2013 AGGIE FOOTBALL Game Notes THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 700 VICTORIES • 18 CONFERENCE TITLES • 34 BOWL GAMES • 61 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS 2013 SCHEDULE GAME #11 / AggIES VS. TIGERS Saturday, Aug. 31 W, 52-31 RICE TEXAS A&M Kyle Field, College Station (8-2, 4-2 vs. SEC) Saturday, Sept. 7 W, 65-28 AT SAM HOUSTON ST. Kyle Field, College Station LSU Saturday, Sept. 14 L, 49-42 (7-3, 3-3 vs. SEC) ALABAMA Kyle Field, College Station KICKOFF/DATE: .. 2:30 p.m. (CT), Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013 Saturday, Sept. 21 W, 42-13 SITE ..................... TigeR StadiuM, BATON ROuge, LA. (CAp. 92,000) SMU TELEVISION ........ CBS (natiONAL) Kyle Field, College Station Verne Lundquist, play-by-play Saturday, Sept. 28 W, 45-33 Gary Danielson, commentary @ARKANSAS Tracy Wolfson, sideline reporter Reynolds Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, Ark. RADIO ................. Sports uSA (NatiONAL) Saturday, Oct. 12 W, 41-38 Aaron Goldsmith, play-by-play @OLE MISS Gary Barnett, commentary Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, Miss Jordy Culotta, sideline 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 (LSU feed on SiriusXM channel: Sirius 91 / XM 91) Saturday, Nov. 2 W, 57-7 RANKINGS .......... TEXAS A&M (No. 12 - BCS / No. 9- Ap / No. 10 - USA TODAY) UTEP LSU (No. 22 - BCS / No. 18 - Ap / No. 19 - USA TODAY) Kyle Field, College Station SERIES HISTORY .. LSU leads series, 28-20-3 (Last meeting: LSU 24, at Texas A&M 19) 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 2:30 pm/CBS @LSU First Baton ROuGE TRIP FOR AGGIES SINCE 1994 Baton Rouge, La. Texas A&M will be making its first appearance in Ba- Saturday, Nov. 30 6:45 pm/ESPN ton Rouge in nearly 20 years when the Aggies take on the TAMu vs. LSu since 1987 @MISSOURI Tigers at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday in Tiger Stadium. (when home/home series resumed) Columbia, Mo. 2012 College Station L, 24-19 • The most recent meeting between the Aggies and Ti- 2010 Arlington L, 41-24 gers in Baton Rouge was a 18-13 win by A&M in 1994. 1995 College Station W, 33-17 FB MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS A&M has won in its last two trips to Baton Rouge. 1994 Baton Rouge, La. W, 18-13 1993 College Station W, 24-0 ALAN CANNON, Associate A.D./Media Relations • LSU leads the all-time series, 28-20-3. Since 1970, the email ....................... [email protected] 1992 Baton Rouge, La. W, 31-22 two teams are tied at 9 wins each. BRAD MARQUARDT, Associate Director 1991 College Station W, 45-7 email .................. [email protected] • It will be A&M’s first road trip in more than a month 1990 Baton Rouge, La. L, 17-8 ADAM QUISENBERRY, Assistant Director (W, 41-38 on Oct. 12 at Ole Miss). 1989 College Station W, 28-16 email ................ [email protected] 1988 Baton Rouge, La. L, 27-0 • A&M will be seeking a school-record 11th straight road MEREDITH COLLIER, Assistant Director 1987 College Station L, 17-3 email ........................ [email protected] victory. The Aggies’ current 10-game streak matches JacKIE THORNTON, Secretary the record set in 1939-40. email ........................... [email protected] • CONNECTIONS: The Tigers have a pair of former A&M offensive coordinators on their coaching staff -- Steve Ensminger and Steve Kragthorpe. Tiger WR Corey Thompson is the son of Tony Thompson, who played for the Aggies in the late 1980s. WHAT TO WATCH FOR 2013 QUICK FACTS • A win by the Aggies would be the 20th of Kevin Sumlin’s time at Texas A&M. No other head coach has won GENERAL INFORMATION more than 18 games in their first two seasons in Aggieland. LOCATION: College Station, Texas 77842 • The Aggies will be seeking first win against LSU since 1995 (33-17 in College Station). FOUNDED: 1872 (opened 1876) • A&M is seeking its 11th straight road win, while Sumlin has a personal road-winning streak of 15 games. ENROLLMENT: 53,219 (fall 2012) pReSiDeNT: Dr. R. Bowen Loftin (Texas A&M ’71) • The Aggies are in the midst of a streak of nine straight games with 500-plus total yards, which is easily the CHANCELLOR: John Sharp (Texas A&M ’72) longest streak in the FBS. FACuLTY RepReSeNTATiVe: Dr. Tom Adair (Texas A&M ’57) • Texas A&M takes a FBS-best 13-game streak of 40-point games into the LSU game. DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Eric Hyman (North Carolina) ATHLeTiC DepT pHONe: (979) 845-5129 • As a team, the Aggies lead the SEC in scoring (49.2 points/game), total offense (578.0 yards/game), passing CONFERENCE: Southeastern Conference (379.2 yards/game), pass efficiency (180.7 rating), punting (48.5 avg.), and first downs (29.1/game). AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I • The Aggies needs 220 total yards to reach 