COLLEGE STATION, Texas – For a second straight year, the 2019 Texas A&M football season will begin in prime time on a Thursday night in front of a national television viewing audience.
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Head coach Jimbo Fisher's Aggies, winners of nine games in 2018 including a victory in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, open the 2019 season with a 7:30 p.m. matchup against the Texas State Bobcats on Thursday, Aug. 29 at Kyle Field on the SEC Network. The game was originally scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 31.
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Last season, the Aggies opened the Jimbo Fisher era with a 59-7 victory over Northwestern State (La.) in front of a Thursday night crowd of 95,855 fans at Kyle Field. Leading Texas State in 2019 is first-year head coach Jake Spavital, who served as the Aggies' offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 2013-15. Texas A&M and Texas State have faced off twice previously with the Aggies tallying victories in 1919 and 2005.
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Information and updates about the game is available at 12thman.com/footballthursday.
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Head coach Jimbo Fisher's Aggies, winners of nine games in 2018 including a victory in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, open the 2019 season with a 7:30 p.m. matchup against the Texas State Bobcats on Thursday, Aug. 29 at Kyle Field on the SEC Network. The game was originally scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 31.
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Last season, the Aggies opened the Jimbo Fisher era with a 59-7 victory over Northwestern State (La.) in front of a Thursday night crowd of 95,855 fans at Kyle Field. Leading Texas State in 2019 is first-year head coach Jake Spavital, who served as the Aggies' offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 2013-15. Texas A&M and Texas State have faced off twice previously with the Aggies tallying victories in 1919 and 2005.
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Information and updates about the game is available at 12thman.com/footballthursday.