AUSTIN, Texas – For the first time in Southeastern Conference play, Texas A&M pays a visit to its longtime arch-rival, with plenty on the line.
The Aggies seek to wrap up an undefeated regular season and clinch its trip to next week’s SEC title game. But Texas would like nothing more than to spoil those plans when the Longhorns welcome in A&M to Darrell K. Royal-Memorial Stadium for a Black Friday showdown.
Texas A&M comes in with a record of 11-0 and 7-0 in the SEC, and seeks its first undefeated regular season since 1992. Texas, which was ranked No. 1 in the preseason by several publications, comes in at 8-3 and still harbor faint hopes of making it into the College Football Playoff.
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In the all-time series, Texas leads 77-37-5, though it has been 19-19 over the past 50 years. A&M is making its first visit to Austin since 2010, when the Aggies posted a 24-17 win against Texas when both teams were in the Big 12 Conference.
The Longhorns have won the last two games against A&M, both in College Station. Texas won, 27-25, on a late field goal in 2011, the Aggies’ last year in the Big 12, and then last season, when the Longhorns reunited with A&M as SEC rivals, Texas prevailed, 17-7.
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TEXAS A&M 0, TEXAS 0 1ST QTR.
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FIRST QUARTER
– Arch Manning scrambles on third-and-10 and gets it out to the Texas 32 and a first down.
– Running play on third down goes nowhere, and A&M attempts a 35-yard field goal, but Texas’ Ethan Burke breaks through to block it. Still scoreless with less than two minutes left in the quarter.
– After a few minutes, Marcel Reed is able to get up and is walking a bit gingerly. Miles O’Neill is coming on in this third-and-long situation.
– Second-and-long after a procedure penalty and an incomplete pass, Reed goes up the middle but stumbles and falls on the 15. He hasn’t gotten up and is being treated by A&M’s medical staff.
– Reed finds Mario Craver along the sideline for a first down, and then Texas is flagged for unnecessary roughness. Aggies now inside the red zone, at the Texas 13.
– Reed with another keeper, taking it 6 yards to the Texas 40. A Longhorn player is shaken up but now leaves the field.
– Marcel Reed breaks loose for the first time tonight, taking a 20-yard scramble into Texas territory, with the ball near the 45.
– A 17-yard pass from Reed to KC Concepcion gives A&M a first down at the Aggie 34.
– Nearly nine minutes in, here are the important stats: Total yards – Texas 24, Texas A&M 23. Punts – Texas 3, Texas A&M 2.
– Arch Manning firing on the first play, finding Jack Endries for an 11-yard gain. Then on third down, a deep pass is broken up by a pair of A&M defenders. It will be another punt for the Longhorns, their third, with still more than six minutes left in the quarter.
– Third-and-5 for A&M at its 30. Pass from Reed goes in and out of the hands of Ashton Roman-Bethel. Like Texas, the Aggies have to punt it away for the second straight series.
– Third-and-8 for Texas from its 38, pass from Arch Manning goes incomplete. Texas crowd asking for a pass interference call but it’s not going to happen. Horns will punt it away for the second time.
– Marcel Reed’s pass on third down goes incomplete and the Aggies will punt it away.
– A&M starts at its own 7. On the second play, Marcel Reed finds Mario Craver for a first down and the Aggies have a bit of breathing room.
– Another third down opportunity for Texas. Manning throws a pass that goes through the hands of a receiver, but he would have been well short of the first down anyway. Horns will punt it away; A&M on offense for the first time tonight.
– Arch Manning completes a pass on third down, and Texas will have a new set of downs at its 36.
– The kickoff sails beyond the end zone for a touchback. Texas will start at its own 25.
PREGAME
– A&M wins the toss and defers to the second half. Texas will get the ball to start the contest.
– A&M now coming out onto the field amid a hearty chorus of boos.
– Texas is making its way out onto the field to the sound of AC/DC’s “Hell’s Bells.”
– Live from Austin, Texas A&M goes for a 12-0 season and defeat Texas for the first time since 2010. It’s the first SEC game between the “Lone Star Showdown” rivals at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.
Texas A&M 2025 Schedule
Aug. 30 UTSA W 42-24
Sept. 6 Utah State W 44-22
Sept. 13 at Notre Dame W 41-40
Sept. 27 Auburn W 16-10
Oct. 4 Mississippi State W 31-9
Oct. 11 Florida W 34-17
Oct. 18 at Arkansas W 45-42
Oct. 25 at LSU W 49-25
Nov. 8 at Missouri W 38-17
Nov. 15 South Carolina W 31-30
Nov. 22 Samford W 48-0
Nov. 28 at Texas
Texas 2025 Schedule
Aug. 30 at Ohio State L 14-7
Sept. 6 San Jose State W 38-7
Sept. 13 UTEP W 27-10
Sept. 20 Sam Houston State W 55-0
Oct. 4 at Florida L 29-21
Oct. 11 vs. Oklahoma W 23-6
Oct. 18 at Kentucky W 16-13 (OT)
Oct. 25 at Mississippi State W 45-38 (OT)
Nov. 1 Vanderbilt W 34-31
Nov. 15 at Georgia L 35-10
Nov. 22 Arkansas W 52-37
Nov. 28 Texas A&M
