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Cotton Bowl Classic, L 24–41 vs.
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Conference | Big 12 Conference |
South Division | |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 21 |
AP | No. 19 |
Record | 9–4 (6–2 Big 12) |
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Offensive scheme | Multiple pro-style |
Defensive coordinator | Tim DeRuyter (1st season) |
Base defense | 3–4 |
Captain | Jerrod Johnson |
Home stadium | Kyle Field |
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No. 18 Missouri x | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 6 Oklahoma xy$ | 6 | – | 2 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Oklahoma State x | 6 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Texas A&M x | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 3 | – | 5 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2010 Texas A&M Aggies football team (often referred to as "A&M" or the "Aggies") represented Texas A&M University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by third-year head coach Mike Sherman and played their home games at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas. The team's defense was led by first-year coach Tim DeRuyter. They were members of the South Division of the Big 12 Conference.
The Aggies finished the season 9–4, 6–2 in Big 12 play and were South Division champions with Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. They were invited to the Cotton Bowl Classic where they were defeated by LSU, 24–41.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 4 | 6:00 pm | No. 8 ( FCS) Stephen F. Austin* | W 48–7 | 81,287 | [1] | |||
September 11 | 6:00 pm | Louisiana Tech* |
| W 48–16 | 77,579 | [2] | ||
September 18 | 6:00 pm | FIU* |
| W 27–20 | 79,069 | [3] | ||
September 30 | 6:30 pm | at Oklahoma State | ESPN | L 35–38 | 48,284 | [4] | ||
October 9 | 2:30 pm | vs. No. 11 Arkansas* | ABC | L 17–24 | 65,622 | [5] | ||
October 16 | 11:00 am | No. 21 Missouri |
| FSN | L 9–30 | 83,453 | [6] | |
October 23 | 6:00 pm | at Kansas | FSN | W 45–10 | 44,239 | [7] | ||
October 30 | 2:30 pm | Texas Tech |
| W 45–27 | 84,479 | [8] | ||
November 6 | 6:00 pm | No. 11 Oklahoma |
| FSN | W 33–19 | 81,392 | [9] | |
November 13 | 6:00 pm | at Baylor | No. 23 | FSN | W 42–30 | 45,089 | [10] | |
November 20 | 7:00 pm | No. 9 Nebraska | No. 18 |
| ABC | W 9–6 | 90,079 | [11] |
November 25 | 7:00 pm | at Texas | No. 17 | ESPN | W 24–17 | 100,752 | [12] | |
January 7, 2011 | 7:27 pm | vs. No. 11 LSU* | No. 18 |
| FOX | L 24–41 | 83,514 | [13] |
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Player (Position) | Records broken | Honors received |
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Jeff Fuller (WR) | • Season touchdowns • Career touchdowns • Number of games with at least one catch |
• First team All- Big 12 [14] |
Cyrus Gray (RB) | • Career-high of 223 yards in Texas game • First Aggie RB since Leeland McElroy in 1995 to reach 200 yards [15] • First Aggie since Courtney Lewis in 2003 to rush for 1,000 yards. [16] • Ran longest play from scrimmage and scored |
• Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Texas)
[17] • Honorable mention All-Big 12 [14] |
Michael Hodges (LB) | • Career-high of 19 tackles against Oklahoma | • 2× Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oklahoma, Nebraska)
[17] • FWAA/ Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week (Oklahoma) [18] • Honorable mention All-Big 12 [14] |
Coryell Judie (KR/DB) | • First Aggie in school history to return kickoffs for touchdowns in consecutive games [19] | • 2× Big 12 Special Teams Player (Oklahoma, Baylor)
[17] • Second team All-Big 12 [14] |
Von Miller (LB) | • N/A | • 2× Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Baylor, Texas)
[17] • Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week (Texas) [20] • First team All-Big 12 selection [14] • 2010 Butkus Award winner for Nation's top collegiate linebacker [21] |
Name | Position | Alma mater (Year) | Year at A&M |
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Mike Sherman | Head coach | Central Connecticut State (1978) | 3rd |
Tom Rossley | Quarterbacks | Cincinnati (1969) | 3rd |
Randy Jordan | Running backs | North Carolina (1993) | 3rd |
Jim Turner | Offensive line | Boston College (1988) | 3rd |
Troy Walters | Wide receivers | Stanford (2000) | 1st |
Tim DeRuyter |
Defensive coordinator Assistant head coach |
Air Force (1985) | 1st |
Terrell Williams | Defensive line | East Carolina (1998) | 1st |
Dat Nguyen | Inside linebackers | Texas A&M (1998) | 1st |
Nick Toth | Outside linebackers | Ohio (1999) | 1st |
Charles McMillian | Defensive backs | Utah State (1995) | 3rd |
Dave Kennedy | Strength and conditioning | Nebraska (1985) | 3rd |
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SFA | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Texas A&M | 7 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 48 |
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LA Tech | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
Texas A&M | 7 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 48 |
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FIU | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
Texas A&M | 0 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 27 |
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Texas A&M | 14 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
Oklahoma State | 0 | 7 | 21 | 10 | 38 |
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Arkansas | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
Texas A&M | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
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Missouri | 6 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 30 |
Texas A&M | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
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Texas A&M | 14 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
Kansas | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Jerrod Johnson and Ryan Tannehill split time at quarterback for the first time.
