Texas–Texas A&M football rivalry

Texas–Texas A&M

First contested	October 19, 1894 Texas 38, Texas A&M 0
Number of meetings	119
Most recent meeting	November 30, 2024 Texas 17, Texas A&M 7
Next meeting	November 30, 2025
All-time series	Texas leads, 77–37–5
Largest victory	Texas, 48–0 (1898)
Longest win streak	Texas, 10 (1957–66)
Current streak	Texas, 2

The Texas–Texas A&M football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Texas Longhorns and Texas A&M Aggies. The rivalry was played every year between 1915 and 2011, until A&M left the Big 12 Conference to join the Southeastern Conference. Texas leads the series 76–37–5.

History

The first meeting was in 1894. By 1911, Texas led the series 15–4–2. The series went back and forth until 1939, but Texas still led 27–15–4. After that, Texas went 36–7–1. A&M then won 10 of the next 11 games in the series. Texas then won 12 of the last 17 games in the rivalry.

In July 2011, A&M elected to join the Southeastern Conference beginning in 2012. The move to switch conferences resulted in the ending of the annual rivalry. On November 24, 2011, Texas faced A&M in College Station in the final scheduled annual meeting. Texas won 27–25 on a field goal as time expired. In January 2013, a Texas state legislator filed a bill that would require them to play each other every year. The bill was referred to the House Committee on Higher Education on February 18, 2013.

In June 2017, A&M's former athletic director, Bill Byrne, was quoted in an article saying, "Their AD (DeLoss Dodds) at the time came out and said we will never play Texas A&M again, and they worked along with Baylor and the conference to have no one in the (Big 12) schedule us... There were other forces at work to make sure we didn't play." Byrne was referring to five years before that when he was still A&M's athletic director and A&M was in the midst of transitioning to the Southeastern Conference.

In December 2017, Chris Del Conte was named athletic director of the University of Texas. Shortly thereafter, Del Conte contacted Texas A&M athletic director Scott Woodward with a proposition to schedule a home-and-home series in 2022-23, but Woodward declined, as Texas A&M's non-conference schedule was already filled for those seasons.

Resumption of the rivalry

In 2024, Texas left the Big 12 Conference to join the Southeastern Conference, which means the rivalry will resume as a conference game; Texas will travel to Texas A&M during the 2024 season to play the first game between the two in 13 years. That November of 2024 the Long Horns defeated the Aggies by the score of 17-7 in College Station, which clinched Texas spot in the SEC Championship.

Aspects of the rivalry

Each school mentions the other in its fight song ("and it's goodbye to A&M" in Texas Fight; Texas is mentioned twice in the second verse of the Aggie War Hymn). The football series was the third longest in college football. The last regular season football game was usually reserved for the match-up. Each school has elaborate pregame preparations for the annual football clash, including the Aggie Bonfire and Hex Rally. Texas has a unique lighting scheme for the UT Tower after beating Texas A&M. The State Farm Lone Star Showdown, a full sports rivalry between the two schools, began in 2004, and ended in 2012 when Texas A&M moved to the Southeastern Conference.

