NATIONAL CHAMPIONS • 1963, ’69, ’70, 2005 BIG 12 CHAMPIONS • ‘96, ‘05, ‘09 SOUTHWESTTEXAS CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS • 1920, ’28, ’30, ’42, ’43, ’45, ’50, ’52, ’53*, LONGHORNS ’59*, ’61*, ’62, ’63, ’68*, ’69, ’70, ’71 , ’72, ’73, ’75*, ’77, ’83, ’90, ’94*, ’95 (*co-champs) Athletics Media Relations Department • P.O. Box 7399 • Austin, TX 78713-7399 • Office: 512/471-6036 • Fax: 512/471-6040 STATE FARM LONE STAR THANKSGIVING DAY: The Longhorns GAME 11 SHOWDOWN: Texas (6-4, 3-4 Big 12) and Aggies will face each other for the returns to the road as they travel to College fourth straight time on Thanksgiving Day Station to face Texas A&M (6-5, 4-4 after a 14-year break from playing on the Big 12) in the State Farm Lone Star holiday. Previously, the teams had not Showdown on Thursday at Kyle Field (7 met on Thanksgiving Day since 1993. p.m./Central/ESPN). Texas leads the all- The 12 games prior to the current streak time series, 75-37-5, including a 24-22-1 were played on the Friday following TEXAS (6-4, 3-4 Big 12) record in College Station. UT also leads Thanksgiving. This will be the 64th time at the series, 9-4, in the Mack Brown era. the game will be played on Turkey Day Texas A&M (6-5, 4-4 Big 12) The Longhorns are coming off a 17-13 in the 118-year series. Texas is 42-19-2 in loss to No. 16/17 Kansas State, while the Thanksgiving contests agaist the A&M and Kyle Field (83,002) Aggies defeated Kansas 61-7. 33-18-3 in non-Thanksgiving Day games. Thurs., Nov. 24 (Time: 7 p.m./CT/TV: ESPN) SHORT WEEK: With Texas playing HEX RALLY: This year’s Hex Rally will RANKINGS: Texas A&M just five days after playing be held at 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 21, at Texas: BCS - 25, AP - NR, Coaches - RV Kansas State, it marks the third straight the University’s Main Mall (in front of the Texas A&M: BCS - NR, AP - NR, Coaches - RV season the Longhorns will play in a Tower). For years, the Texas/Texas A&M short week against the Aggies. Prior to game featured bonfires at both schools, but THE SERIES: Texas and Texas A&M will this stretch, the Horns had not played environmentalists petitioned to end to the meet for the 118th time Thursday. The a short week since defeating Baylor on bonfire for UT students. Bonfires ended Longhorns hold a 75-37-5 lead in the all- Thanksgiving in 1995, and had not played in Austin in the late 1970s, and seeking time series but the two schools have split the the Aggies on a short week since 1993. a new tradition, the “Hex” rallies became last six meetings. Texas defeated Texas A&M, 49-39, in an annual tradition to hex the Aggies 2009, before Texas A&M won, 24-17, in 1986. In place of the traditional bon- fire, Texas turned instead to an old story TELEVISION: The game will be broadcast in 2010, both on Thanksgiving. Overall, the Horns have faced the Aggies 25 times to start a new tradition. In 1941, Texas nationally on ESPN. Rece Davis (play-by- after short weeks and have a 14-11 record had not beaten A&M at Kyle Field since play), Craig James (analyst), Jesse Palmer in those games. 1923. A group of students turned to an (analyst) and Jenn Brown (sideline) will call Austin fortune-teller named Mrs. August the action. THE TEXAS A&M SERIES: Texas Hipple, who gave them the prescription and Texas A&M will meet for the 118th for victory. “Burn red candles,” Hipple RADIO: The game will be broadcasted on the time, which is tied for the third-most- said. She thought the burning of candles Longhorn IMG Radio Network and KVET played rivalry in NCAA Football Bowl would show great support for the team. (1300 AM/98.1 FM) on its 40-station net- Subdivision (FBS) history. UT holds a UT won 23-0 and the red candle legend work and is available online at TexasSports. 