Texas vs Texas A&M football rivalry history: Records, H2H stats and more

Among the many shifts in the 2024 college football season is the return of a great rivalry. Texas and Texas A&M are rivals separated by 100 miles and since 2012, a divide in conference affiliation. But with Texas's move to the SEC, both teams are back in the same league and ready to review a historical rivalry.

Texas vs. Texas A&M football rivalry history

Kicker Justin Tucker, shown here with the NFL Baltimore Ravens, delivered the winning field goal in the last Texas/Texas A&M match-up in 2011. (Photo Credit: Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports)

The back story

Texas and Texas A&M played each other every year from 1915 to 2011. The first edition of the game was played on October 18, 1894, and Texas prevailed 38-0. In fact, it took A&M until the ninth meeting, in 1902, to score a point. The Aggies won that year, 11-0.

The teams played two games per year in 1907, 1908, and 1909, then moved to an annual meeting in 1910, although the series was not played in 1912 through 1914.

But after playing each other annually for nearly a century, Texas A&M's move to the SEC following the 2011 season abruptly ended the rivalry, with Texas beating the Aggies 27-25 in what looked to be potentially the final matchup in the history of the series. The teams had the third longest-running series in college football and usually played the game in the final week of the regular season.

But after A&M left the Big 12, the two teams alternated between calls for the game and rebuffing the other school's interest. Fortunately, with the 2024 season, the rivalry is back, with a matchup slated for November 30, 2024.

Records

In the all-time history of the series, Texas holds a 76-37-5 all-time edge in the rivalry. The Horns hold the longest run in the series, winning 10 in a row over A&M from 1957 to 1966. A&M's longest run of wins was six, which ran from 1984 to 1989.

The most lop-sided match-up in the series was a 48-0 Texas win in 1898. Strangely, only twice has the game matched up teams ranked in the top 10. In 1941, No. 10 Texas took down No. 2 Texas A&M 23-0. The Aggies returned the favor in 1975, as No. 2 Texas A&M bested No. 5 Texas 20-10.

Traditions

The two programs are steeped in college football lore and that extends to their rivalry. One Texas A&M website catalogs a few of the high points. By the late 1910s, A&M students began an annual Aggie Bonfire, which was specifically targeted at their desire to best Texas. Unfortunately, the 1999 Bonfire turned tragic, as a dozen students were killed and 27 more were injured.

Meanwhile, Texas began a Hex Rally in 1941, with the objective of putting a "hex" on the Aggies.

Both schools have also "stolen" the other school's mascot in seasons past, with Bevo the Texas mascot being stolen by A&M numerous times. Texas fans retaliated by stealing A&M mascot Reveille VI. As is typical in these pranks, the "perpetrator" promptly secured the animal and called police to notify them of the animal's whereabouts.

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