Texas and Texas A&M meet for the 118th time Thursday night in College Station, and it might be their last meeting. Texas A&M is leaving for the Southeastern Conference next season, and the schools have scheduled no future nonconference games against each other. Only two other rivalries in the FBS have featured more games than Texas-Texas A&M. A look at notable moments in the history of the rivalry, which Texas leads 75-37-5.
1894 at Texas 38, Texas A&M 0The rivalry began when Texas needed a practice game before opening its second season of football against Tulane. W.O. Stephens, a Longhorns player, went to College Station to help organize a team at A&M. After a 14-6 warm-up game victory against Galveston High School, A&M traveled to Austin for its second and final game of the season.1898at Texas 48, Texas A&M 01899Texas 6, Texas A&M 0(at San Antonio)The teams' first neutral-site meeting -- in San Antonio -- ended 28 minutes early when with Texas leading 6-0, according to The Aggies and the 'Horns: 86 Years of Bad Blood and Good Football, a disputed fumble call went the Longhorns' way and A&M players left the field.1900Texas 5, Texas A&M 0(at San Antonio)1900at Texas 11, Texas A&M 0The teams' second meeting of 1900 was the first to be played on Thanksgiving Day.1901Texas 17, Texas A&M 0(at San Antonio)1901at Texas 32, Texas A&M 01902Texas 0, Texas A&M 0(at San Antonio)1902Texas A&M 12, at Texas 0After tying Texas a month earlier to end the Longhorns' seven-game winning streak to start the series, A&M earned its first victory against Texas after sending a "scout" to watch Texas' previous game. A&M had not scored against Texas before this game.1903at Texas 29, Texas A&M 61904at Texas 34, Texas A&M 6The final score could have been worse for the Aggies: The game was called at dark.1905at Texas 27, Texas A&M 01906at Texas 24, Texas A&M 01907Texas A&M 0, Texas 0(at Dallas)1907at Texas 11, Texas A&M 61908Texas 24, Texas A&M 8(at Houston)1908at Texas 28, Texas A&M 121909Texas 23, Texas A&M 0(at Houston)1909at Texas 5, Texas A&M 01910Texas A&M 14, Texas 8(at Houston)1911at Texas 6, Texas A&M 0 (at Houston)After Texas' victory, Texas A&M received a letter stating that Texas would not be scheduling A&M the following season. The series, which had increased in intensity both on and off the field, went on a three-year hiatus.1915at Texas A&M 13, Texas 0The series resumed with the formation of the Southwest Conference. With both members of the conference, A&M finally was able to have Texas play in College Station. A&M's defense forced 12 fumbles and converted two into touchdowns. It was the score of this game that A&M students two years later branded onto Texas' longhorn steer. The "13-0" brand was turned into "BEVO," and Texas' mascot had its name.1916at Texas 21, Texas A&M 71917at Texas A&M 7, Texas 01918at Texas 7, Texas A&M 01919at Texas A&M 7, Texas 01920at Texas 7, Texas A&M 3An estimated 20,000 -- the largest crowd to witness a game in the state -- assembled for a matchup of unbeaten teams. Texas had allowed 10 points all season, and Texas A&M had not allowed a point in two years. Texas' Francis Domingues scored on a short run that was set up by a tackle-eligible pass to Tom Dennis in what some consider the best A&M-Texas game ever.1921Texas 0, at Texas A&M 01922Texas A&M 14, at Texas 7A&M won the first time at Texas' Clark Field.1923Texas 6, at Texas A&M 01924at Texas 7, Texas A&M 0More than 35,000 fans that packed Texas' new Memorial Stadium celebrated when the Longhorns' Stookie Allen scored the only touchdown on a fourth-down pass.An Aggie defender triedto bat the pass down but instead knocked the ballinto Allen's hands.1925at Texas A&M 28, Texas 01926at Texas 14, Texas A&M 51927at Texas A&M 28, Texas 71928at Texas 19, Texas A&M 01929at Texas A&M 13, Texas 01930at Texas 26, Texas A&M 01931at Texas A&M 7, Texas 61932at Texas 21, Texas A&M 01933Texas 10, at Texas A&M 101934at Texas 13, Texas A&M 01935at Texas A&M 20, Texas 61936at Texas 7, Texas A&M 01937at Texas A&M 7, Texas 01938at Texas 7, Texas A&M 61939at Texas A&M 20, Texas 01940at Texas 7, Texas A&M 0The Longhorns endeddefending national champion Texas A&M's 19-gamewinning streak on Pete Layden's 1-yard touchdown run on the game's fourth play. Noble Doss' "impossible catch" set up the Layden's score.1941Texas 23, at Texas A&M 01942at Texas 12, Texas A&M 61943Texas 27, at Texas A&M 