2011 texas a&m coaching staff - Aggie Athletics
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opened the 4th with a 35-yard TD pass to Bethel Johnson and Toombs added another TD<br />
run and the <strong>Aggie</strong>s led 35-21.<br />
MSU rallied with two late TDs to force overtime. Toombs scored on the first possession,<br />
but the PAT by Terence Kitchens was blocked and returned for two points by Julius<br />
Griffith.<br />
MSU’s Wayne Madkin scored on the next possession to give the Bulldogs the overtime<br />
bowl win.<br />
It set an A&M record for combined points in a bowl game and was the first overtime<br />
bowl game in school history.<br />
BULLDOGS 43, AGGIES 41<br />
1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot<br />
Mississippi State (8-4) 0 14 7 14 8 — 43<br />
Texas A&M (7-5) 14 6 0 15 6 — 41<br />
1st QUARTER<br />
A&M: Whitaker 9 run (Kitchens kick), 12:56 7 - 0<br />
A&M:<br />
2<br />
Toombs 4 run (Kitchens kick), 8:06 14 - 0<br />
nd QUARTER<br />
MSU: Walker 40 run (Westerfield kick), 9:22 14 - 7<br />
MSU: Miller 4 pass from Madkin (Westerfield kick), 0:54 14 - 14<br />
A&M:<br />
3<br />
Ferguson 42 pass from Farris (kick blocked), 0:46 20 - 14<br />
rd QUARTER<br />
MSU:<br />
4<br />
Walker 1 run (Westerfield kick), 11:55 20 - 21<br />
th QUARTER<br />
A&M: Johnson 35 pass from Farris (Whitaker rush), 14:51 28 - 21<br />
A&M: Toombs 13 run (Kitchens kick), 9:20 35 - 21<br />
MSU: Walker 32 run (Westerfield kick), 8:17 35 - 28<br />
MSU:<br />
OVERTIME<br />
Lee 3 pass from Madkin (Westerfield kick), 1:30 35 - 35<br />
A&M: Toombs 25 run (kick blocked) 41 - 35<br />
MSU: Griffith PAT return 41 - 37<br />
MSU: Madkin 6 run 41 - 43<br />
2001 GALLERYFURNITURE.COM BOWL<br />
TEXAS A&M 28, TCU 9<br />
FRIDAY, DEC. 28, 2001 • HOUSTON, TEXAS<br />
RELIANT ASTRODOME • ATTENDANCE: 53,480<br />
HOUSTON (AP)—Not a bad way to begin a career.<br />
Freshman Byron Jones intercepted three passes in his first start, and Joe Weber scored<br />
two touchdowns, helping Texas A&M end a four-game bowl losing streak with a 28-9 victory<br />
over TCU in the Galleryfurniture.com Bowl on Friday.<br />
Jones, one of five freshmen in the lineup, helped the <strong>Aggie</strong>s beat their former Southwest<br />
Conference rivals for the 24th straight time. A&M won a bowl game for the first time<br />
since a 22-20 victory over Michigan in the 1995 Alamo Bowl.<br />
“It was fun to finally win a bowl,” Slocum said. “But I haven’t beat myself up personally<br />
about it. Sometimes we were just playing one of the best teams in the nation and we just<br />
weren’t good enough to win. Today, the better team won the game.”<br />
The <strong>Aggie</strong>s ended the season 8-4 after losing their final three regular-season games.<br />
The Horned Frogs (6-6) haven’t beaten the <strong>Aggie</strong>s since 1972, and trail the series 56-29-7.<br />
Weber, voted offensive player of the game, broke a 7-7 second-quarter tie with a<br />
2-yard touchdown run and added a 14-yard run that put the <strong>Aggie</strong>s in control with 1:14<br />
left in the third quarter.<br />
TCU’s Casey Printers was intercepted four times, including the first three of Jones’ career.<br />
<strong>Aggie</strong>s safety Wes Bautovich got A&M’s fourth interception. On the next play, Mark<br />
Farris hit Mickey Jones for an 82-yard touchdown pass and a 28-7 lead with 14:40 left in the<br />
game.Weber broke straight up the middle on his second touchdown, knocking aside two<br />
tacklers and running into the end zone. He finished with 59 yards on nine carries.<br />
Jones was the game’s MVP and also was the defensive player of the game. He had<br />
three tackles and ran back his interceptions a total of 77 yards.<br />
Starting in place of the injured Sean Weston, Jones had only two broken-up passes on<br />
his defensive chart in 11 games before he returned his first interception 62 yards in the first<br />
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quarter to the Frogs’ 35.<br />
The <strong>Aggie</strong>s couldn’t score on that chance, but Jones had a 15-yard interception return<br />
