Texas A&M Aggies football team
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| First season | 1894 | ||
| Athletic director | Scott Woodward | ||
| Head coach |
Kevin Sumlin 5th year, 42–17 (.712) |
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| Seating capacity | 102,733 | ||
| Location | College Station, Texas | ||
| Conference | Southeastern Conference | ||
| Division | West | ||
| All-time record | 724–466–48 (.604) | ||
| Bowl record | 17–20 (.459) | ||
| Claimed nat'l titles | 3 (1919, 1927, 1939) | ||
| Unclaimed nat'l titles | 1 (1917) | ||
| Conference titles | 18 | ||
| Division titles | 3 (1997, 1998, 2010) | ||
| Heisman winners | 2 (John David Crow and Johnny Manziel) | ||
| Consensus All-Americans | 30 | ||
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| Colors | Maroon and White |
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| Fight song | Aggie War Hymn | ||
| Mascot | Reveille | ||
| Marching band | Fightin' Texas Aggie Band | ||
| Outfitter | Adidas | ||
| Rivals |
Arkansas Razorbacks LSU Tigers Texas Longhorns |
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| Website | AggieAthletics.com | ||
The Texas A&M Aggies football program represents Texas A&M University in the sport of American football. The Aggies compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Texas A&M football claims three national titles and eighteen conference titles. The team plays all home games at the newly redeveloped Kyle Field, a 102,733-person capacity outdoor stadium on the university campus. Kevin Sumlin is currently the team's head coach.
Texas A&M first fielded a football team in 1894, under the direction of head coach F. D. Perkins. The team compiled a 1–1 record.
W. A. Murray served as A&M's head coach from 1899-1901, compiling a record of 7–8–1.
From 1902-1904, J. E. Platt served as A&M's head coach, his teams compiling a record of 18–5–3.
From 1909-1914, A&M compiled a 38–8–4 record under head coach Charley Moran. Moran's 1909 team finished undefeated, and all but one of Moran's other seasons the Aggies only lost one game each year.
Under head coach Edwin Harlan, the Aggies compiled a record of 12–5 in two seasons and joined the Southwest Conference.
Dana X. Bible became Texas A&M's head coach in 1919, leaving LSU, and under his tutelage the Aggies compiled a record of 72–19–9 in ten seasons. Bible's 1919 Texas A&M Aggies football team, which was undefeated, untied, and outscored its opposition 275–0, was retroactively named a national champion by the Billingsley Report and the National Championship Foundation. In the 1922 Dixie Classic, Bible made his most visible and lasting impression in his A&M career when he began the Twelfth Man Tradition. Bible had a roster of only eighteen players, who had to play both offense and defense against the heavily favored Centre College. He lost three players to injuries early in the game, but the Aggies took the lead. Fearing more injuries and a possibility of having to forfeit the game for lack of men, Bible called upon a reserve halfback, E. King Gill, who was in the press box running stats for the team, to suit up and be ready if needed. The Aggies wouldn't need Gill's help to win, but since then A&M students stand throughout football games to show their willingness to play if needed.
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