2013 AGGIE FOOTBALL Game Notes THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 700 VICTORIES • 18 CONFERENCE TITLES • 34 BOWL GAMES • 61 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS 2013 SCHEDULE GAME #12 / AggIES VS. TIGERS Saturday, Aug. 31 W, 52-31 RICE TEXAS A&M Kyle Field, College Station (8-3, 4-3 vs. SEC) Saturday, Sept. 7 W, 65-28 AT SAM HOUSTON ST. Kyle Field, College Station MISSOURI Saturday, Sept. 14 L, 49-42 (10-1, 6-1 vs. SEC) ALABAMA Kyle Field, College Station KICKOFF/DATE: .. 6:45 p.m. (CT), Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013 Saturday, Sept. 21 W, 42-13 SITE ..................... MeMoRiAl stADiuM/fAuRot fielD, coluMbiA, Mo. (cAp. 67,124) SMU TELEVISION ........ ESPN (NAtioNAl) Kyle Field, College Station Brent Musberger, play-by-play Saturday, Sept. 28 W, 45-33 Kirk Herbstreit, commentary @ARKANSAS Heather Cox, sideline reporter Reynolds Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, Ark. RADIO ................. coMpAss MeDiA (NAtioNAl) Saturday, Oct. 12 W, 41-38 Gregg Daniels, play-by-play @OLE MISS Dale Hellestrae, commentary Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, Miss Drew Bontadelli, studio host Saturday, Oct. 19 L, 45-41 AUBURN texAs A&M spoRts NetwoRk Kyle Field, College Station Dave South, play-by-play Dave Elmendorf, commentary Saturday, Oct. 26 W, 56-24 VANDERBILT Will Johnson, sideline Kyle Field, College Station (Mizzou feed on SiriusXM channel: Sirius 91 / XM 91) Saturday, Nov. 2 W, 57-7 RANKINGS .......... TEXAS A&M (No. 21 - BCS / No. 19- Ap / No. 21 - USA TODAY) UTEP MISSOURI (No. 5 - BCS / No. 5 - Ap / No. 6 - USA TODAY) Kyle Field, College Station SERIES HISTORY .. Texas A&M leads series, 8-5 (Last meeting: at Texas A&M 59, Missouri 29) Saturday, Nov. 9 W, 51-41 LIVE AUDIO ........ aggieathletics.com, radioaggieland.com MISSISSIPPI ST. STATS .................. tamu.statbroadcast.com (contact SID for password) Kyle Field, College Station Saturday, Nov. 23 L, 34-10 @LSU AGGIES SET to vISIT SEC East-LEAdING TIGERS Baton Rouge, La. texas A&M will close out the regular season with a Saturday, Nov. 30 6:45 pm/ESPN road trip to columbia, Mo., to take on the SEC east-lead- TAMU vs. Mizzou (Last 10) @MISSOURI ing Missouri tigers on saturday. kickoff for the game, 2012 College Station ___ W ___ 59-29 Columbia, Mo. which will be nationally televised by ESPN, will be 6:45 2011 College Station ____ L ___ 38-31 2010 College Station ____ L ____ 30-9 p.m. Missouri and texas A&M both joined the SEC in 2007 Columbia, Mo. ____ L ___ 40-26 FB MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS 2012 after 16 seasons together in the big 12 conference. 2006 College Station ___ W __ 25-19 ALAN CANNON, Associate A.D./Media Relations • A Texas A&M win over the Tigers, ranked No. 5 in the 2003 Columbia, Mo. ____ L ___ 45-22 email ....................... [email protected] AP Top 25, would mark the second-highest AP road 2002 College Station ____ L 33-27 (2OT) BRAD MARQUARDT, Associate Director win in school history after last year’s upset of top- 1999 Columbia, Mo. ___ W ___ 51-14 email .................. [email protected] 1998 College Station ___ W ___ 17-14 ranked Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. ADAM QUISENBERRY, Assistant Director 1993 College Station ___ W ____ 73-0 email ................ [email protected] • It will be A&M’s first trip to Columbia since 2007 after MEREDITH COLLIER, Assistant Director three straight contests between the Aggies and Tigers in College Station. email ........................ [email protected] • The Aggies lead the series, 8-5, with a 4-0 record as non-conference opponents, 3-5 as Big JacKIE THORNTON, Secretary email ........................... [email protected] 12 members and a 1-0 mark as SEC foes. • The Aggies are 2-2 vs. the Tigers in Columbia with wins in 1992 and 1999 and losses in 2003 and 2007. WHAT TO WATCH FOR 2013 QUICK FACTS • The Aggies are a perfect 11-0 in night games in the kevin sumlin era (2012 to present). GENERAL INFORMATION • A win by the Aggies over Ap No. 5 Missouri would rank as the second-highest road victory in LOCATION: College Station, Texas 77842 school history behind last year’s upset of top-ranked Alabama in tuscaloosa, Ala. FOUNDED: 1872 (opened 1876) ENROLLMENT: 53,219 (fall 2012) • Johnny Manziel needs 208 passing yards to break Ryan tannehill’s A&M season passing re- pRESIDeNt: Dr. R. Bowen Loftin (Texas A&M ’71) cord of 3,744 yards from 2011. Manziel currently has thrown 175 fewer passes than tannehill CHANCELLOR: John Sharp (Texas A&M ’72) did in his record-setting season. fACULTY RepRESENtAtiVe: Dr. Tom Adair (Texas A&M ’57) DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Eric Hyman (North Carolina) • Drew kaser’s current season punt average is 1.0 yard ahead of shane lechler’s school record AtHletic DEPT pHoNe: (979) 845-5129 of 47.0 from 1997. CONFERENCE: Southeastern Conference AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I • A win by the Aggies would give A&M at least nine wins for a second straight season and for NICKNAME: Aggies 22nd time in school history. MASCOT: Reveille (American Collie) COLORS: Maroon (Pantone 505) and White • A win by the Aggies would be the 20th of kevin sumlin’s time at texas A&M. No other head coach has won more than 18 games in their first two seasons in Aggieland. STADIUM INFORMATION • As a team, the Aggies lead the SEC in scoring (45.6 points/game), total offense (552.6 yards/ STADIUM: Kyle Field game), passing (365.1 yards/game) and first downs (28.0/game). cApAcitY: 82,589 lARGEST cROWD: 90,079 (vs. Nebraska, Nov. 20, 2010) • In the SEC individual statistics, sophomore Qb Johnny Manziel leads in passing yards playiNG suRfAce: Natural grass (321.5/G), passing touchdowns (32) and total offense (382.0/G); sophomore wR Mike evans FIRST YEAR OF FOOTbaLL: 1905 leads in receiving yards (119.5/G) and receiving tDs (12); sophomore punter Drew kaser STADIUM BUILT: 1927 and 1929 leads in punt average (48.0). COACHING STAFF HEAD COacH: KEVIN SUMLIN (Purdue, ‘88) #JohnnyRepeat ELITE BALANCE Years at Texas A&M: 2nd Sophomore QB Johnny Manziel has fol- Schools with 29 Rush TD / 29 Pass TD Years as head coach: 6th (54-22) lowed up his Heisman Trophy-winning fresh- SCHOOL ____________ RUSH TD ____Pass tD ASSISTANT COacHES: man season with an even more impressive CLARENCE MCKINNEY, Off. Coordinator/RB (Mary, ’94) Baylor ____________________ 41 _________ 29 MARK SNYDER, Defensive Coordinator (Marshall, ’88) sophomore campaign. Florida State _______________ 37 _________ 34 JAke spavitAl, Co-Off. Coordinator/QB (Missouri St., ’08) Manziel through 11 Games / 2012 vs. 2013 Ohio State _________________ 36 _________ 33 MARCEL YaTES, Co-DC/Secondary (Boise State, ’00) TEXAS A&M _______________ 29 _________ 35 B.J. ANDERSON, Offensive Line (Stephen F. Austin, ’97) 2012 2013 +/- JEFF BANKS, TE/Special Teams Coor. (Wash. St., ’99)) Yards per attempt 8.5 9.9 +1.4 DavID BEATY, WR/Recruiting Coor. (Lindenwood, ’94) MARK HagEN, Linebackers (Indiana, ’95) Completion percentage 67.7 69.1 +1.4 “Fast start”-ERS terry pRice, Defensive Line (Texas A&M, ’90) Passing yards 3,047 3,537 +490 One of the opening periods of head coach LARRY JacKSON, FB Sports Performance (Texas A&M, ’95) Passing YPG 277.0 321.5 +44.5 Kevin Sumlin’s practices is called “fast start.” Occurring just after warmups, “fast start” fea- TEAM INFORMATION Passing touchdowns 21 32 +11 tures several live-action 11-on-11 series just BASIC OFFENSE: Multiple Passing efficiency 155.13 174.92 +19.79 BASIC DEFENSE: Multiple 4-3 like a game situation. He started implementing 2012 OvERALL RECORD: 11-2 4+ passing TD games 1 5 +4 the period when his teams at the University of 2012 coNfeReNce RecoRD (fiNisH): 6-2 (t2nd in SEC West) 400+ passing games 1 4 +3 Houston were getting off to slow starts. 2012 bowl: 2013 AT&T Cotton Bowl (W, 41-13 vs. Oklahama) 2012 RANKING: No. 5 in AP media/USA Today coaches 3+ total touchdown games 6 8 +2 • Texas A&M has scored nine or more points LETTERMEN RETURNING: .......................................... 46 400+ total offense games 4 5 +1 in the first quarter of nine of 11 games in (19 offense, 19 defense, 8 specialists) LETTERMEN LOST: .......................................................24 2013. In 24 games under Sumlin, the Aggies (12 offense, 12 defense, 2 specialists) ALL PURPOSE AggIES have scored at least 14 first-quarter points STARTERS RETURNING: ...............................................11 For the first time in school history, seven 14 times. OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING: ........................... 6 DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING: ............................5 Aggies have surpassed 500 all-purpose yards • Texas A&M has scored first in 22 of 24 pk/p STARteRs RetuRNiNG: ..................................... 1 in the same season. games under Kevin Sumlin. The only games STARTERS LOST: ...........................................................11 when the Aggies didn’t score first in 2013 OFFENSIVE STARTERS LOST: ....................................... 5 Aggies with 500 All-Purpose Yards were against Rice and LSU. DEFENSIVE STARTERS LOST: ....................................... 6 pk/p STARteRs LOST: ..................................................1 Mike Evans, WR __________ 1,314 • On opening offensive series under Sumlin, Trey Williams, RB/KOR ______ 946 the Aggies have scored 18 of 24 times with MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION Ben Malena, RB/KOR _______ 772 an impressive 17 touchdowns. office pHoNe: ....................................... (979) 845-5725 Johnny Manziel, QB ________ 665 OFFICE FAX: ............................................ (979) 845-6825 Derel Walker, WR __________ 645 • In first quarters under Sumlin (24 games), website: ............................... aggieathletics.com/media Malcome Kennedy, WR ______ 606 the Aggies have outscored their opponents ASSOCIATE AD: ..................................... ALAN CANNON Travis Labhart, WR/PR ______ 526 e-MAil: ......................... [email protected] 291-113 or an average of 12.0-5.0.