Arkansas–Texas A&M football rivalry

Arkansas Razorbacks

Texas A&M Aggies

First meeting

October 31, 1903

Texas A&M 6, Arkansas 0

Latest meeting

September 26, 2015

Texas A&M 28, Arkansas 21 – OT

Next meeting

September 24, 2016

Trophy

Southwest Classic Trophy

Statistics

Meetings total

All-time series

Arkansas leads, 41–28–3

Largest victory

Texas A&M, 58–10 (2012)

Longest win streak

Arkansas, 9 (1958–66)

Current win streak

Texas A&M, 4 (2012–present)

The Arkansas–Texas A&M football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Arkansas Razorbacks and Texas A&M Aggies. It started in 1903.

Between 1992 and 2008, the schools did not play each other when Arkansas left the Southwest Conference to join the Southeastern Conference. The rivalry was renewed as a neutral-site out-of-conference contest (and branded as The Southwest Classic) in 2009; in 2012 it once again became a conference rivalry when Texas A&M also joined the Southeastern Conference. Arkansas leads the series 41–28–3.^[1]^[2]

Series history

Arkansas and Texas A&M first played each other in 1903, and would play each other three times from 1903–12, all as non-conference matchups.

Arkansas and Texas A&M would not meet on the field again until 1927, notwithstanding that both schools became charter members of the Southwest Conference 12 years earlier in 1915. The schools played annually from 1927–30, but would not meet again until 1934. From 1934–91, the two teams played annually as conference members. The annual matchup ceased in 1991 when Arkansas left the conference to join the Southeastern Conference.

On March 10, 2008, officials from both schools announced the series would recommence on October 3, 2009 under the name "Southwest Classic". The annual location for the game was announced as Cowboys Stadium (now called AT&T Stadium), located in Arlington. The attendance for the stadium was initially expected to be in the 80,000 range. Depending on ticket demand, temporary seating can be added to the stadium to increase the capacity up to 100,000 seats for the game. The tickets were said to be split 50/50 between the two schools. The initial agreement between the two schools allowed the game to be played for at least 10 years, followed by 5 consecutive, 4-year rollover options, allowing the game to potentially be played for a total of 30 consecutive seasons.

The rivalry once again became a conference matchup when Texas A&M joined the SEC on July 1, 2012 and was placed alongside Arkansas in the West Division.^[3]^[4]^[5] However, for A&M's first two seasons in the SEC the series was played as a home-and-home series at the school's campuses (A&M hosted in 2012 and Arkansas hosted in 2013); the series will resume neutral-site play in AT&T Stadium for the 2014 season until at least 2020.^[6]

Game results

Arkansas victories	Texas A&M victories	Tie games

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	1903	College Station, TX	Texas A&M	6–0
2	1910	Fayetteville, AR	Arkansas	5–0
3	1912	Dallas, TX	Texas A&M	27–0
4	1927	College Station, TX	Texas A&M	40–6
5	1928	Fayetteville, AR	Arkansas	27–12
6	1929	College Station, TX	Arkansas	14–13
7	1930	Little Rock, AR	Arkansas	13–0
8	1934	College Station, TX	Tie	7–7
9	1935	Little Rock, AR	Arkansas	14–7
10	1936	College Station, TX	Arkansas	18–0
11	1937	Fayetteville, AR	Arkansas	26–13
12	1938	College Station, TX	Texas A&M	13–7
13	1939	Fayetteville, AR	Texas A&M	27–0
14	1940	College Station, TX	Texas A&M	17–0
15	1941	Little Rock, AR	Texas A&M	7–0
16	1942	College Station, TX	Texas A&M	41–0
17	1943	Fayetteville, AR	Texas A&M	13–0
18	1944	College Station, TX	Arkansas	7–6
19	1945	Fayetteville, AR	Texas A&M	34–0
20	1946	College Station, TX	Arkansas	7–0
21	1947	Fayetteville, AR	Tie	21–21
22	1948	College Station, TX	Arkansas	28–6
23	1949	Fayetteville, AR	Arkansas	27–6
24	1950	College Station, TX	Texas A&M	42–13
25	1951	Fayetteville, AR	Arkansas	33–21
26	1952	College Station, TX	Texas A&M	31–12
27	1953	Little Rock, AR	Arkansas	41–14
28	1954	College Station, TX	Arkansas	14–7
29	1955	Fayetteville, AR	Tie	7–7
30	1956	College Station, TX	Texas A&M	27–0
31	1957	Fayetteville, AR	Texas A&M	7–6
32	1958	College Station, TX	Arkansas	21–8
33	1959	Fayetteville, AR	Arkansas	12–7
34	1960	College Station, TX	Arkansas	7–3
35	1961	Fayetteville, AR	Arkansas	15–8
36	1962	College Station, TX	Arkansas	17–7
37	1963	Little Rock, AR	Arkansas	21–7

