Texas A&M 33, Texas Tech 15: Postgame Notes and Quotes
Sep 30, 2000 | Football
September 30, 2000
Texas A&M Postgame Notes
BIG DAY FOR J.GLENN --- Senior Butkus Award candidate Jason Glenn produced 11 tackles against Texas Tech, including 3 quarterback sacks and 7 total tackles behind the line of scrimmage. In the past two games, Glenn has posted 21 tackles, 5 QB sacks and 10 tackles behind the line of scrimmage.
BIG PLAY BROOKS --- Junior Jay Brooks showed his big-play prowess again today with 7 tackles, 1 tackles for loss, a blocked punt and a broken up pass.
TOUCHDOWN TOOMBS --- Junior fullback Ja'Mar Toombs scored a pair of touchdowns today, giving his five multi-TD games in his last six regular games. He has 12 touchdowns during that span. This season, Toombs has seven touchdowns on just 27 carries.
KITCHENS CONNECTS --- Senior Terence Kitchens was 2-of-2 on field goal attempts today, making him 5-of-6 for the season. For his career, Kitchens has connected on 20-of-29 three-pointers, tying him for eighth on A&M's school list for FGs made with Eric Franklin (1984-86) and Pat McDermott (1970-72). His career percentage of 68.9 ties for third-best in school history with Scott Slater (42-of-61, 1985-88).
FARRIS CONNECTS, TOO --- Sophomore quarterback Mark Farris has completed 64-of-99 passes for completion percentage of 64.0 this season, which is well ahead of the season school record pace of 60.7 percent by Kevin Murray in 1986.
RAIDED AT KYLE FIELD --- With today's victory, A&M has defeated Texas Tech seven of the last eight times at Kyle Field.
RARE DOUBLE-DIGIT WIN --- Today's 18-point win by the Aggies was just the sixth double-digit victory by either team in the series over the last 20 years. It was the largest Aggie winning margin over the Red Raiders at Kyle Field since a 50-15 pasting in 1988.
GROUNDING OPPOSING OFFENSES --- The Wrecking Crew gave up just 23 rushing yards (on 28 carries) to Texas Tech, marking the third time this season that opposing rushing attacks have been held under 100 yards. It was also Texas Tech's low rushing output of the year (previous low was 69 vs. New Mexico). It was fewest rushing yards allowed since the 1999 Louisiana Tech game when A&M held the Bulldogs to just 10 ground yards.
AGGIES RUN BALL EFFECTIVELY --- The Texas Tech defense came into today's game allowing just 101.2 rushing yards per game (2.8 per carry), but the Aggies' ground attack produced 150 yards on 35 carries. It was the season-high rushing output against the Red Raiders.
AGGIES PASS IT EFFECTIVELY, TOO --- The Red Raiders came into today's game with the nation's No. 3-ranked pass defense. Opponents were averaging just 99.2 yards and completing only 44.3 percent of pass attempts against the Raider defense. The Aggies completed 16-of-21 passes (76.7 percent) for 186 yards with no interceptions.
The Aggies rolled up 345 yards of total offense today against the Red Raiders, who came into the game ranked No. 4 nationally in total defense and were allowing just 200.5 total yards per game.
DOMINATION IN COLLEGE STATION --- The Aggies have won 22 straight games at Kyle Field, which is the third-longest home winning streak in the nation (behind Florida State's 30 and Kansas State's 24). It is the second-longest home string in school history behind the 29-game streak from 1990-95. The last loss at Kyle Field was a 13-10 decision to Texas Tech in 1996. No one on the A&M roster has ever played in a losing game at Kyle Field.
ANOTHER BIG CROWD AT KYLE FIELD --- Today's crowd of 83,644 was the second-largest in Kyle Field history behind last season's state of Texas football record of 86,128 vs. the Texas Longhorns. It also ranked as the fifth-largest crowd ever to see an A&M game - home or away. The overall crowd record is 104, 802 against Michigan in 1977.
FIRST DRIVE SUCCESS --- After just four games, the Aggies have already doubled 1999's touchdown total on opening drives. Last year, the Aggies scored six on their initial drive only once (vs. Missouri). This year the Aggies have posted opening offensive drive touchdowns against Wyoming and today against Texas Tech.
SECOND HALF DEFENSE --- Texas Tech's early fourth quarter touchdown was the first second half touchdown given up by the Aggie defense at Kyle Field since the 1999 Kansas game - a span of 10 quarters.
IMMEDIATE IMPACT --- Senior safety Michael Jameson's return to the lineup provided immediate defensive impact. Jameson sniffed out a fake field goal and intercepted a pass from holder Eric Rosiles. He returned it a career-best 76 yards and set up a 32-yard field goal by Terence Kitchens. The interception was the sixth of Jameson's career and the 76-yard return gave him 227 career interception return yards. The school record for career interception return yards is 289 set by Kevin Smith from 1988-91.
SIDELINE CELEBRITIES --- Watching the game from the Aggie sideline were several former standout A&M players --- Kevin Smith, Derrick Frazier, Robert Wilson and Shane Lechler. And the former President of the United States, George Bush.
MAROON OUT --- Today's game marked the first time the Aggies have won all maroon since 1996 when the "Maroon-Out" uniforms produced a 33-16 victory over Oklahoma. FYI, since the 1998 Nebraska game the A&M student body has begun wearing "Maroon-Out" t-shirts to games. The official 2000 "Maroon-Out" game is against Kansas State, however A&M fans have seemly designated every Aggie game (home and away) as "Maroon-Out" games.
CAPTAINS --- Texas A&M's game captains were: defensive lineman Ron Edwards, linebacker Brian Gamble, fullback Ja'Mar Toombs and placekicker Terence Kitchens.