to TCU’s 1-yard line in the second quarter, setting up Farris’ quarterback keeper for the<br />
score.<br />
Charlie Owens scooped up a fumble by A&M running back Derek Farmer and returned<br />
it 89 yards for a TCU touchdown with four minutes left in the half, tying the game 7-7. It<br />
was the second-longest fumble return in school history.<br />
Thomas returned the ensuing kickoff 43 yards, and Carriger, a converted defensive<br />
lineman, lumbered 19 yards with his second reception of the season to set up Weber’s<br />
2-yard touchdown run with 1:06 left in the half.<br />
AGGIES 28, HORNED FROGS 9<br />
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Tot<br />
TCU (6-6) 0 7 0 2 — 9<br />
Texas A&M (8-4) 0 14 7 7 — 28<br />
2 nd QUARTER<br />
A&M: Farris 1 run (Scates kick), 14:42 7 - 0<br />
TCU: Owens 89 fumble recovery (Blankenship kick), 4:00 7 - 7<br />
A&M: Weber 2 run (Scates kick), 1:06 14 - 7<br />
3 rd QUARTER<br />
A&M: Weber 14 run (Scates kick), 1:14 21 - 7<br />
4 th QUARTER<br />
A&M: Jones 82 pass from Farris (Scates kick), 14:40 28 - 7<br />
TCU: team safety 28 - 9<br />
2005 COTTON BOWL<br />
( # 15) TENNESSEE 38, ( # 20) TEXAS A&M 7<br />
SATURDAY, JAN. 1, 2005 • DALLAS, TEXAS<br />
COTTON BOWL • ATTENDANCE: 75,704<br />
DALLAS (AP)—Rick Clausen looked nothing like the third-stringer he was most of the<br />
season, leading No. 15 Tennessee to five touchdowns in just 2 1/2 quarters, and the defense<br />
had its way with No. 22 Texas A&M in a 38-7 victory in the Cotton Bowl.<br />
The Volunteers (10-3) had lost four of their last five bowl games, the last two by a<br />
combined 40 points. After never leading in either of those games, they made things different<br />
just seven plays into this one when Clausen’s short pass to C.J. Fayton turned into<br />
a 57-yard touchdown.<br />
Tennessee wound up with the most lopsided victory in its 45-game bowl history. The<br />
Vols came within 5:13 of their first bowl shutout since the last time they played the <strong>Aggie</strong>s,<br />
way back in the 1957 Gator Bowl.<br />
The rout was as much a result of the Volunteers playing perfectly as it was the <strong>Aggie</strong>s<br />
self-destructing. For instance, A&M lost only one fumble in its first seven games, but gave<br />
away four this time. Three came in the first half, helping Tennessee stretch its quick 7-0<br />
lead to 21-0 early in the second quarter, forcing the <strong>Aggie</strong>s out of their game plan.<br />
The Vols’ plan was excellent, especially on offense.<br />
Instead of relying on the rushing of Gerald Riggs Jr. and Cedric Houston, Clausen came<br />
out firing from a variety of formations and showed the poise and patience of a seasoned<br />
leader, not a junior transfer who was beaten out by two freshmen and was playing only<br />
because they were both hurt.<br />
Clausen was 18-of-27 for 222 yards with three touchdowns, no interceptions and no<br />
sacks. He also handled a hostile crowd of 75,704 -- the game’s largest since 1978, the vast<br />
majority dressed in A&M maroon -- by scampering around the backfield to make sure<br />
everyone heard his audibles.<br />
That was the case until he took the crowd out of it completely.<br />
Tennessee gained 306 yards by halftime, even though two TD drives went just 28 and<br />
8 yards thanks to fumble recoveries. The Vols set another school bowl record with 32 first<br />
downs.<br />
Riggs followed his career-high 182 yards in the SEC championship with 102 and a<br />
touchdown on 18 carries. Houston ran 13 times for 62 yards, enough to make him and<br />
Riggs the first Tennessee teammates to have 1,000 yards in the same season. He also had<br />
a touchdown before leaving with a bruised thigh in the third quarter.<br />
A&M trailed 28-0 at halftime, but had a chance to make it a game when Terrence<br />
Thomas ran 54 yards to the 15 on the opening drive of the third quarter. Then quarterback<br />
Reggie McNeal was tackled from behind on fourth-and-1 from the 6 and the <strong>Aggie</strong>s hardly<br />
threatened again.<br />
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