2012 AGGIE FOOTBALL Official Game Notes THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 690 VICTORIES • 18 CONFERENCE TITLES • 33 BOWL GAMES • 57 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS
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2012 AGGIE FOOTBALL Official Game Notes THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 690 VICTORIES • 18 CONFERENCE TITLES • 33 BOWL GAMES • 57 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME #12 Saturday, Sept. 8 • 2:35 pm FLORIDA (ESPN) L, 20-17 MISSOURI Kyle Field, College Station (5-6, 2-5 vs. SEC) Saturday, Sept. 15 • 2:30 pm AT @SMU (FSN) W, 48-3 Ford Stadium, Dallas, Texas TEXAS A&M Saturday, Sept. 22 • 6 pm (9-2, 5-2 vs. SEC) S.C. STATE (FSN) W, 70-14 Kyle Field, College Station KICKOFF/DATE: .. 6 p.m. (CT), Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012 Saturday, Sept. 29 • 11:21 am SITE ..................... Kyle FielD, COllege StAtiOn, texAS (CAp. 82,423) ARKANSAS (SEC N) w, 58-10 TELEVISION ........ eSpn2 Kyle Field, College Station Steve Levy, play-by-play Saturday, Oct. 6 • 6:02 pm Ed Cunningham, commentary @OLE MISS (ESPNU) W, 30-27 Kaylee Hartung, sideline reporter Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, Miss. RADIO ................. texAS A&M SpORtS netwORK Saturday, Oct. 13 • 8:17 pm Dave South, play-by-play (ESPNU) W, 59-57 LA. TECH Dave Elmendorf, commentary Independence Stadium, Shreveport, La. Will Johnson, sideline Saturday, Oct. 20 • 11 am (Texas A&M call on Sirius channel 93 / XM 191) (ESPN) L, 24-19 LSU RANKINGS .......... MISSOURI ................................................................................ Not Ranked Kyle Field, College Station TEXAS A&M .................. (No. 9 - BCS / No. 9 - Ap / No. 10 - USA TODAY) Saturday, Oct. 27 • 6:02 pm SERIES HISTORY . Texas A&M leads 7-5-0 @AUBURN (ESPNU) W, 63-21 Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, Ala. LIVE AUDIO ........ aggieathletics.com, radioaggieland.com LIVE STATS .......... aggieathletics.com Saturday, Nov. 3 • 11 am @MISS. ST. (ESPN) w, 38-13 Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, Miss. AGGIES SEEKING FIRST 10-WIN SEASON SINCE 1998 Saturday, Nov. 10 • 2:30 pm @ALABAMA (CBS) W, 29-24 texas A&M will be seeking its first 10-win season since 1998 and 12th in program history Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Ala. when the Aggies host the Missouri tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday in a nationally-televised contest at Kyle Field. the Aggies (9-2 overall, 5-2 vs. the SeC) have reached nine victories for Saturday, Nov. 17 • 2:30 pm SHSU (PPV) W, 47-28 the second time in three years, and will be seeking its most wins since the Big 12 Champion- Kyle Field, College Station ship season in 1998 when the Aggies finished with an 11-3 record. Saturday, Nov. 24 • 6 pm • The Tigers (5-6, 2-5) will be battling their sixth win and bowl eligibility for the eighth straight season. MISSOURI (ESPN2) • The Aggies hold a 7-5 advantage over the Tigers in the overall series, but Mizzou has won the last Kyle Field, College Station three meetings in 2007, 2010 and 2011. • Due to a scheduling quirk, the Tigers will be playing at Kyle Field for the third straight year in 2012. FB MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS Mizzou has handed the Aggies losses on their home field the past two seasons. The most recent team ALAN CANNON, Associate A.D./Media Relations to have won in three straight trips to Kyle Field was Oklahoma with victories in 2004, 2006 and 2008. office ... (979) 862-5447 cell ...... (979) 777-4200 email ....................... [email protected] SENIOR CLASS OF 2012 PLAYING FINAL HOME GAME BRAD MARQUARDT, Associate Director office ... (979) 862-5448 cell ...... (979) 229-8651 Saturday’s game will be the final home game for 22 texas A&M seniors (Complete list on email .................. [email protected] page 4). Highlights of their careers include: MEREDITH COLLIER, Assistant Director office ... (979) 862-5443 cell ...... (979) 777-6112 • Compiled a 31-19 overall record going into Saturday’s game with Missouri. email ........................ [email protected] • Became the sixth senior class to play in four bowl games, joining the seniors of 1978, 1992, 1993, 2000, ADAM QUISENBERRY, Assistant Director 2001. Aggies have played in Independence, Cotton and Meineke bowls, and are bowl-eligible in 2012. office ... (979) 862-5453 cell ...... (713) 582-5135 email ................ [email protected] • Helped 2012 team achieve program’s highest BCS ranking since 1998. • Helped 2012 team to its first perfect regular season road slate since 1992. JacKIE THORNTON, Office Assistant office ... (979) 845-5725 • Helped the 2010 team win its first Big 12 South division crown (three-way tie) and achieve A&M’s first email [email protected] final Associated Press Top 25 ranking (No. 19) in over a decade. KEVIN SUMLIN • First season at Texas A&M. His nine wins in 2012 give him the most wins by any Aggie head coach in their first season. • Fifth season as a ollegec head coach. • Earned his degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Purdue University in 1988. • Standout linebacker for the Boilermakers from 1983-86. • Was hired at Texas A&M on Dec. 10, 2011 after four highly success- ful seasons as head coach at the University of Houston. • Compiled a 35-17 record at UH, and led the Cougars to three bowl games in his four seasons. • Was a finalist for National Coach of the Year in 2009 and 2011. • Served as an assistant coach at Texas A&M from 2001-02. Was hired hired as assistant head coach and wide receivers coach, and he KYLE FIELD added offensive coordinator to his responsibilities early in the 2002 season after the offense struggled early in the season. With Sumlin • Home of the Aggies since 1905. calling the plays, the Aggie offense flourished, averaging 33.0 points and 419 yards per game for the remainder of the season after post- • Capacity of Kyle Field is 82,589. ing just 16.0 points and 286 yards per game previously. A highlight • Stadium record crowd is 90,079, set vs. Nebraska in 2010 (9-6 win of the season included a 30-26 win over top-ranked Oklahoma with by the Aggies) ... school record 13 straight sellouts the Aggies gaining 404 total yards to key the victory. • Kyle Field is named for former A&M Dean of Agriculture Edwin • Other assistant coaching stops for Sumlin include: Oklahoma Jackson Kyle, who donated a 400 x 400-foot area of the southern (2003-07), Purdue (1998-2000), Minnesota (1993-97) and Wyoming edge of campus that had been assigned to him for horticultural (1991-92). He got his coaching start as a graduate assistant at Wash- experiments. It became the home of the Aggies. ington State from 1989-90. • Populous, one of the world’s premier sports facility design firms, • As an assistant coach, Sumlin served under Bob Stoops at Oklaho- has been hired to lead the design study phase for the upcoming ma, R.C. Slocum at Texas A&M, Joe Tiller at Purdue and Wyoming, renovation and redevelopment of Kyle Field. Jim Wacker at Minnesota and Mike Price at Washington State. • With 30,000 Texas A&M students at football games, Kyle Field • Sumlin has coached in 11 bowl games, including all four Bowl hosts the largest student crowd in the nation. Championship Series games (2002 Rose Bowl, 2004 Sugar Bowl, 2005 Orange Bowl, 2007 and 2008 Fiesta Bowls). Also played in Peach Bowl (now Chick-Fil-A Bowl). KYLE FIELD RECORD CROWDS 1. 90,079 vs. No. 8 Nebraska (2010) Won, 9-6 • Sumlin is a native of Indianapolis, Ind., and attended high school at Brebeuf Jesuit Prep. Was born Aug. 3, 1964 in Brewton, Ala. 2. 88,645 vs. No. 25 Texas (2011) Lost, 27-25 3. 88,253 vs. No. 12 Texas (2007) Won, 38-30 4. 87,555 vs. No. 5 Texas (2001) Lost, 21-7 5. 87,429 vs. No. 6 LSU (2012) Lost, 24-19 6. 87,361 vs. Baylor (2011) Won, 55-26 7. 87,358 vs. No. 6 Oklahoma State (2011) Lost, 30-29 8. 87,206 vs. Notre Dame (2001) Won, 24-3 9. 87,188 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma (2000) Lost, 35-31 10. 87,114 vs. no. 23 Florida (2012) Lost, 20-17 KYLE FIELD RECORD SEASON AVERAGES 1. 87,183 2011 610, 283/7 games 2. 86,972 2012 434,861/5 games 3. 82,711 2001 496, 268/6 games 4. 82,477 2010 577, 338/7 games 5. 82,207 2007 575, 450/7 games 6. 82,193 2008 575, 351/7 games 7. 80,198 2002 561, 389/7 games 8. 79,732 2005 478, 389/6 games 9. 77,578 2000 465, 471/6 games 10. 76,800 2009 537, 602/7 games 2 2012 AGGIE FOOTBALL • OFFICIAL GAME NOTES JOHNNY MANZIEL 6-1 • 200 • Redshirt Freshman QUARTERBACK Kerrville, Texas (Tivy HS) In Manziel’s first season of action ... • Two-time Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week • Three-time SEC Offensive Player of the Week • Eight-time SEC Freshman of the Week • Davey O’Brien National QB Award semifinalist • Has broken the SEC record for total offense twice (557 vs. Arkansas on Sept. 29 and 576 vs. Louisiana Tech on Oct. 13). • Is on pace to break SEC total offense record of 4,327 yards set by Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton of Auburn in 2010. Already broken the school record for total offense. • Has faced three of the top five teams in total defense: Alabama (No. 2, 240.1), Florida (No. 4, 281.0) and LSU (No. 5, 281.1). Manziel averaged 293.7 total offense in those three contests. • First player in NCAA FBS history to pass for 300 yards and rush for 100 yards in the same game three times in his career. Manziel did it in the first nine games of this season.