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Texas Tech Postgame Notes
Texas A&M's touchdown run at 12:54 in the first quarter is the first first-half touchdown allowed by Texas Tech this season.
Tim Baker's 15-yard touchdown reception to start the second quarter was his third touchdown of the season. He has scored a touchdown in each of the last three games. Baker's fourth-quarter touchdown gave him four on the season which surpassed his career total of three.
Texas Tech surrendered a season-high 33 points.
Texas Tech dressed in all-white for their first away game of the season. Tech has traditionally worn a white jersey with black pants.
Quarterback Kliff Kingsbury has thrown an interception in all five games Texas Tech has played this season.
Tech's fourth quarter two-point conversion was the first of the season. Tech failed in a two-point conversion attempt against Louisiana-Lafayette.
Junior Anthony Terrell got his first career fumble recovery in the fourth quarter.
Texas Tech suffered its second straight loss at Kyle Field. Tech lost to the Aggies on Oct. 24, 1998, 17-10.
Texas A&M's 18 point spread was the most since Tech fell 31-6 to the No. 14 Aggies on Oct. 2, 1993.
Texas Tech's 321 passing yards was the most in the last five years against Texas A&M.
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Texas A&M Postgame Quotes
Head Coach R.C. Slocum:
"Texas Tech came into the game 4-0 and we knew they would play hard because of the past experiences we've had with them. It was a good win and we feel good about it. Offensively, we got the job done. We have to hand it to Texas Tech because we got out of sync some, but we made the plays when we had to. We knew with the youth that we have in our secondary, we would have trouble covering that style of offense. (after dropped would-be TD pass by Tech) After the dropped pass, our offense did a great job of moving the ball down the field and scoring. Given the number of opportunities Texas Tech had offensively, I thought out defense played well. We were real close to having a great game. There were some real frustrating times during the game. We got a lot of pressure on (Kliff) Kingsbury, and the fact that he kept coming back is a tribute to that young man. There was no doubt we were emotionally ready for the ballgame and I thought we played hard. I knew Tech would not roll over and eventually we made some plays to win the game."
Quarterback Mark Farris:
"We didn't make any major adjustments. It just worked out that we were able to get (Robert) Ferguson the ball some more in the second half. We don't really care who catches the ball, just as long as we win."
Linebacker Jason Glenn:
"Coach (Mike) Hankwitz came in with an aggressive game plan today. He told me and Roylin (Bradley) he was going to cut us loose and let us go after their quarterback. We were much more aggressive than we were against this offense last year. We got to Kliff (Kingsbury) a lot today. He had to pick himself up off the ground several times and that takes a toll on you. (On Tech's dropped pass that might have resulted in a TD) Sean had pretty good coverage on him but the guy kind of pushed him and separated from him. When he dropped that pass, there was just a huge sigh of relief. That would have been really big if he'd have caught that pass. It could have been a back breaker for us."
Cornerback Sammy Davis:
"I like being out on the island as a cornerback. It's a great challenge to see who's the better man. It also helps out our defensive front because we can shut it down on the outside."
Fullback Ja'Mar Toombs:
"Our defense kept us in the game, but I thought our offense responded real well. I think we played a great gamed, especially in the fourth quarter. When the game got close, I was thinking 'we can't let these guys hang around.' But after I scored my first touchdown, I felt better about the game. After the second touchdown, I felt fine."
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Texas Tech Postgame Quotes
Head Coach Mike Leach ---
"There were a lot of big plays throughout the course of the game. The stupid personal foul penalty when we recovered that fumble hurt us. We weren't able to push it in. A&M deserves a lot of credit. This is a weird rivalry. It's funny at times. One of the most bizarre things was the accusations that we were spying on them. If that was the case we would have played better. I didn't think the crowd had that much of an effect on us. There were times when we took too much time to get the play off. We have to do things more consistently on offense. The dropped pass, that was tough part of the game. But there are 60 minutes worth of opportunities. We squandered too many downs. I was disappointed with a lot of the aspects of the personal foul penalties."
Quarterback Kliff Kingsbury ---
"That was a tough one to lose. I thought we were one play away from breaking it open. I felt a little sore. A&M brings a lot of pressure. We just made too many mistakes today. The penalties killed us. I think you saw the potential out there that we can be pretty good. This is the type of game you dream for when you're a kid. They have a lot of tradition here. (on injured index finger on throwing hand) I hit it on a helmet and I couldn't really feel it after that, but that's part of the game. (on virus early in week) My adrenaline just took over today.
Special teams coach Manny Matsakis ---
(on special teams miscues) "There's no question we had some miscues. We had young guys out there in that environment. But they bounced back in the second half. (on punt block) That was a key situation in the game. It was nothing that Texas A&M did. It was over-exciteness on our part. It was a breakdown in our punt protection. Our guy (wing protector) stepped hard to the outside and their guy came inside and blocked it. (on the fake FG) We noticed some tendencies on their part that we thought we could take advantage of. We did it for the element of surprise. They had the rush off our right side, but the safety stepped back and made the play. I think he was out of place. They've never showed that before."
Punter/Holder Eric Rosiles ---
(on fake FG) "The coaches from the sideline told me to go ahead with it, even though I heard (the Aggies) calling 'watch out for the fake.' That's the plan - to toss it up in the air so it rotates like a field goal."
Wide receiver Carlos Francis ---
(on pass drop) "It was supposed to be a fade route, but it was thrown short. It hit my facemask. That was a really big play in the game. I felt like I let the team down. To me, you win the game with all 11 players. On that play, we had 10 players going hard and one not. I have got to make those plays."