Game results

Texas victories

Texas A&M victories

Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	October 19, 1894	Austin	Texas	38–0
2	October 22, 1898	Austin	Texas	48–0
3	November 4, 1899	San Antonio	Texas	6–0
4	October 27, 1900	San Antonio	Texas	5–0
5	November 29, 1900	Austin	Texas	11–0
6	October 26, 1901	San Antonio	Texas	17–0
7	November 28, 1901[t]	Austin	Texas	32–0
8	October 25, 1902	San Antonio	Tie	0–0
9	November 27, 1902[t]	Austin	Texas A&M	11–0
10	November 29, 1903	Austin	Texas	29–6
11	November 24, 1904[t]	Austin	Texas	34–6
12	November 22, 1905	Austin	Texas	27–0
13	November 29, 1906	Austin	Texas	24–0
14	October 12, 1907	Dallas	Tie	0–0
15	November 28, 1907[t]	Austin	Texas	11–6
16	November 9, 1908	Houston	Texas	24–8
17	November 29, 1908	Austin	Texas	28–12
18	November 8, 1909	Houston	Texas A&M	23–0
19	November 25, 1909[t]	Austin	Texas A&M	5–0
20	November 14, 1910	Houston	Texas A&M	14–8
21	November 13, 1911	Houston	Texas	6–0
22	November 19, 1915	College Station	Texas A&M	13–0
23	November 30, 1916	Austin	Texas	21–7
24	November 20, 1917	College Station	Texas A&M	7–0
25	November 28, 1918[t]	Austin	Texas	7–0
26	November 27, 1919[t]	College Station	Texas A&M	7–0
27	November 25, 1920[t]	Austin	Texas	7–3
28	November 24, 1921[t]	College Station	Tie	0–0
29	November 30, 1922	Austin	Texas A&M	14–7
30	November 29, 1923	College Station	Texas	6–0
31	November 27, 1924[t]	Austin	Texas	7–0
32	November 26, 1925[t]	College Station	Texas A&M	28–0
33	November 25, 1926[t]	Austin	Texas	14–5
34	November 24, 1927[t]	College Station	Texas A&M	28–7
35	November 29, 1928	Austin	Texas	19–0
36	November 28, 1929[t]	College Station	Texas A&M	13–0
37	November 27, 1930[t]	Austin	Texas	26–0
38	November 26, 1931[t]	College Station	Texas A&M	7–6
39	November 24, 1932[t]	Austin	Texas	21–0
40	November 30, 1933	College Station	Tie	10–10
41	November 29, 1934	Austin	Texas	13–0
42	November 28, 1935[t]	College Station	Texas A&M	20–6
43	November 26, 1936[t]	College Station	Texas	7–0
44	November 25, 1937[t]	College Station	Texas A&M	7–0
45	November 24, 1938[t]	Austin	Texas	7–6
46	November 30, 1939	College Station	#1 Texas A&M	20–0
47	November 28, 1940[t]	Austin	Texas	7–0
48	November 27, 1941[t]	College Station	#10 Texas	23–0
49	November 26, 1942[t]	Austin	#18 Texas	12–6
50	November 25, 1943[t]	College Station	#12 Texas	27–13
51	November 30, 1944	Austin	Texas	6–0
52	November 29, 1945	College Station	#10 Texas	20–10
53	November 28, 1946[t]	Austin	#20 Texas	24–7
54	November 27, 1947[t]	College Station	#7 Texas	32–13
55	November 25, 1948[t]	Austin	Tie	14–14
56	November 24, 1949[t]	College Station	Texas	42–14
57	November 30, 1950	Austin	#3 Texas	17–0
58	November 29, 1951	College Station	Texas A&M	22–21
59	November 27, 1952[t]	Austin	#10 Texas	32–12
60	November 26, 1953[t]	College Station	#7 Texas	21–12
61	November 25, 1954[t]	Austin	Texas	22–13

