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Texas A&M's 50 greatest football victories: Nos. 40-36

May 18, 2016
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There have been nail-biters and blowouts. There have been amazing comebacks and improbable upsets. There have been last-minute touchdowns and clutch goal line stands.

Through 121 seasons of Texas A&M football, the Aggies have posted 717 victories.

One resulted in cotton falling like snow at Kyle Field. Another had a historic “Bear” hug. Several came at the expense of Heisman Trophy recipients.

Some transformed star players like Crow, Hargett, Johnny Football and the Haskell Hurricane into legends.

From the Dixie Classic, to the Sugar Bowl, to — oh, my gracious — a stunning triumph at Tuscaloosa, TexAgs has attempted to rank the Aggies’ 50 greatest football victories to be revealed in sets of five.

See if your Top 50 matches ours.

Texas A&M’s greatest football victories: Nos. 50-46 ... 45-41

40. Texas A&M 20, Texas 0 (Nov. 30, 1939): The Aggies entered the game against their arch-rival looking to complete an undefeated regular season.

More importantly, they figured to clinch a national championship with a victory over the 5-3 Longhorns.

No problem. A&M, which had not allowed a touchdown in four consecutive games, made it five in a row. The Aggies allowed just three first downs in posting a 20-0 victory over Texas and claiming their first national title that would later have to be validated in the Sugar Bowl.

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39. Texas A&M 28, Oklahoma State 25 (Nov. 1, 1997): The Aggies were reeling from consecutive losses to Kansas State and Texas Tech and had No. 19 Oklahoma State, which was leading the Big 12 South, visiting Kyle Field.

The Aggies appeared destined for a third straight defeat after Tim Sydnes kicked a 27-yard field goal on the first play of the fourth quarter to give Oklahoma State a 22-7 lead.

But Dante Hall scored on a 2-yard touchdown run with 5:06 remaining to bring the Aggies within 22-14.

Then, Branndon Stewart hit Chris Cole with a 25-yard touchdown pass with 43 seconds remaining. Stewart followed with a pass to Sirr Parker for the two-point conversion to force overtime.

A 6-yard Tiki Hardeman touchdown run clinched the A&M victory.

The win kicked off a four-game winning streak which enabled A&M to win the Big 12 South Division by a game over Oklahoma State and Tech.

38. Texas A&M 6, SMU 2 (Nov. 11, 1939): The Aggies put their unbeaten record and No. 2 national ranking on the line against 13th-ranked SMU, whose only loss coming into the game was a 20-19 at Notre Dame, which had been ranked as high as second that year.

Playing in a driving rain, A&M recovered a fumble deep inside SMU territory to set up a John Kimbrough touchdown. It was the only touchdown of the game.

The Aggies would not be seriously challenged again until the Sugar Bowl victory over Tulane that validated the national championship.

37. Texas A&M, 41, Auburn 38 (Nov. 8, 2014): A&M was a 23-point underdog on the road against third-ranked Auburn, but four first half touchdown passes and two late fumbles enabled the Aggies to pull off a stunning upset.

Freshman quarterback Kyle Allen, making just his second start, threw two touchdown passes to Josh Reynolds, one to Ricky Seals-Jones and another to Malcome Kennedy in the first half. Myles Garrett also blocked an Auburn field goal attempt that Deshazor Everett returned 65 yards for a touchdown that staked the Aggies to a 35-17 halftime lead.

A&M could only manage a pair of Josh Lambo field goals in the second half, though.

Auburn rallied with three consecutive touchdown drives to pull within 41-38. The Tigers’ next series reached the A&M 1-yard line, but quarterback Nick Marshall botched the handoff exchange to running back Cameron Artis-Payne.

Defensive end Julien Obioha recovered the fumble at the 2-yard line to end that threat.

After a punt, Auburn reached A&M’s 28-yard line in the final minute. However, center Reese Dismukes snapped the ball before Marshall was ready and A&M defensive tackle Alonzo Williams recovered the fumble.

36. Texas A&M 28, Texas 0 (Nov. 26, 1925): Coach D.X. Bible’s Aggies were 6-1-1 and 3-1 in Southwest Conference play. Texas was 6-1-1 and 2-0-1. The winner could claim the SWC championship.

The outcome was never in serious doubt. A&M had allowed only three points in the five previous games combined. The Aggies rolled to their fifth shutout win and their fourth conference title under Bible.
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Texas A&M's 50 greatest football victories: Nos. 40-36

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Olin Buchanan
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Texas A&M's 50 greatest football victories: Nos. 40-36
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I was at the OSU game in '97.
As I recall that was A&M's first overtime game since the inception of OT.
Very exciting game to be at. Kyle was going nuts.
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Agreed. That was an fantastic comeback. I guess that's what happens when you put Branndon Stewart in the shotgun..
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