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
38	1964	College Station, TX	Arkansas	17–0
39	1965	Little Rock, AR	Arkansas	31–0
40	1966	College Station, TX	Arkansas	34–0
41	1967	Fayetteville, AR	Texas A&M	33–21
42	1968	College Station, TX	Arkansas	25–22
43	1969	Fayetteville, AR	Arkansas	35–13
44	1970	College Station, TX	Arkansas	45–6
45	1971	Little Rock, AR	Texas A&M	17–9
46	1972	College Station, TX	Texas A&M	10–7
47	1973	Fayetteville, AR	Arkansas	14–10
48	1974	College Station, TX	Texas A&M	20–10
49	1975	Little Rock, AR	Arkansas	31–6
50	1976	Little Rock, AR	Texas A&M	31–10
51	1977	College Station, TX	Arkansas	26–20
52	1978	Little Rock, AR	Arkansas	26–7
53	1979	College Station, TX	Arkansas	22–10
54	1980	Fayetteville, AR	Arkansas	27–24
55	1981	College Station, TX	Arkansas	10–7
56	1982	Little Rock, AR	Arkansas	35–0
57	1983	College Station, TX	Texas A&M	36–23
58	1984	Fayetteville, AR	Arkansas	28–0
59	1985	College Station, TX	Texas A&M	10–6
60	1986	Little Rock, AR	Arkansas	14–10
61	1987	College Station, TX	Texas A&M	14–10
62	1988	Fayetteville, AR	Arkansas	25–20
63	1989	College Station, TX	Arkansas	23–22
64	1990	Fayetteville, AR	Texas A&M	20–16
65	1991	College Station, TX	Texas A&M	13–3
66	2009	Arlington, TX	Arkansas	47–19
67	2010	Arlington, TX	Arkansas	24–17
68	2011	Arlington, TX	Arkansas	42–38
69	2012	College Station, TX	Texas A&M	58–10
70	2013	Fayetteville, AR	Texas A&M	45–33
71	2014	Arlington, TX	Texas A&M	35–28^OT
72	2015	Arlington, TX	Texas A&M	28–21^OT
Series: Arkansas leads 41–28–3
^OT Game went into Overtime

Notable games

1903

Texas A&M 6 – Arkansas 0

In the first ever meeting, and only the 43rd game ever played by Arkansas^[7] and the 42nd ever played by Texas A&M,^[8] the Aggies won 6–0. The Aggies were coached by J. E. Platt and the Razorbacks were coached (in his only season as a head coach) by D. A. McDaniel.

1939 – Texas A&M's National Championship year

Texas A&M 27 – Arkansas 0

In 1939, after winning the game 27–0, the Aggies went on to an overall record of 11–0 and named the college football national champions in the Associated Press writers' poll for the 1939 college football season

1964 – Arkansas' National Championship year

Arkansas 17 – Texas A&M 0

In 1964, after winning the game 17–0 in College Station, Texas, the Razorbacks went on to an overall record of 11–0 and won the college football national championship by beating Nebraska in the Cotton Bowl Classic. The Aggies were coached (in his final season) by Hank Foldberg, and Arkansas was coached by Hall of Fame coach Frank Broyles.

1980

Arkansas 27 – Texas A&M 24

The 1980 contest won by Arkansas 27–24 was Texas A&M's 800th game ever played by the organization.^[9] Arkansas was led by head coach Lou Holtz in his fourth year with the team, and went on to an overall record of 7–5 (3–5 in conference) for the season. The Aggies were led by Tom Wilson in his next to last season with the team, and finished the year 4–7 (3–5 in conference).

1991 – Arkansas' last game in the Southwest Conference

Texas A&M 13 – Arkansas 3

In the last Southwest Conference meeting on November 16, 1991 at Kyle Field, Texas A&M won 13–3 in a game nationally televised by ESPN. The Razorbacks came out in the wishbone formation on offense, but the Aggie defense held the Hogs to only 121 yards of total offense.^[10] After the season, the Razorbacks went on to leave the Southwest Conference, and join the Southeastern Conference, thereby ending the yearly in-conference game with the Aggies.

The Razorbacks had not run the wishbone the entire season up until this game. It was later found out that the Aggie coaching staff was tipped off that the Razorbacks planned to run the wishbone by an anonymous A&M student and they practiced defending the wishbone the entire week leading up to the game.

Logo used for the 2009 renewal of the series, titled the "Southwest Classic", between Arkansas and Texas A&M.

2009 – Renewal

Arkansas 47 – Texas A&M 19

On October 3, 2009, the two teams met for the first time since 1991. The rivalry was originally slated to take place on a yearly basis at the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Arkansas came back from a 10–0 deficit in the first quarter to win 47–19.