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
62	November 24, 1955[t]	College Station	Texas	21–6
63	November 29, 1956	Austin	#5 Texas A&M	34–21
64	November 28, 1957[t]	College Station	Texas	9–7
65	November 27, 1958[t]	Austin	Texas	27–0
66	November 26, 1959[t]	College Station	#4 Texas	20–17
67	November 24, 1960[t]	Austin	Texas	21–14
68	November 23, 1961[t]	College Station	#5 Texas	25–0
69	November 22, 1962[t]	Austin	#4 Texas	13–3
70	November 28, 1963[t]	College Station	#1 Texas	15–13
71	November 26, 1964[t]	Austin	#5 Texas	26–7
72	November 25, 1965[t]	College Station	Texas	21–17
73	November 24, 1966[t]	Austin	Texas	22–14
74	November 27, 1967	College Station	Texas A&M	10–7
75	November 28, 1968[t]	Austin	#6 Texas	35–14
76	November 27, 1969[t]	College Station	#1 Texas	49–12
77	November 26, 1970[t]	Austin	#1 Texas	52–14
78	November 25, 1971[t]	College Station	#12 Texas	34–14
79	November 23, 1972[t]	Austin	#7 Texas	38–3
80	November 22, 1973[t]	College Station	#11 Texas	42–13
81	November 29, 1974	Austin	#17 Texas	32–3
82	November 28, 1975	College Station	#2 Texas A&M	20–10
83	November 25, 1976[t]	Austin	#11 Texas A&M	27–3
84	November 26, 1977	College Station	#1 Texas	57–28
85	December 2, 1978	Austin	#14 Texas	22–7
86	December 1, 1979	College Station	Texas A&M	13–7
87	November 29, 1980	Austin	Texas A&M	24–14
88	November 26, 1981[t]	College Station	#7 Texas	21–13
89	November 25, 1982[t]	Austin	#14 Texas	53–16
90	November 26, 1983	College Station	#2 Texas	45–13
91	December 1, 1984	Austin	Texas A&M	37–12
92	November 28, 1985[t]	College Station	#15 Texas A&M	42–10
93	November 27, 1986[t]	Austin	#10 Texas A&M	16–3
94	November 26, 1987[t]	College Station	#15 Texas A&M	20–13
95	November 24, 1988[t]	Austin	Texas A&M	28–24
96	December 2, 1989	College Station	#16 Texas A&M	21–10
97	December 1, 1990	Austin	#5 Texas	28–27
98	November 28, 1991[t]	College Station	#10 Texas A&M	31–14
99	November 26, 1992[t]	Austin	#4 Texas A&M	34–13
100	November 25, 1993[t]	College Station	#8 Texas A&M	18–9
101	November 5, 1994	Austin	#11 Texas A&M	34–10
102	December 2, 1995	College Station	#9 Texas	16–6
103	November 29, 1996	Austin	Texas	51–15
104	November 28, 1997	College Station	#15 Texas A&M	27–16
105	November 27, 1998	Austin	Texas	26–24
106	November 26, 1999	College Station	#24 Texas A&M	20–16
107	November 24, 2000	Austin	#12 Texas	43–17
108	November 23, 2001	College Station	#5 Texas	21–7
109	November 29, 2002	Austin	#10 Texas	50–20
110	November 28, 2003	College Station	#6 Texas	46–15
111	November 26, 2004	Austin	#5 Texas	26–13
112	November 25, 2005	College Station	#2 Texas	40–29
113	November 24, 2006	Austin	Texas A&M	12–7
114	November 23, 2007	College Station	Texas A&M	38–30
115	November 27, 2008[t]	Austin	#4 Texas	49–9
116	November 26, 2009[t]	College Station	#3 Texas	49–39
117	November 25, 2010[t]	Austin	#17 Texas A&M	24–17
118	November 24, 2011[t]	College Station	#25 Texas	27–25
119	November 30, 2024[t]	College Station	#3 Texas	17–7
Series: Texas leads 77–37–5
[t] Thanksgiving Day game

In popular culture

In October 2006, General Mills announced they would honor the then third-longest running college football rivalry with a special edition Wheaties box. The box featured the helmets of Texas and Texas A&M and their respective home stadiums, Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium and Kyle Field, on either side. Although several individual college basketball and football teams had been featured previously on special edition boxes, this was the first time Wheaties had honored a rivalry series.

The game's tradition figures into the plot of the 1978 stage musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and its film adaptation; in the show, each year the game's winners (in the story, the Aggies) would celebrate at the "Chicken Ranch," until an overzealous news reporter (a character based on Marvin Zindler) endeavors to close the legendary brothel.

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

References

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