2012 AGGIE FOOTBALL Official Game Notes THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 686 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 • 686 VICTORIES • 18 CONFERENCE TITLES • 33 BOWL GAMES • 57 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME #7 Saturday, Sept. 8 • 2:35 pm FLORIDA (ESPN) L, 20-17 LSU Kyle Field, College Station (6-1, 2-1 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 (5-1, 2-1 vs. SEC) S.C. STATE (FSN) W, 70-14 Kyle Field, College Station KICKOFF/DATE: .. 11 a.m. (CT), Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 Saturday, Sept. 29 • 11:21 am SITE ..................... Kyle fielD, cOllege stAtiOn, texAs (cAp. 82,378) ARKANSAS (SEC N) w, 58-10 TELEVISION ........ espn Kyle Field, College Station Dave Pasch, play-by-play Saturday, Oct. 6 • 6:02 pm Brian Griese, commentary @OLE MISS (ESPNU) W, 30-27 Jenn Brown, 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, sidelines Saturday, Oct. 20 • 11 am (Sirius channel 91 / XM 91) (ESPN) LSU RANKINGS LSU (No. 6 - Ap Top 25 / No. 6 - UsA Today pOll) Kyle Field, College Station TEXAS A&M (No. 20 - Ap Top 25 / No. 19 - UsA Today pOll) Saturday, Oct. 27 • 6 pm SERIES HISTORY .. LSU leads 27-20-3 @AUBURN (ESPNU) Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, Ala. LIVE AUDIO ........ aggieathletics.com, radioaggieland.com LIVE STATS .......... aggieathletics.com Saturday, Nov. 3 • TBA @MISSISSIPPI ST. Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, Miss. AggIES HOST LONGTIME BORDER RIVAL LSU Saturday, Nov. 10 • TBA @ALABAMA texas A&M will host longtime border rival lsU at Kyle field for the first time since 1995 Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Ala. when the Aggies take on the tigers in a nationally-televised 11 a.m. battle oft op 25 teams on Saturday at Kyle Field. Saturday, Nov. 17 • TBA SAM HOUSTON ST. • LSU leads 27-20-3 in the overall series between the two schools, and won the most recent meeting between Kyle Field, College Station the two teams at the 2011 Cotton Bowl (41-24). • The two teams played an annual home-and-home series that ran from 1986-1995. A&M won the final five Saturday, Nov. 24 • TBA games in that series, and had the advantage in those 10 games with six victories to LSU’s four. MISSOURI Kyle Field, College Station • LSU will be the first top 10 team to come to College Station since No. 7 Oklahoma State in 2011 (L, 30-29). A&M’s all-time record against Associated Press top 10 teams is 22-63. A&M’s most recent win over a top 10 FB MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS team came against No. 9 Nebraska (9-6) at Kyle Field in 2010. • The last time LSU came to Kyle as a top 10 team was 1989 when the unranked Aggies handed the No. 7 Tigers ALAN CANNON, Associate A.D./Media Relations office ... (979) 862-5447 cell ...... (979) 777-4200 as 28-16 loss in R.C. Slocum’s debut game as a head coach. email ....................... [email protected] • Since 1970, Texas A&M has forged a 9-8 advantage over the Tigers. BRAD MARQUARDT, Associate Director • LSU head coach Les Miles has a pair of former A&M coaches on his staff: Steve Kragthorpe and Steve Ens- office ... (979) 862-5448 cell ...... (979) 229-8651 minger, who were both offensive coordinators and quarterbacks coaches during their time in Aggieland. email .................. [email protected] MEREDITH COLLIER, Assistant Director office ... (979) 862-5443 cell ...... (979) 777-6112 “AggIES CAN” CANNED FOOD DRIVE email ........................ [email protected] The annual “Aggies Can” canned food drive is slated for this week, and monetary or canned food dona- ADAM QUISENBERRY, Assistant Director tions will be collected at a variety of Texas A&M athletic events, including Saturday’s 11 a.m. battle with office ... (979) 862-5453 cell ...... (713) 582-5135 email ................ [email protected] the Tigers. Sponsored by the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), donations will be collected by student-athletes wearing the distinctive lime-green Aggies Can t-shirts at the soccer and volleyball matches JacKIE THORNTON, Office Assistant office ... (979) 845-5725 (free admission with the donation of a can of food), and the football game on Oct. 20. Last year, Aggies Can email [email protected] collected over $24,000 and over two tons of canned food for the Brazos Valley Food Bank. 2012 QUICK FACTS ABOUT THE BCS STANDIngs, TOP 25 GENERAL INFORMATION Texas A&M was ranked No. 18 in the first Bowl Championship Series standings of 2012. The LOCATION: College Station, Texas 77842 Aggies were one of seven SEC schools in the BCS top 20. FOUNDED: 1872 (opened 1876) The Aggies were in the top 25 polls for the second straight week. After beating then-No. 23 ENROLLMENT: 50,054 (fall 2011) Louisiana Tech last week, the Aggies climbed to No. 19 in the USA Today head coaches poll and pRESIDent: Dr. R. Bowen Loftin (Texas A&M ’71) CHANCELLOR: John Sharp (Texas A&M ’72) No. 20 in the Associated Press media poll. fAcULTY RepRESENTAtiVe: Dr. Tom Adair (Texas A&M ’57) DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Eric Hyman (North Carolina) TWO OF A KIND AtHletic DEPT pHOne: (979) 845-5129 CONFERENCE: Southeastern Conference The Aggies are one of just two teams in the NCAA FBS that rank in the top 20 statisticallys in AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I rushing, passing, total and scoring offense (other team is Oklahoma State). The Aggies rank No. NICKNAME: Aggies 5 in scoring offense (47.0 points per game), No. 6 in total offense (543.7 yards per game), No. MASCOT: Reveille (American Collie) 13 in rushing (235.8) and No. 20 in passing (307.8). COLORS: Maroon (Pantone 505) and White The Aggies are on pace to set school records in total offense, passing offense and scoring STADIUM INFORMATION offense, and A&M’s current rushing average would be the highest since 1991. STADIUM: Kyle Field cApAcity: 82,589 PROLIFIC SCORING lARGEST cROwD: 90,079 (vs. Nebraska, Nov. 20, 2010) plAying sURfAce: Natural grass Texas A&M has scored 282 points in the first six games of 2012, which is the most prolific FIRST YEAR OF FOOTbaLL: 1905 start in school history. The previous high six-game scoring total was 253 by Coach D.X. Bible’s STADIUM BUILT: 1927 and 1929 1917 Aggies, which included a 98-0 victory over Dallas University. COACHING STAFF The Aggies lead the SEC and rank No. 5 nationally with an average of 47.0 points per game. HEAD COacH: WINNING AWAY FROM HOME KEVIN SUMLIN (Purdue, ‘88) Years at Texas A&M: 1st First-year Aggie head coach KEVIN SUMLIN’s teams have won nine straight games away Years as head coach: 5th (40-18 record in 5 years) from their home field -- six at the University of Houston and three at Texas A&M. Sumlin’s last ASSISTANT COacHES: road loss was at Texas Tech in the Cougars’ regular season finale in 2010. KLIFF KINGSBURY, Offensive Coordinator/ Quarterbacks (Texas Tech, ’01) MARK SNYDER, Defensive Coordinator (Marshall, ’88) MILESTONES MET MARCEL YaTES, Co-Defensive Coordinator/ Secondary (Boise State, ’00) • Aggie head coach Kevin Sumlin tallied his 40th career victory as a head coach with last B.J. ANDERSON, Offensive Line (Stephen F. Austin, ’97) week’s 59-57 victory over Louisiana Tech. DavID BEATY, Wide Receivers (Lindenwood, ’94) CLARENCE MCKINNEY, Running Backs/ • Before getting knocked out of the game with an illegal hit against Louisiana Tech, senior WR Recruiting Coordinator (Mary, ’94) Ryan Swope reeled in the 200th reception of his career. He became just the second A&M BRiAn pOliAn, Tight Ends/ receiver to hit the 200-catch plateau. Special Teams Coordinator (John Carroll, ’97) teRRy pRice, Defensive Line (Texas A&M, ’90) MAtt WalleRsteDt, Linebackers (Kansas State, ’88) STREAKING AggIES LARRY JacKSON, FB Sports Performance (Texas A&M, ’95) There are 14 teams in NCAA FBS with a longer winning streak than the Aggies’ modest TEAM INFORMATION five-game string. Among those are three SEC teams (Alabama/W10, Mississippi State/W8 and BASIC OFFENSE: Multiple Florida/W7). It is just the fourth five-game winning streak by the Aggies since 1998’s Big 12 BASIC DEFENSE: Multiple 4-3 Championship season. 2011 OvERALL RECORD: 7-6 Kevin Sumlin is the first A&M head coach to post a five-game winning streak in his first sea- 2011 ConfeRence RecORD (finisH): 4-5 (t6th in Big 12) 2011 BOwl: Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas (Win 33-22) son at Texas A&M since D.X. Bible in 1917. 2011 RANKING: Not ranked LETTERMEN RETURNING: .......................................... 47 FRESHMAN LEADER MANZIEL (18 offense, 27 defense, 2 specialists) LETTERMEN LOST: .......................................................33 Aggie redshirt freshman QB JOHNNY MANZIEL is the NCAA’s top freshman in six statis- (15 offense, 14 defense, 4 specialists) tical categories: total offense (392.7 yards/G), points responsible for (24.0), passing efficien- STARTERS RETURNING: ...............................................14 cy (162.80 rating), scoring (10.0 points/G) rushing (112.7 yards/G) and passing yards (280.0 OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING: ........................... 8 yards/G). DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING: ........................... 6 SPECIAl teAMs STARteRs RetURning: .................... 2 MOORE IN RARE AIR STARTERS LOST: .............................................................8 OFFENSIVE STARTERS LOST: ....................................... 3 With 17 tackles against Louisiana Tech, junior DE Damontre Moore moved into the team DEFENSIVE STARTERS LOST: ....................................... 5 lead in tackles with 52 stops. The last defensive lineman to lead the Aggies in tackles was Sam SPECIAl teAMs STARteRs lOST: .................................3 Adams, who led the way with 78 tackles in his All-America season in 1993.