2011 – "Welcome to the SEC"

Arkansas 42 – Texas A&M 38

The Aggies, leading 35–17 at the half, blew their 18-point lead and only scored 3 points in the second half. As Broderick Green charged into the end zone on the final score of the game, Arkansas fans appeared on the Cowboys Stadium video holding a sign saying "Welcome to the SEC" (in recognition of A&M's announcement only six days earlier that it would join Arkansas as a member of the SEC in 2012).

2012 – First all-SEC game

Texas A&M 58 – Arkansas 10

On September 29, 2012, the Aggies and Razorbacks met on the gridiron as conference rivals for the first time since 1991, with A&M joining Arkansas in the Southeastern Conference. (commonly abbreviated "SEC") The Aggies won 58–10. The game moved from the neutral-site Cowboys Stadium venue of the last three years to Kyle Field as part of a planned home-and-home series with Arkansas for A&M's first two SEC seasons; the 2014 matchup returned to AT&T Stadium.

2014 & 2015 – Back To Back OT games

The 2014 contest returned to AT&T Stadium (home of the Dallas Cowboys) after a two year "home-and-home" schedule the previous two seasons. Oddly, both the 2014 and 2015 contests ended in ties, necessitating the need for overtime play due to college football rules. These back-to-back years of overtime were also the first two overtimes between the two schools in the rivalry's history. Texas A&M won both contests, bringing their overall record against Arkansas in this rivalry since joining the Southeastern Conference to 4–0.

References

↑ "NCAA Football History". greatnow.com. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
↑ "mcubed.net : NCAAF Football : Series records : Arkansas vs. Texas A&M". mcubed.net. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
↑ Burch, Jimmy (2008-03-10). "Texas A&M-Arkansas game headed to Arlington". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
↑ "Texas A&M, Arkansas Establish Football Neutral Site Series in New Cowboys Stadium" (Press release). Texas A&M Athletics. 2008-03-10. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
↑ "Arkansas-Texas A&M to Renew Football Rivalry at Dallas Cowboys New Stadium" (Press release). University of Arkansas Athletics. 2008-03-10. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
↑ "Texas A&M Aggies and Arkansas Razorbacks move annual game to Cowboys Stadium". ESPN.com. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
↑ All Arkansas games played in Excel format
↑ All Texas A&M games played in Excel format
↑ Texas A&M Athletics Football History – Milestone Games
↑ Texas A&M Athletics Texas A&M, Arkansas Establish Football Neutral Site Series in New Cowboys Stadium

Arkansas Razorbacks football

Venues	The Hill (1894–1938) Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium (1938–present) War Memorial Stadium (alternate, 1948–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games LSU (Golden Boot) Missouri: Battle Line Rivalry Ole Miss Texas Texas A&M

Culture & lore	Calling the Hogs Tusk Big Red "Arkansas Fight" Marching band Wildcat offense 2003 Kentucky game 1969 "Game of the Century"

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

Texas A&M Aggies football

Venues	Kyle Field (1927–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas Baylor: Battle of the Brazos LSU TCU Texas Texas Tech

Culture & lore	Reveille "Aggie War Hymn" Aggie Band 2005 Texas game "Manziel beats Bama" 12th man Aggie Bonfire Junction Boys Sherman era

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees

Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

Southeastern Conference football rivalry games

Conference	Iron Bowl (Alabama–Auburn) Alabama–LSU Alabama–Mississippi State Alabama–Ole Miss Third Saturday in October (Alabama–Tennessee) Arkansas–LSU Battle Line Rivalry (Arkansas–Missouri) Arkansas–Ole Miss Arkansas–Texas A&M Auburn–Florida Deep South's Oldest Rivalry (Auburn–Georgia) Auburn–LSU Auburn–Tennessee Florida–Georgia Florida–LSU Florida–Tennessee Georgia–South Carolina Georgia–Tennessee Georgia–Vanderbilt Kentucky–Mississippi State Kentucky–Tennessee Kentucky–Vanderbilt LSU–Mississippi State Magnolia Bowl (LSU–Ole Miss) LSU–Texas A&M Egg Bowl (Mississippi State–Ole Miss) Ole Miss–Vanderbilt Tennessee–Vanderbilt

Non-conference	Alabama–Penn State Arkansas–Texas Auburn–Clemson Auburn–Georgia Tech Auburn–Tulane Battle of the Brazos (Baylor–Texas A&M) Clemson–Georgia Clemson–South Carolina Florida–Florida State Florida–Miami Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate (Georgia–Georgia Tech) Georgia Tech–Tennessee Illinois–Missouri Indiana–Kentucky Iowa State–Missouri Border War (Kansas–Missouri) Centre–Kentucky Kentucky–Louisville Battle On Broadway (Kentucky–Transylvania) Battle for the Rag (LSU–Tulane) Memphis–Ole Miss Missouri–Nebraska Missouri–Oklahoma NC State–South Carolina North Carolina–South Carolina Ole Miss–Tulane Sewanee–Vanderbilt TCU–Texas A&M Texas A&M–Texas Tech Texas–Texas A&M

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