75-37-5 advantage in the series that dates was born. The not-so-secret weapon lay com with Craig Way (pxp), Roger Wallace back to 1894 (a 38-0 UT victory). Texas dormant until 1950, when Texas brought (color) and Rod Babers (sidelines). A live has won eight of the last 11 meetings and is radio broadcast for each UT game also can 9-4 versus the Aggies in the Mack Brown Texas Athletics Media Relations be heard on XM Satellite Radio (Ch. 202) and era. That is a drastic change from the 11 Asst. AD/Media Relations Director: John Bianco on Sirius (Ch. 215) with the “Premier” pack- years prior to Brown’s arrival, when the E-Mail: [email protected] Horns went just 3-8 against Texas A&M. age (Subscriber Only). Dr. Rubén Pizarro Special Asst. to Head Coach: Bill Little (pxp) and Felipe Romero (color) will have Texas leads the series 24-22-1 in College E-Mail: [email protected] the call this season for the Spanish Language Station, 46-13-1 in Austin and holds a Assoc. Media Relations Director: Thomas Stepp Radio Broadcasts. 51-14-3 lead in combined home and neu- tral site games. Due to NCAA sanctions E-Mail: [email protected] that prevented A&M from appearing on Asst. Media Relations Director: Joe Hernandez live television, the 1994 contest was not E-Mail: [email protected] televised for the first time in 12 years. Twenty-eight of the last 30 games have Asst. Media Relations Director: Ben Blevins E-Mail: [email protected] been broadcast on TV. Web Site: MackBrown-TexasFootball.com Twitter: twitter.com/MBTexasFootball TEXAS/TEXAS A&M ALL-TIME SERIES AT-A-GLANCE OVERALL SERIES: Texas leads, 75-37-5 SERIES RECORD IN AUSTIN: Texas leads, 46-13-1 SERIES RECORD IN COLLEGE STATION: Texas leads, 24-22-2 TEXAS SERIES RECORD AT NEUTRAL SITES: Texas leads, 5-2-2 Record: 6-4 (3-4, Big 12) BROWN VS. TEXAS A&M: Texas leads, 9-4 Home: 4-2 Away: 2-1 Neutral: 0-1 Sept. 3 RICE (LHN) ______________ W, 34-9 TEXAS VS. TEXAS A&M - LAST 10 MEETINGS (TEXAS LEADS 7-3) 11 BYU (ESPN2/3D) __________ W, 17-16 Year Score UT’s final record A&M’s final record 17 at UCLA (ABC) _________W, 49-20 2010_____@ Texas 17, #17 Texas A&M 24 ______ 5-7 (2-6/6th Big 12 S) ______9-4 (6-2/3rd Big 12 S) Oct. 1 at Iowa State* (FX) ________W, 37-14 2009_____#3 Texas 49, @ Texas A&M 39 ______13-1 (8-0/Big 12 Champs) ____6-7 (3-4/5th Big 12 S) 8 vs. #3/1 Oklahoma*+ (ABC) L, 17-55 2008_____@ #4 Texas 49, Texas A&M 9________12-1 (7-1/t- 1st Big 12 S)_____4-8 (2-6/6th Big 12 S) 15 #6/7 OKLA. STATE* (ABC) ____ L, 26-38 2007_____@ Texas A&M 38, #12 Texas 30_______10-3 (5-3/2nd Big 12 S)_____7-6 (4-4/t- 3rd Big 12 S) 29 KANSAS* (LHN) __________ W, 43-0 2006_____Texas A&M 12, @ #11 Texas 7________10-3 (6-2/2nd Big 12 S)______9-4 (5-3/3rd Big 12 S) Nov. 5 TEXAS TECH* (FX) ______ W,52-20 2005_____#2 Texas 40, @ Texas A&M 29_______13-0 (8-0/Big 12 Champs)_____5-6 (3-5/4th Big 12 S) 12 at Missouri* (FX) _________ L, 5-17 2004_____@ #5 Texas 26, #22 Texas A&M 13____11-1 (7-1/2nd Big 12 S)_____7-5 (5-3/t- 3rd Big 12 S) 19 #16/17 KANSAS STATE* (FX) __ L, 13-17 2003_____#6 Texas 46, @ Texas A&M 15________10-3 (7-1/2nd Big 12 S)______4-8 (2-6/5th Big 12 S) 24 at Texas A&M* (ESPN) _______7 p.m. 2002_____@ #10 Texas 50, Texas A&M 20______11-2 (6-2/t- 1st Big 12 S)_____6-6 (3-5/5th Big 12 S) Dec. 3 at #21/20 Baylor* (ABC) ____2:30 p.m. 2001_____#5 Texas 21, @ Texas A&M 7_________11-2 (7-1/1st Big 12 S)_____8-4 (4-4/t- 3rd Big 12 S) S - Denotes Big 12 South Division all times Central | * Big 12 game + Cotton Bowl (Dallas) NOTE: Rankings listed as The AP Poll/Coaches Poll out the candles again the week of the SMU Buchanan (23 games), TE Ahmard Howard game and the Longhorns upset the top- (43 games), PK/P Justin Tucker (49 games) MACK BROWN (Florida State ‘74): Texas’ ranked Mustangs, 23-20. It was back in the and DS Alex Zumberge (31 games) all 14th-year head coach is 139-38 (.785) (85-26 boxes for the candles after that until 1953, have significant game experience, while DB Big 12) at UT, including the 2005 National when Texas hosted a Baylor team that Anthony D’Addeo, QB John Paul Floyd, DT Championship, and has a 225-112-1 (.667) was unbeaten and seeking its first-ever Luciano Martinez, WR Patrick McNamara, mark over his 27-year career. Brown is the Southwest Conference title. UT blocked DS John Osborn, RB Luke Padgett, DB Big 12’s winningest active coach (Division I-A an extra point after the first score and Christian Randolph, DB Sam Walker, DS games only) and has three BCS bowl wins in won 21-20.