field, College Station Thursday, Nov. 27 6:30 pm/ESPN LSU Kyle Field, College Station FB MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS Passing Rushing Receptions Receiving TDs MAIN LINE, Texas A&M Media Relations KENNY HILL TREY WILLIAMS MALCOME KENNEDY JOSH REYNOLDS Phone ............................................... 979.845-5725 Southlake, Texas Spring, Texas Cayuga, Texas San Antonio, Texas FAX ................................................... 979.845-6825 1,745 yards (118-180 att.) 234 yards (38 att.) 33 catches (378 yards) 5 TDs (16-336) ALAN CANNON, Associate A.D./Media Relations email ....................... [email protected] BRAD MARQUARDT, Associate Director email .................. [email protected] ADAM QUISENBERRY, Assistant Director email ................ [email protected] MATT CALLAWAY, Assistant Director email .................... [email protected] Scoring Tackles QB Sacks/Hurries Passes Defended JACKIE THORNTON, Secretary JOSH LAMBO HOWARD MATTHEWS MYLES GARRETT ARMANI WATTS email ........................... [email protected] Middleton, Wisc. League City, Texas Arlington, Texas Forney, Texas 52 pts (6-7 FG, 34-34 XP) 34 tackles (19 solo) 5.5 QBS / 7 QBH 5 (4 PBU, 1 INT) 2014 SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN THIS WEEK (#9-AP/#9-HC) @SOUTH CAROLINA Aggies open season road win over No. 9 Gamecocks SETTING THE SCENE ... Thursday, Aug. 28 | 5 p.m. ... second top 10 road win of Sumlin’s A&M career ... KICKOFF: 11 a.m. CT Columbia, S.C. QB Hill passes for A&M-record 511 yards in 1st start SITE: Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field W, 52-28 | SEC Network ... WR Kennedy reels in 14 catches. (capacity: 61,337) LAMAR State of Texas record crowd of 104,728 attends Kyle RANKINGS: Saturday, Sept. 6 | 6:30 p.m. Field redevelopment reveal ... nine Aggies score TDs Texas A&M (No. 6 - AP / No. 7 HC) Kyle Field, College Station, Texas (3 RBs, 6 WRs) ... freshman WR Noil has 40+ catch, Mississippi State (No. 12 - AP / No. 14 HC) 50+ KOR, 60+ PR ... 73 points most since 2003. W, 73-3 | SEC Network TELEVISION: RICE ESPN (National) Freshman DE Garrett logs 2.5 QBS vs. Rice, matches Dave Pasch, play-by-play Saturday, Sept. 13 | 8 p.m. freshman SEASON record of 5.5 in third game ... Brian Griese, analyst Kyle Field, College Station, Texas 47-yard FG by PK Lambo was a career long ... Aggies W, 38-10 | ESPN2 score 163 points in first 3 games, most since 1917. Tom Luginbill, sideline RADIO: @SMU Season-debuts by LB Shaan Washington and CB Texas A&M Radio Network (Regional) Saturday, Sept. 20 | 2:30 p.m. De’Vante Harris -- out since fall camp due to injury The Texas A&M Radio Network provides ... Season-high 8 QB sacks, 268 rushing yards ... Aver- Dallas, Texas coverage via nearly 60 stations across the aged 9.8 yards/play ... Allowed only 13 first downs. W, 58-6| ABC/ESPN2 state of Texas. For a complete list of affili- ates, please go to 12thMan.com. VS. ARKANSAS (RV-AP/RV-HC) Aggies rally from 14-point 4th Q deficit to beat Hogs in Saturday, Sept. 27 | 2:30 p.m. OT, 35-28 ... Game-winner was a 25-yard TD catch by Dave South, play-by-play Arlington, Texas Malcome Kennedy on 1st play of OT ... Vets Obioha, Dave Elmendorf, analyst W, 35-28 (1 OT) | CBS Everett combine to stuff Hogs on 4th&1 in OT. Will Johnson/sideline) Texas A&M Spanish Network (Regional) @MISSISSIPPI ST. (#12-AP/#14-HC) Mississippi State, coming off their first victory over Texas A&M’s