Nov. 26, 2010
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ABOUT THE WIN--
- The win was A&M's sixth straight win, all against Big 12 schools. It is the longest current streak in the conference. It is A&M's longest conference winning streak since the Aggies won seven straight in their Big 12 Championship season in 1998. It matches A&M's longest winning streak since the 2004 Aggies won six in a row.
- It is Mike Sherman's first-ever win against the Longhorns (in three tries).
- A&M has now won three of the last five in the series against the Horns, including two of the last three in Austin.
- It is A&M's first nine win season since 2006 (9-4, went to Holiday Bowl).
- A&M finished November with an unblemished 4-0 record. It's the first time the Aggies have done this since A&M went 4-0 on its way to the Big 12 South Championship in 1997.
RECORD-SETTING NIGHT FOR GRAY--
Junior Cyrus Gray had a career night against the Longhorns with a career-high 223 yards on 27 carries, which also marked his sixth-straight games with 100 or more rushing yards. It was the first 200-yard rushing game by an Aggie since Leeland McElroy had 229 vs. LSU. It was the most-ever by an A&M rusher against the rival Longhorns, breaking the old record of 212 set by Darren Lewis in 1988. It was the No. 5 rushing day in A&M history.
Gray's second quarter 84-yard TD run was the Aggies' longest play from scrimmage in 2010 (previous long was a 69-yard TD catch by Jeff Fuller), and his career high (previous long was a 60-yarder vs. Army as a freshman in 2008). It was also the longest allowed by the Horns in 2010 (previous long was a 69-yarder by Baylor's Jay Finley). It was the Aggies' longest rush since Christine Michael's 97-yard TD romp against Baylor in 2009.
With the big night, Gray became the first Aggie to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a season since 2003 when Courtney Lewis rushed for 1,024 yards. He is the ninth Aggie to log a 1,000-yard season in his career.
MILLER MAKES CASE FOR SECOND ALL-AMERICA HONOR--
2009 All-American Von Miller continued his quest for back-to-back All-America seasons with a huge game against the Longhorns in front of a national viewing audience. Miller was dominant with three sacks, which matched his career high, and he reeled in his first career career interception. He also had three sacks against New Mexico and Utah State last year. His three sacks pushed him to the top of the Big 12 sack standings with 10.5, and matched the individual season high in the conference this year.
FORMER AUSTIN WESTLAKE STAR SWOPE BREAKS CATCHES RECORD --
Sophomore Ryan Swope took sole possession of A&M's season catches record against the Longhorns. Swope had entered the game tied with Rod Bernstine, who originally set the record of 65 catches in 1986. Swope finished the game with two catches to increase his school record to 67 catches with one game to play.
MISCELLANEOUS --
- With his 2-yard catch early in the third quarter, junior Jeff Fuller increased three school records: season TD catches (12), career TD catches (28) and consecutive games with at least one catch (32 games).
- Junior Randy Bullock boomed a 50-yard field early in the second half to give A&M its first lead of the game. It matched his career long of 50 that he connected on last year against Oklahoma State.
- The Longhorns' first quarter touchdown was the first TD allowed by the Aggies since the first half the Baylor game. The Aggies had kept opponents out of their endzone for the six previous quarters, which was A&M's longest streak since 2002.
- As they have been all season, the game captains were seniors Von Miller. Texas won the toss and deferred their toss until the second half. A&M received the opening kickoff.
- The 12th Man was sophomore DeAndre Thompson (Alief, Texas/Taylor). It was his 10th straight 12th Man starting assignment.
- Junior Ken Wood, who transferred to A&M from Montana in 2009, drew the starting assignment at punter. He finished with 4 boots that were downed inside the Texas 20.