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2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team

2012 Texas A&M Aggies football
Texas A&M University aTm logo.svg
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 41–13 vs. Oklahoma
Conference Southeastern Conference
Division Western Division
Ranking
Coaches No. 5
AP No. 5
2012 record 11–2 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach Kevin Sumlin (1st year)
Offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury (1st year)
Offensive scheme Air raid
Defensive coordinator Mark Snyder (1st year)
Co-defensive coordinator Marcel Yates (1st year)
Base defense 4–3
Captain Pat Lewis
Captain Sean Porter
Captain Ryan Swope
Captain Steven Terrell
Home stadium Kyle Field (Capacity: 82,589)
Seasons
« 2011 2013 »
2012 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Eastern Division
#5т Georgia xy   7 – 1         12 – 2  
#9 Florida x%   7 – 1         11 – 2  
#8 South Carolina   6 – 2         11 – 2  
#23 Vanderbilt   5 – 3         9 – 4  
Missouri   2 – 6         5 – 7  
Tennessee   1 – 7         5 – 7  
Kentucky   0 – 8         2 – 10  
Western Division
#1 Alabama x$#   7 – 1         13 – 1  
#14 LSU   6 – 2         10 – 3  
#5т Texas A&M   6 – 2         11 – 2  
Mississippi State   4 – 4         8 – 5  
Ole Miss   3 – 5         7 – 6  
Arkansas   2 – 6         4 – 8  
Auburn   0 – 8         3 – 9  
Championship: Alabama 32, Georgia 28
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 Total
• #24 Florida 7 3 3 7 20
Texas A&M 3 14 0 0 17
  • Location: College Station, Texas (Kyle Field)
  • Game start: 2:37 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 3:13
  • Game attendance: 87,114
  • Game weather: 83°, clear, winds N at 21 mph
  • Referee: Matt Moore
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Brent Musburger (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (commentary), Heather Cox (sideline reporter)
1 2 3 4 Total
• Texas A&M 0 20 21 7 48
SMU 0 0 3 0 3
  • Location: Dallas, Texas (Ford Stadium)
  • Game start: 2:35 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 3:36
  • Game attendance: 32,016
  • Game weather: 73°, partly cloudy, winds WNW at 5 mph
  • Referee: Penn Wagers
  • TV announcers (FSN): Ron Thulin (play-by-play), Shaun King (commentary), Desmond Purnell (sideline reporter)
1 2 3 4 Total
South Carolina State 7 0 0 7 14
• Texas A&M 14 35 7 14 70
  • Location: College Station, Texas (Kyle Field)
  • Game start: 6:07 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 3:12
  • Game attendance: 86,775
  • Game weather: 94°, clear, winds SE at 6 mph
  • Referee: Matt Austin
  • TV announcers (FSN): Bob Rathbun (play-by-play), Tim Couch (commentary), Elizabeth Moreau (sideline reporter)
1 2 3 4 Total
Arkansas 10 0 0 0 10
• Texas A&M 7 20 17 14 58
  • Location: College Station, Texas (Kyle Field)
  • Game start: 11:21 a.m.
  • Elapsed time: 3:42
  • Game attendance: 86, 442
  • Game weather: 76°,cloudy with light rain, winds S at 13 mph
  • Referee: Hubert Owens
  • TV announcers (SECN): Dave Neal (play-by-play), Andre Ware (commentary), Cara Capuano (sideline reporter)

The 2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies were led by first-year head coach Kevin Sumlin in their first year as a member of the Southeastern Conference, playing in the SEC's Western Division. They played their home games at Kyle Field. Because the Aggies scheduled 2 FCS opponents they needed 7 wins in the regular season to become eligible for postseason competition (if they beat both FCS teams); Texas A&M won 10 games in the regular season (including both games against FCS opponents) and thus became bowl-eligible.

During the off-season, in anticipation of the demand for tickets from students and to comply with SEC rules, Texas A&M reallocated some student seating sections netting a gain of 128 seats and bringing the student section to 30,284 seats, the largest in the nation.

On March 27, 2012 Texas A&M announced that season tickets were sold out, making it the earliest sellout in school history.

The 2012 football season was highly successful for the Aggies. The team went 11-2, with victories over the then number one team in the nation Alabama and in the 2013 Cotton Bowl Classic over the Oklahoma Sooners. A&M's starting quarterback, Johnny Manziel, became the first freshman to be awarded the Heisman Trophy, and only the second Aggie player ever to win the Heisman. Texas A&M's 5th-place finish in the AP Poll was the highest for the program since 1956.

In 2011, Texas A&M began the season ranked 8th in the AP Poll and 9th in the Coaches Poll. They won their first two games, but fell to ranked opponents Oklahoma State and Arkansas. The Aggies won the next three, including a 55-28 victory over rival and #20 ranked Baylor. However, A&M could not sustain success and fell in its next three, with losses to #7 Oklahoma and #17 Kansas State in 4 overtimes. After beating Kansas, Texas A&M lost its final regular season rivalry game with Texas 25-27. Following this defeat, 4-year head coach Mike Sherman was fired, and replaced by Kevin Sumlin. The Aggies went on to defeat Northwestern in the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas with Tim DeRuyter as interim head coach. Texas A&M finished 7–6, unranked, and tied for 6th in the Big XII.


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