131944at Texas 6, Texas A&M 01945Texas 20, at Texas A&M 101946at Texas 24, Texas A&M 71947Texas 32, at Texas A&M 131948Texas A&M 14, at Texas 141949Texas 42, at Texas A&M 141950at Texas 17, Texas A&M 01951at Texas A&M 22, Texas 211952at Texas 32, Texas A&M 121953Texas 21, at Texas A&M 121954at Texas 22, Texas A&M 131955Texas 21, at Texas A&M 61956Texas A&M 34, at Texas 21In Bear Bryant's third year as A&M coach, the Aggies won in Memorial Stadium for the first time since it opened in 1924. The Aggies ended their season with a 9-0-1 record and sent the Longhorns to a miserable 1-9 record. A&M won its first SWC title in 15 years but was ineligible for the Cotton Bowl because of recruiting violations.1957Texas 9, at Texas A&M 7First-year Texas coach Darrell Royal and Bear Bryant stood as head coaches on opposing sidelines for the only time in the series. The Longhorns went to College Station and upset the fourth-ranked Aggies and eventual Heisman Trophy winner John David Crow, the only Aggie to win college football's top honor.1958at Texas 27, Texas A&M 01959Texas 20, at Texas A&M 171960at Texas 21, Texas A&M 141961Texas 25, at Texas A&M 01962at Texas 13, Texas A&M 31963Texas 15, at Texas A&M 131964at Texas 26, Texas A&M 71965Texas 21, at Texas A&M 171966at Texas 22, Texas A&M 141967at Texas A&M 10, Texas 7Edd Hargett's 80-yard touchdown pass to Bob Long ended Darrell Royal's and Texas' 10-year reign in the series. The SWC-champion Aggies, coached by Gene Stallings, went on to defeat Bear Bryant's Alabama team in the Cotton Bowl.1968at Texas 35, Texas A&M 141969Texas 49, at Texas A&M 121970at Texas 52, Texas A&M 141971Texas 34, at Texas A&M 141972at Texas 38, Texas A&M 31973Texas 42, at Texas A&M 131974at Texas 32, Texas A&M 31975at Texas A&M 20, Texas 10Emory Bellard's second-ranked A&M team held the No. 5 Longhorns to 179 total yards and created a three-way tie for the SWC title -- between A&M, Texas and Arkansas -- with the Aggies earning the Cotton Bowl berth. The Aggies had lost seven consecutive games to Texas.1976Texas A&M 27, at Texas 3Texas A&M won in Austin for the first time since 1956.1977Texas 57, at Texas A&M 28Earl Campbell, on his way to the Heisman Trophy, rushed for 222 yards and four touchdowns and Randy McEachern passed for four touchdowns as No. 1-ranked Texas routed the second-ranked Aggies by scoring what remains the most points for either team in series history. The win gave the Longhorns an 11-0 regular season, but they lost to Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl.1978at Texas 22, Texas A&M 71979at Texas A&M 13, Texas 7The Aggies, who entered the game at 5-5, upset the sixth-ranked Longhorns to knock them out of a share of the SWC championship.1980Texas A&M 24, at Texas 141981Texas 21, at Texas A&M 131982at Texas 53, Texas A&M 161983Texas 45, at Texas A&M 13With No. 2 Texas unbeaten and in the national championship picture, the Aggies jumped out to a 13-0 lead. Texas quarterback Rick McIvor entered the game just before halftime and sparked the No. 2 Longhorns to a 45-point outburst. Texas' unbeaten season ended in a 10-9 loss to Georgia in the Cotton Bowl.1984Texas A&M 37, at Texas 12With a 5-5 record, Texas A&M led 20-0 at halftime then blocked a field goal to thwart a second-half rally by No. 13 Texas, which had spent the first eight weeks of the season ranked in the nation's top four. Aggies players carried coach Jackie Sherrill off the field. Sherrill declared the victory as "the greatest win we've had at Texas A&M."1985at Texas A&M 42, Texas 10No. 15 Texas A&M rolled to its widest margin of victory in the series in defeating the 18th-ranked Longhorns to win its first outright SWC championship in 18 years. That was the first of three consecutive outright conference titles under Jackie Sherrill before the Aggies were placed on probation for recruiting violations.1986Texas A&M 16, at Texas 31987at Texas A&M 20, Texas 131988Texas A&M 28, at Texas 241989at Texas A&M 21, Texas 101990at Texas 28, Texas A&M 271991at Texas A&M 31, Texas 141992Texas A&M 34, at Texas 131993at Texas A&M 18, Texas 91994Texas A&M 34, at Texas 101995Texas 16, at Texas A&M 6Texas ended A&M's 31-game home winning streak and clinched the final championship in Southwest Conference history. The Aggies, who had not lost at home to Texas since 1983, were held without a touchdown for the first time in eight seasons.1996at Texas 