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Texas Tech | 7 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 27 |
Texas A&M | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 45 |
Ryan Tannehill's first career start. Johnson benched.
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Oklahoma | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 19 |
Texas A&M | 9 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 33 |
Texas A&M defeated Oklahoma for the first time since 2002. Also the first time A&M beat a ranked opponent at home since 2007 Texas. [23] It was an upset victory that included 3 goal-line stands by the A&M defense. OU ran 15 plays under the Aggie 10-yard line, and gained only 11 yards. [24] Michael Hodges was part of the 3 goal-line stands. He earned Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors for his career-high 19 tackles. [25] A&M also became ranked after the game, for the first time since September 21, 2007. [26]
Oklahoma's loss was historically significant. OU ran the most plays (104) in its history, beating the previous record of 102. In games in which the Sooners ran more than 90 plays, the Sooners had been 39–0. The Sooners also had only 29 first downs; OU was 57–0 before the game, in which it made at least 29 first downs. [27]
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Texas A&M | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
Baylor | 17 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
Cyrus Gray picked up 137 rushing yards for a career-high of 4 touchdowns. [28]
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Nebraska | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Texas A&M | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
Record-setting crowd of 90,079. Cyrus Gray's fifth consecutive 100-yard rushing game ( Darren Lewis 1990). [29] Trent Hunter had 2 interceptions. [30] Nebraska was charged with a school-record 16 penalties for a total of 145 yards, [31] and Texas A&M only had 2 penalties for 10 yards. No touchdowns were scored for either team, and all of the points were scored by way of field goals. Taylor Martinez re-injured his right ankle in the first quarter when he was stepped on by one of his offensive linemen.
Questionable roughing the passer call against Nebraska. [32] Bo Pelini's behavior during the game was called into question. [31] [33] [34] [35]
Aggies won Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week. [36]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Texas A&M | 0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 24 |
Texas | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
Cyrus Gray had a 200-yard game, first A&M RB since Leeland McElroy 1995. This game pushed Cyrus Gray over the 1,000 yard rushing mark for the 2010 season. Texas finished with its first losing season since 1997. [15] With the win, the Aggies won a share of the Big 12 South Division title.
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#11 Tigers | 7 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 41 |
#18 Aggies | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
1st Round, 2nd Overall Pick by the Denver Broncos—Sr. LB Von Miller.
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Big 12 South Division co-champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 24–41 vs.
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Conference | Big 12 Conference |
South Division | |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 21 |
AP | No. 19 |
Record | 9–4 (6–2 Big 12) |
Head coach |
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Offensive scheme | Multiple pro-style |
Defensive coordinator | Tim DeRuyter (1st season) |
Base defense | 3–4 |
Captain | Jerrod Johnson |
Home stadium | Kyle Field |
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No. 20 Nebraska xy | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Missouri x | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 6 Oklahoma xy$ | 6 | – | 2 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Oklahoma State x | 6 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Texas A&M x | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 3 | – | 5 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2010 Texas A&M Aggies football team (often referred to as "A&M" or the "Aggies") represented Texas A&M University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by third-year head coach Mike Sherman and played their home games at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas. The team's defense was led by first-year coach Tim DeRuyter. They were members of the South Division of the Big 12 Conference.
The Aggies finished the season 9–4, 6–2 in Big 12 play and were South Division champions with Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. They were invited to the Cotton Bowl Classic where they were defeated by LSU, 24–41.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 4 | 6:00 pm | No. 8 ( FCS) Stephen F. Austin* | W 48–7 | 81,287 | [1] | |||
September 11 | 6:00 pm | Louisiana Tech* |
| W 48–16 | 77,579 | [2] | ||
September 18 | 6:00 pm | FIU* |
| W 27–20 | 79,069 | [3] | ||
September 30 | 6:30 pm | at Oklahoma State | ESPN | L 35–38 | 48,284 | [4] | ||
October 9 | 2:30 pm | vs. No. 11 Arkansas* | ABC | L 17–24 | 65,622 | [5] | ||
October 16 | 11:00 am | No. 21 Missouri |
| FSN | L 9–30 | 83,453 | [6] | |
October 23 | 6:00 pm | at Kansas | FSN | W 45–10 | 44,239 | [7] | ||
October 30 | 2:30 pm | Texas Tech |
| W 45–27 | 84,479 | [8] | ||
November 6 | 6:00 pm | No. 11 Oklahoma |
| FSN | W 33–19 | 81,392 | [9] | |
November 13 | 6:00 pm | at Baylor | No. 23 | FSN | W 42–30 | 45,089 | [10] | |
November 20 | 7:00 pm | No. 9 Nebraska | No. 18 |
| ABC | W 9–6 | 90,079 | [11] |
November 25 | 7:00 pm | at Texas | No. 17 | ESPN | W 24–17 | 100,752 | [12] | |
January 7, 2011 | 7:27 pm | vs. No. 11 LSU* | No. 18 |
| FOX | L 24–41 | 83,514 | [13] |
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Player (Position) | Records broken | Honors received |
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Jeff Fuller (WR) | • Season touchdowns • Career touchdowns • Number of games with at least one catch |
• First team All- Big 12 [14] |
Cyrus Gray (RB) | • Career-high of 223 yards in Texas game • First Aggie RB since Leeland McElroy in 1995 to reach 200 yards [15] • First Aggie since Courtney Lewis in 2003 to rush for 1,000 yards. [16] • Ran longest play from scrimmage and scored |
• Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Texas)
[17] • Honorable mention All-Big 12 [14] |
Michael Hodges (LB) | • Career-high of 19 tackles against Oklahoma | • 2× Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oklahoma, Nebraska)
[17] • FWAA/ Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week (Oklahoma) [18] • Honorable mention All-Big 12 [14] |
Coryell Judie (KR/DB) | • First Aggie in school history to return kickoffs for touchdowns in consecutive games [19] | • 2× Big 12 Special Teams Player (Oklahoma, Baylor)
[17] • Second team All-Big 12 [14] |
Von Miller (LB) | • N/A | • 2× Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Baylor, Texas)
[17] • Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week (Texas) [20] • First team All-Big 12 selection [14] • 2010 Butkus Award winner for Nation's top collegiate linebacker [21] |
Name | Position | Alma mater (Year) | Year at A&M |
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Mike Sherman | Head coach | Central Connecticut State (1978) | 3rd |
Tom Rossley | Quarterbacks | Cincinnati (1969) | 3rd |
Randy Jordan | Running backs | North Carolina (1993) | 3rd |
Jim Turner | Offensive line | Boston College (1988) | 3rd |
Troy Walters | Wide receivers | Stanford (2000) | 1st |
Tim DeRuyter |
Defensive coordinator Assistant head coach |
Air Force (1985) | 1st |
Terrell Williams | Defensive line | East Carolina (1998) | 1st |
Dat Nguyen | Inside linebackers | Texas A&M (1998) | 1st |
Nick Toth | Outside linebackers | Ohio (1999) | 1st |
Charles McMillian | Defensive backs | Utah State (1995) | 3rd |
Dave Kennedy | Strength and conditioning | Nebraska (1985) | 3rd |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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SFA | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Texas A&M | 7 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 48 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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LA Tech | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
Texas A&M | 7 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 48 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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FIU | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
Texas A&M | 0 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 27 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Texas A&M | 14 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
Oklahoma State | 0 | 7 | 21 | 10 | 38 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Arkansas | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
Texas A&M | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Missouri | 6 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 30 |
Texas A&M | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Texas A&M | 14 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
Kansas | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Jerrod Johnson and Ryan Tannehill split time at quarterback for the first time.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Texas Tech | 7 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 27 |
Texas A&M | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 45 |
Ryan Tannehill's first career start. Johnson benched.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Oklahoma | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 19 |
Texas A&M | 9 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 33 |
Texas A&M defeated Oklahoma for the first time since 2002. Also the first time A&M beat a ranked opponent at home since 2007 Texas. [23] It was an upset victory that included 3 goal-line stands by the A&M defense. OU ran 15 plays under the Aggie 10-yard line, and gained only 11 yards. [24] Michael Hodges was part of the 3 goal-line stands. He earned Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors for his career-high 19 tackles. [25] A&M also became ranked after the game, for the first time since September 21, 2007. [26]
Oklahoma's loss was historically significant. OU ran the most plays (104) in its history, beating the previous record of 102. In games in which the Sooners ran more than 90 plays, the Sooners had been 39–0. The Sooners also had only 29 first downs; OU was 57–0 before the game, in which it made at least 29 first downs. [27]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Texas A&M | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
Baylor | 17 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
Cyrus Gray picked up 137 rushing yards for a career-high of 4 touchdowns. [28]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Nebraska | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Texas A&M | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
Record-setting crowd of 90,079. Cyrus Gray's fifth consecutive 100-yard rushing game ( Darren Lewis 1990). [29] Trent Hunter had 2 interceptions. [30] Nebraska was charged with a school-record 16 penalties for a total of 145 yards, [31] and Texas A&M only had 2 penalties for 10 yards. No touchdowns were scored for either team, and all of the points were scored by way of field goals. Taylor Martinez re-injured his right ankle in the first quarter when he was stepped on by one of his offensive linemen.
Questionable roughing the passer call against Nebraska. [32] Bo Pelini's behavior during the game was called into question. [31] [33] [34] [35]
Aggies won Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week. [36]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Texas A&M | 0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 24 |
Texas | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
Cyrus Gray had a 200-yard game, first A&M RB since Leeland McElroy 1995. This game pushed Cyrus Gray over the 1,000 yard rushing mark for the 2010 season. Texas finished with its first losing season since 1997. [15] With the win, the Aggies won a share of the Big 12 South Division title.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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#11 Tigers | 7 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 41 |
#18 Aggies | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
1st Round, 2nd Overall Pick by the Denver Broncos—Sr. LB Von Miller.