Spanish broadcast can be Saturday, Oct. 4 | 11 a.m. LSU in 14 years, had an open date on Sept. 27 ... heard on radio stations in San Antonio, Starkville, Miss. Bulldogs are one of six AP Top 25-ranked teams that Houston, El Paso and McAllen, Texas. | ESPN remain on the Aggies’ schedule. Pedro Vela Almaguer, play-by-play OLE MISS CBS has elected to use a six-day option for selections for Oct. Noel Orellana, analyst) 11. Games being held for selection are: Auburn at Mississippi Saturday, Oct. 11 | TBD State, Ole Miss at Texas A&M, LSU at Florida, Alabama at SIRIUS XM: Kyle Field, College Station, Texas Arkansas and Georgia at Missouri. Mississippi State game call located on Sirius | TBD 91 / XM 91 ... Texas A&M Spanish Network on @ALABAMA channel 551. Saturday, Oct. 18 | TBD SERIES INFO / CONNECTIONS: Tuscaloosa, Ala. • Texas A&M leads the all-time series with Mis- | TBD sissippi State, 4-3. • The Aggies have won both meetings with ULM the Bulldogs since joining the SEC -- 38-13 in Saturday, Nov. 1 | TBD 2012 in Starkville and 51-41 in College Sta- Kyle Field, College Station, Texas tion in 2013. | TBD • Two of Texas A&M’s former head coaches @AUBURN went on be the head coach of the Bulldogs. Saturday, Nov. 8 | TBD Emory Bellard (1972-78 at Texas A&M) Auburn, Ala. coached the Bulldogs from 1979-85, while | TBD Jackie Sherrill (1982-88 at A&M) won a program-best 75 games from 1991-2003. MISSOURI Saturday, Nov. 15 | TBD Kyle Field, College Station, Texas | TBD LSU Thursday, Nov. 27 | 6:30 p.m. Kyle Field, College Station, Texas | ESPN 2 FOLLOW THE AGGIES: AGGIEFOOTBALL @AGGIEFOOTBALL @COACHSUMLIN @AGGIEFBLIFE @TAMUGAMEDAY HOLDING UP VS. THE RUN ELITE OFFENSE • Team ranks No. 12 in kickoff return average (26.4) and No. 17 in punt return average (16.6). A year after having a serious problem stop- Texas A&M and Baylor are the only teams ping the run, the Aggie defense has done a in the FBS that ranks in the top 10 nationally in • Team ranks No. 22 in KO return defense (17.7) solid job of slowing opponents’ ground attacks passing, total and scoring offense. and No. 20 in punt return defense (1.2). while facing two of the nation’s top 40 rushing TOP 10 PASSING / TOTAL / SCORING • Team has allowed just two punts to be returned offenses. SCHOOL PASS TOTAL SCORE for just six yards. FEWEST TD RUSHES ALLOWED Baylor 401.3 (#4) 641.0 (#1) 56.8 (#1) • Only 14 teams in FBS have fewer punts than (Among FBS teams that have faced 200+ rushes) Texas A&M 401.2 (#5) 594.6 (#3) 51.2 (#2) Texas A&M, but returning All-America punter TEAM GMS OPP RUSHES TDS Drew Kaser averages 41.1 on 14 boots. TEXAS A&M 5 204 3 40-YARD+ RUN/PASS PLAYS Texas 4 201 5 YARDS PLAYER (S) OPPONENT TEAM TRENDS & NOTABLES Four teams tied with 6 86 $ Edward Pope catch from Kenny Hill Arkansas • The Aggies have allowed just three points in 70 $ Josh Reynolds catch from Kenny Hill SMU the fourth quarter, outscoring South Carolina, LOWEST YARDS/RUSH ALLOWED 59 $ Josh Reynolds catch from Kenny Hill Arkansas Lamar, Rice, SMU and Arkansas, 62-3, in the (Among FBS teams that have faced 200+ rushes) 58 Kenny Hill rush SMU final stanza. TEAM GMS OPP RUSHES YDS/R 51 $ Sabian Holmes catch from Kenny Hill Lamar • The offensive line has allowed just four QB FIU 5 215 3.3 50 Edward Pope catch from Kenny Hill Arkansas sacks, while the Aggie offense has attempted Miami (Fla.) 5 202 3.4 50 $ Jeremy Tabuyo catch from Kyle Allen SMU 213 pass attempts in five games.