2009 TEXAS A&M FOOTBALL OFFICIAL GAME NOTES TWO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 659 VICTORIES • 18 CONFERENCE TITLES • 30 BOWL GAMES • 41 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS SCHEDULE & RESULTS GAME 1 • 6:05 PM Saturday, September 5 • 6:05 PM & NEW MEXICO TEXAS A M AGGIES kyle field, college station (0-0, 0-0 Big 12) Saturday, September 19 • 6:05 PM vs UTAH STATE kyle field, college station NEW MEXICO LOBOS (0-0, 0-0 Mtn West) Saturday, September 26 • 6:05 PM UAB TELEVISION ............none kyle field, college station RADIO .....................Texas A&M Sports Network (see page 7 for station list) Dave South, play-by-play Saturday, October 3 • TBA Dave Elmendorf, commentary vs ARKANSAS Tom Turbiville, sidelines cowboys stadium, arlington SATELLITE RADIO ....Sirius Channel 130 Saturday, October 10 • 2:30 PM LIVE AUDIO ............aggieathletics.com • radioaggieland.com OKLAHOMA STATE GAMETRACKER ......aggieathletics.com kyle field, college station RANKINGS ..............neither team is ranked Saturday, October 17 • TBA SERIES HISTORY ......A&M leads, 2-0 at KANSAS STATE LAST MEETING .......A&M 28, New Mexico 22 (Sept. 6, 2008 in Albuquerque) snyder family stadium, manhattan Saturday, October 24 • TBA STEPPING OFF at TEXAS TECH Texas A&M opens the school’s 115th season of football on Saturday night when the Aggies host the New jones at&t stadium, lubbock Mexico Lobos at Kyle Field (83,002) ... Kickoff is set for 6:05 p.m. and the game will not be televised ... The 12th Man for the game will be senior linebacker Derek Dumas (Crawford, Texas) ... Tickets for as low as $25 Saturday, October 31 • 2:30 PM IOWA STATE are available by calling 888-99-AGGIE or by logging on to aggieathletics.com. kyle field, college station FOLLOWING THE ACTION Saturday, November 7 • TBA • RADIO — The 50-station Texas A&M Sports Network will broadcast the game live from Kyle Field ... Dave South (play-by-play), Dave Elmendorf (commentary) and Tom Turbiville (sidelines) will call the action at COLORADO folsom field, boulder ... pregame show begins at 5:05 p.m. ... Sirius Satellite Radio will air the Aggie broadcast on Channel 130. • INTERNET — aggieathletics.com will provide live play-by-play through GameTracker ... fans can listen Saturday, November 14 • TBA to the broadcast free of charge on aggieathletics.com ... free live video of the postgame press conference at OKLAHOMA will also be available on aggieathletics.com. gaylord family stadium, norman • MOBILE PHONE — listen to the game on your iPhone, Blackberry or PDA free of charge ... log on to radioaggieland.com for more information. Saturday, November 21 • 2:30 PM BAYLOR A&M/NEW MEXICO SERIES NOTABLES kyle field, college station Texas A&M leads the all-time series, 2-0 ... A&M downed New Mexico, 28-22, last season at Albuquer- Thursday, November 26 • 7:00 PM que’s University Stadium (Sept. 6, 2008) ... Saturday will mark the second meeting between the schools in TEXAS College Station ... UNM made its only trip to Aggieland back on Oct. 16, 1926, one year before construction kyle field, college station began on the permanent structure of Kyle Field ... the Aggies blanked New Mexico that day, 63-0 ... A&M is 64-32-7 all-time against current members of the Mountain West Conference, with almost all of the games (92) against longtime SWC rival TCU ... Mike Sherman is 1-0 all-time against the Lobos ... Mike Locksley has MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACT INFO never faced the Aggies. Alan Cannon, Associate A.D./Media Relations A&M IN SEASON, HOME OPENERS office ...... (979) 862-5447 cell ......... (979) 777-4200 email .............................. [email protected] The Aggies are 23-2 (92.0 winning percentage) in the last 25 home openers ... The Aggies are 14-6 in their last 20 overall season openers, 9-6 in their last 15, 6-4 in their last 10 and 2-3 in their last five ... additional Brad Marquardt, Associate Director office ...... (979) 862-5448 cell ......... (979) 229-8651 notes on page 3. email ........................ [email protected] UP NEXT Matt Simon, Assistant Director office ...... (979) 862-5451 cell ......... (979) 255-0469 Texas A&M has next weekend off and will return to the field Sept. 19 when the Aggies host Utah State ... email .................................. [email protected] New Mexico hosts Tulsa next weekend in the Lobos’ home opener. 2009 AGGIE FOOTBALL • GAME ONE • NEW MEXICO AT TEXAS A&M • SEPTEMBER 5, 2009 2009 QUICK FACTS TAKING IT FOR THE TEAM “Team” and “teamwork” are two of the main tenets of Mike Sherman’s mantra at Texas A&M, and senior GENERAL INFORMATION Matt Featherston and junior LUCAS Patterson are perfect examples of this philosophy. Both up- Location: ....................... College Station, Texas 77842 perclassmen changed positions during the offseason because it was the best move for the team, and they FOUNDED: ............................................................. 