6,000 as a team (done three times previously); need 208 passing NICKNAME: Aggies yards to hit 4,000 (accomplished once previously); need eight points to reach 500 (accomplished twice MASCOT: Reveille (American Collie) previously) COLORS: Maroon (Pantone 505) and White • QB Johnny Manziel need 76 total yards to reach 4,000 for second straight season. He would become the STADIUM INFORMATION first Aggie to do it twice. STADIUM: Kyle Field • Texas A&M has played many teams that have 700 or more wins in program history. For the first time, how- CApaciTY: 82,589 ever, Texas A&M will play a team with 700-plus wins (LSU with 750 in its 120th season) while having 700 LARgeST CROwD: 90,079 (vs. Nebraska, Nov. 20, 2010) wins as well. The Aggies notched win No. 700 two weeks ago against Mississippi State (in 119th season). PlayiNg Surface: Natural grass FIRST YEAR OF FOOTbaLL: 1905 STADIUM BUILT: 1927 and 1929 #JohnnyRepeat ELITE BALANCE COACHING STAFF Sophomore QB Johnny Manziel has fol- Schools with 29 Rush TD / 29 Pass TD lowed up his Heisman-winning freshman sea- HEAD COacH: SCHOOL ____________ RUSH TD ____Pass TD son by improving in virtually every passing and Florida State _______________ 33 _________ 29 KEVIN SUMLIN (Purdue, ‘88) total offense statistical category in 2013. Years at Texas A&M: 2nd Ohio State _________________ 32 _________ 31 Years as head coach: 6th (54-21) Manziel through 10 Games / 2012 vs. 2013 TEXAS A&M _______________ 29 _________ 34 ASSISTANT COacHES: 2012 2013 +/- CLARENCE MCKINNEY, Off. Coordinator/RB (Mary, ’94) MARK SNYDER, Defensive Coordinator (Marshall, ’88) Pass attempts 336 315 -21 FAST LEARNERS JAke Spavital, Co-Off. Coordinator/QB (Missouri St., ’08) Pass completions 227 230 +3 While most of the attention goes to veteran MARCEL YaTES, Co-DC/Secondary (Boise State, ’00) B.J. ANDERSON, Offensive Line (Stephen F. Austin, ’97) Yards per attempt 8.3 10.5 +2.2 receivers like Mike Evans and Malcome Kennedy, JEFF BANKS, TE/Special Teams Coor. (Wash. St., ’99)) Interceptions 6 11 +5 first-year players have combined to contribute DavID BEATY, WR/Recruiting Coor. (Lindenwood, ’94) 40 catches for 470 yards and five receiving Completion percentage 67.6 73.0 +5.4 MARK HagEN, Linebackers (Indiana, ’95) touchdowns in 2013. Terry pRiCe, Defensive Line (Texas A&M, ’90) Passing yards 2,780 3,313 +533 LARRY JacKSON, FB Sports Performance (Texas A&M, ’95) Passing YPG 278.0 331.3 +53.3 TEAM INFORMATION Passing touchdowns 18 31 +13 “Fast start”-ERS BASIC OFFENSE: Multiple One of the opening periods of head coach Passing efficiency 151.17 186.9 +35.73 BASIC DEFENSE: Multiple 4-3 Kevin Sumlin’s practices is called “fast start.” 2012 OvERALL RECORD: 11-2 Rushing attempts 156 110 -46 Occurring just after warmups, “fast start” fea- 2012 CONFeReNCe Record (FiNiSH): 6-2 (t2nd in SEC West) Rushing yards 1,014 611 -403 2012 BOwL: 2013 AT&T Cotton Bowl (W, 41-13 vs. Oklahama) tures several live-action 11-on-11 series just 2012 RANKING: No. 5 in AP media/USA Today coaches Rushing touchdowns 15 8 -7 like a game situation. He started implementing LETTERMEN RETURNING: .......................................... 46 Yards per carry 6.5 5.6 -0.9 the period when his teams at the University of (19 offense, 19 defense, 8 specialists) Houston were getting off to slow starts. LETTERMEN LOST: .......................................................24 4+ passing TD games 1 5 +4 (12 offense, 12 defense, 2 specialists) 400+ passing games 1 4 +3 • Texas A&M has scored nine or more points in the STARTERS RETURNING: ...............................................11 first quarter of nine consecutive games. In 23 3+ total touchdown games 5 8 +3 OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING: ........................... 6 games under Sumlin, the Aggies have scored at DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING: ............................5 400+ total offense games 4 5 +1 least 14 first-quarter points 14 times. pk/p STARTeRS ReTuRNiNg: ..................................... 1 20+ yard completions 25 44 +19 STARTERS LOST: ...........................................................11 • Texas A&M has scored first in 22 of 23 games OFFENSIVE STARTERS LOST: ....................................... 5 under Kevin Sumlin. The only game when the DEFENSIVE STARTERS LOST: ....................................... 6 ALL PURPOSE AggIES Aggies didn’t score first was the 2013 season pk/p STARTeRS LOST: ..................................................1 opener against Rice. The Aggies need one all-purpose yard from MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION senior WR Travis Labhart to have seven play- • On opening offensive series under Sumlin, the Aggies have scored 18 of 23 times with an im- OFFiCe pHONe: ......................................