51, Texas A&M 15In the first year of the Big 12 Conference, Texas romped to the South Division title behind James Brown's 336 yards and four touchdowns passing.1997at Texas A&M 27, Texas 161998at Texas 26, Texas A&M 24No. 6 A&M fell behind 23-7 before rallying to take a 24-23 lead with 2:20 left. Major Applewhite then led the unranked Longhorns on a drive that ended with Kris Stockton's game-winning, 24-yard field goal. Texas' Ricky Williams rushed for 259 yards to break Tony Dorsett's NCAA career rushing record.1999at Texas A&M 20, Texas 16Eight days before thegame, 12 Texas A&M students were killed and 27 were injured while preparing the stack of logs for the annual bonfire beforethe Texas game. At anemotional Kyle Field, the 24th-ranked Aggies upset No. 7 Texas, which had clinched the Big 12 South Division title.2000at Texas 43, Texas A&M 17No. 12 Texas' Chris Simms passed for 383 yards -- the most by a Longhorn against A&M -- and three touchdowns to lead his team to a convincing victory against the No. 22 Aggies.2001Texas 21, at Texas A&M 72002at Texas 50, Texas A&M 202003Texas 46, at Texas A&M 152004at Texas 26, Texas A&M 132005Texas 40, at Texas A&M 29At 5-5, Texas A&M threatened to pull off one of the biggest upsets in series history. The Aggies led 22-21 in the third quarter before the unbeaten Longhorns scored on Ramonce Taylor's 8-yard run and Cedric Griffin's blocked punt return. After routing Colorado 70-3 in the Big 12 title game, Texas defeated USC in the Rose Bowl to win the national championship.2006Texas A&M 12, at Texas 72007at Texas A&M 38, Texas 30Texas A&M took a 17-0 first-half lead and led by as much as 38-17 before Texas rallied. But the Aggies held on in what turned out to be coach Dennis Franchione's last appearance on the Aggies' sideline. After the game, he resigned in the wake of controversy over his VIP Newsletter.2008at Texas 49, Texas A&M 92009Texas 49, at Texas A&M 39Texas quarterback ColtMcCoy passed for 304 yards four touchdowns and Texas A&M quarterback Jerrod Johnson threw for 342 yards and four scores. The victory kept the third-ranked Longhorns undefeated. They eventually lost to Alabama in the BCS National Championship game.2010Texas A&M 24, at Texas 17Sources:
By the numbers
63Times the teams have played on Thanksgiving, with Texas holding a 42-21 advantage.
10Victories for Texas from 1957-66, its longest win streak.
6Victories for Texas A&M from 1984-89, its longest winning streak.
48Texas' largest margin of victory, a 48-0 win in the second meeting (1898).
32Texas A&M's largest margin of victory, a 42-10 win in 1985.
1Coach who coached both teams in the series: Dana X. Bible.
88Points in the high-scoring game: 2009, Texas 49-39.
6Seasons in which the teams played twice: 1900-02, 1907-09.
4Points awarded for a touchdown when the teams first played in 1894. That was raised to five in 1897 and six in 1912.
5Points awarded for a field goal when the teams first played in 1894. That was changed to four points in 1904, then three in 1909.
Best coaching records
(Minimum five games)
| Texas | W-L | Pct. |
| 1. Darrell Royal (1957-76) | 17-3 | .850 |
| 2. Dana X. Bible (1937-46) | 7-2 | .778 |
| 3. Mack Brown (1998-) | 9-4 | .692 |
| 4. Ed Price (1951-56) | 4-2 | .667 |
| 5. Fred Akers (1977-86) | 5-5 | .500 |
| 6. Clyde Littlefield (1927-33) | 3-3-1 | .500 |
| Texas A&M | W-L | Pct. |
| 1. Jackie Sherrill (1982-88) | 5-2 | .714 |
| 2. Madison Bell (1929-33) | 2-2-1 | .500 |
| 3. Dana X. Bible (1917-28) | 5-6-1 | .458 |
| 4. R.C. Slocum (1989-2002) | 6-8 | .429 |
| 5. Dennis Franchione (2003-07) | 2-3 | .400 |
Most games played
| 1. Minnesota-Wisconsin | 121 |
| 2. x-Kansas-Missouri | 119 |
| 3. Nebraska-Kansas | 117 |
| 3. x-Texas-Texas A&M | 117 |
| 5. Miami (Ohio)-Cincinnati | 116 |
| 5. North Carolina-Virginia | 116 |
Longest uninterrupted series
| 1. y-Kansas-Nebraska | 105 games |
| 1. Minnesota-Wisconsin | 105 |
| 3. x-Clemson-South Carolina | 102 |
| 3. Wake Forest-North Carolina State | 102 |
| 5. Kansas-Oklahoma | 98 |
| 6. x-Texas-Texas A&M | 96 |
| 6. x-Ole Miss-Mississippi State | 96 |
x-have not played scheduled game this season; y-not scheduled to play this season (Notes: The NCAA grants exceptions for schools that did not field team during wars; Ole Miss-Mississippi State played twice in 1918)
x-have not played scheduled game this season
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