1876 did so without complaint. ENROLLMENT: .................................. 48,000 (fall 2008) Featherston was the team leader in tackler at linebacker last season, but moved to the new hybrid DE/LB INTERIM PRESIDENT: ...Dr. R. Bowen Loftin (Texas A&M ‘71) CHANCELLOR: ............ Dr. Michael D. McKinney (Houston ‘73) “Jack” position where he will backup junior VON MILLER. Patterson moved from starting defensive tackle FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: .....Dr. Tom Adair (Texas A&M ‘57) to offensive line without the benefit of spring practice (due to a broken leg suffered last season), but moved DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: ..............Bill Byrne (Idaho State ‘67) back to defense midway through fall camp because of depth issues on the D-line. Patterson summed it up ATHLETIC DEPT PHONE: .......................... 979-845-5129 simply, “I’m needed more over there, and ultimately this is to help the team.”[Source: San Antonio Express- GAME OPERATIONS DIRECTOR: .. Mike Caruso/Associate A.D. News, Aug. 28, 2009] CONFERENCE: .......................................................Big 12 NICKNAME: .......................................................... Aggies IS It “MILLER TIME?” MASCOT: ................................Reveille (American Collie) COLORS: ........................................... Maroon and White Once known for its pass-rushing prowess, Texas A&M hasn’t had a defender with double-digit quarter- FIRST YEAR OF FOOTBALL: ......................................1894 back sacks in nearly a decade. But if performances in spring drills and fall camp are any indication, junior ALL-TIME RECORD: ............. 659-433-48 (115th season in ‘09) VON MILLER could be the person to reverse this trend. After struggling at linebacker last season, Miller was ALL-TIME BOWL RECORD: .................................... 13-17 moved to a new hybrid defensive end/linebacker position dubbed the “Jack” by head coach Mike Sherman. STADIUM INFORMATION The position/scheme change helped change Miller from tentative linebacker to basically unblockable Jack in the Aggies’ scrimmages and practices. “I’m glad Von is going to be on our side of the fence when it comes STADIUM: ........................................................ Kyle Field time to play other teams,” QB starterJ errod JOHNSON said. [Source: San Antonio Express-News, Aug. 19, OPENED:..................................................................1927 CAPACITY: .............................................................83,002 2009] Last season, Miller started just four of 12 games and contributed a team-high 3.5 sacks, but is clearly PLAYING SURFACE: .................................... Natural Grass happy with his new role. “I’ve always thought I’ve been a pass-rush type guy, a blitz-type guy,” Miller said. ALL-TIME RECORD: ...................................... 369-146-19 “And the jack position is just like a designated blitzer every play. It’s really my strength.”[Source: B/CS Eagle, April 18, 2009] COACHING STAFF Aggie fans, who were invited to watch the majority of spring and fall workouts, are taking a wait-and-see HEAD COACH: ...... Mike Sherman (Central Connecticut State ‘77) attitude on Miller’s ability to get to the quarterback. An online poll in The Eagle revealed that 52 percent of CAREER COLLEGIATE RECORD: ........... 4-8 (second year) RECORD AT A&M: .............................. 4-8 (second year) the respondees believe Miller will have between zero and eight sacks, while 48 percent believe he will have CAREER NFL RECORD: ............. 59-43 (.578, six seasons) nine or more. [Source: Aggiesports.com] ASSISTANT COACHES / Joe Kines (Jacksonville St ‘67) ........Asst. Head Coach/Def. Coord./LBs dynAMIC DUO TERRIFIC TRIO Nolan Cromwell (Kansas ‘78) ...................... Off. Coordinator/WRs For the first time in school history, the Aggies have a pair of returning players with 50-catch seasons on Tom Rossley (Cincinnati ‘68) ........................ Senior Assistant/QBs their resumes in sophomores Ryan TANNEHILL (55 catches) and JEFF FULLER (50 catches). Also for the Kirk Doll (East Carolina ‘74) ..............Tight Ends/Special Teams Coord. first time in school history, the Aggies have a trio of returning receivers with with 40-catch plus seasons to Randy Jordan (North Carolina ‘93) ......................... Running Backs their credit in Tannehill, Fuller and senior tight end JAMIE McCoy (43 catches). The trio also combined for Van Malone (Texas ‘94) .................................................... Safeties 19 touchdown receptions, including 17 of quarterback Jerrod JOHNSON’s school record 21 TD strikes. Charles McMillian (Utah State ‘95)