1999 Bonfire game. Had tears in my eyes the entire game.

TEXAS SPECIAL, 1965

The Texas Special was a play devised by Texas A&M in 1965 against the University of Texas at Austin that involved a lateral pass and a 91-yard touchdown:

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Tim Wilson's surprising 1979 13-7 win. The third deck wasn't completed so bought a scalped ticket in the first deck and as a freshman joined the fish cadets on the field and walked to the fish pond afterwards and watch d the spectacle and joined the yells…hardly practice for the first time!!!

I believe this is the only time both bands have been on the field together. I was a kid when I took this picture.

I was 5 or 6 years old. I was on the 3rd deck with my parents (my grandparents had seats on the 2nd deck), my baby brother was asleep in the baby carrier under the bleacher between my mom and dad. It was cold. I could see the game and I could see bonfire still burning on the polo fields. I think we won because they threw cotton at the end of the game. It wasn't my first A&M sip game, but it was the first I remember.

12thMan9 said:

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Reno Hightower said:

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'87. It was loud as heck and we won the next game after that (Cotton Bowl v ND).

that's the last time the season ended with a victory over those vermin partnered with a win in the next game played.

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1985 says hello.

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Dude, 87 is later than 85

Came to post '87.

Was young, but it is one of those childhood memories I'll never forget.

Cold night, extremely loud. Amazed at how loud everyone was and just the spectacle of things. Even the olds were standing, everyone was beating and stomping on the bleachers.

My most vivid memories of the tu game were from 1975. My seat was field level on temporary bleachers in the end zone. When the game ended, I remember looking toward the sip section where all that orange stood stone cold silent in disbelief as if frozen. I went down on the field and heard Ed Simonini exclaiming to Coach Bellard "We did it! We did it!". Quite different from the 1974 game in Austin.

2012 when those asses were off the schedule.

2006- I was at home watching with family. This was my first win vs tu as an Aggie.

"Just get a first down Ags. First Down... TOUCHDOWN TEXAS A&M!"

My family which had thought that tu was going to win had to watch me celebrate. I was crying tears of joy after we won.

Favorite memory?

Even in a loss my favorite memory is playing an old rival in a big game and it not being them and they're whiny/fake fans.

1999. Admittedly didn't follow it much before about '97 or so, though.

A lot of mentions of 79 so I'll be corrected if I got the year wrong. Toward the end of a surprising win, two CTs sneak down and fire tu's cannon then run down the track wildcatting to cheers from the crowd. They got chewed out at the end of their exploits but heard later they got senior privileges for a week.

Past that, I remember the electricity in the air when I walked in before the 95 game. No matter what the naysayers say, this game was just special. We got outscored that day and there was a melee on the field afterward. Mutual hatred.

2012

When we didn't play them anymore.

1979 as well, the afterglow was amazing, didn't want to leave Kyle

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TMan86 said:

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Cotton falling from the night sky in 1985

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I was at the '84 game in Austin and that one was pretty sweet.

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This. I had a case of BAS that season and was sure we were gonna lose. It was great to hear the silence of Memorial Stadium.

2006 at DKR with my sip father in law and my son (class of '20). McGee lead an 8 minute drive to secure the victory and upset. Memorial was silent except for the FTAB band. Beautiful.

1989

Aggie team lines up to sing the Spirit with the 12th Man during the pregame (as it should be). Horn players come out and get in their faces talking trash during the song. As soon as the last note was sung the Ass-whooping commenced as a major brawl broke out. Went on to win the game 21 - 10 and claim our sixth in a row over the sips.

'93 @ Kyle Field. I had been a stringer for the Batt (writing 2-3 articles a week on tennis, volleyball, etc. and making $5 per story) and got the call-up to varsity to cover the sip game. it was the freezing cold game with Leeland's kickoff return and Dennis Allen's INT.

I could write 10,000 words on the game, but the thing that has stood with me all these years is going down to the field in the last 5 minutes and being on the sideline as Shea Morenz was running for his life. He ran to the sideline but he didn't quite get there in time and Sam Adams hit him full force. The CRACK of one body hitting the other and Morenz being flung sideways was a staggering thing to see/hear up close.

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2006 at DKR with my sip father in law and my son (class of '20). McGee lead an 8 minute drive to secure the victory and upset. Memorial was silent except for the FTAB band. Beautiful.

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'99 is #1 for me, but this one is a close second. Had seats one or two rows behind the FTAB.

More of this game. Freshman year, way up in the third deck, super cold, buddy had his flask to keep us warm. This was on the heels of spending all day at friend's apartment making Thanksgiving dinner since none of us went home (somehow no one got food poisoning). Wouldn't trade any of it.

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Not sure of the year, 1979, '80, '81...we were playing the sips in Austin. My buddy that was with me had spent time as a trainer for the football team. He introduced me to a couple that were sitting behind us who happened to be Matt McCall's parents, who was one of our offensive linemen. During a play, a penalty flag flew, and behind me I heard "Oh, Matt!" I turned and asked what happened...his mother said "Matt held"- call on the field...holding, offense. Talk about being honed in on her son playing.

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Matt McCall was a Fr. at A&M in 1987.

37-12 (The reason Northgate went to plastic pitchers)
42-10
16-3
28-24

I was driving a '67 VW Bug back then. I parked it behind Reed McDonald and walked to the game. When I got back over there around midnight it wouldn't start. I slept in the Batt office that night.

My favorite tu memory is not having them infest my conference for 12 years

Actual GAME memory…….the entire 85 and 87 game experiences were incredible, but if the answer isn't Brian Gamble you're sadly mistaken

My favorite season was 2012.. . Checking the schedule . . . Nope didn't play them that year.

Coincidence? Nope

1. 1985. 42-10. My freshman year. I had side end zone seats on first deck, could hardly see anything. But I saw the goal line stand up close that ripped the sips' heart right out and we rolled from there.

2. 1999. Bonfire.

3. 2012. SECede.

1984. Was there.
It was glorious.

Yep, tu at Kyle, 1985. They had their ass handed to.thrm 42-10.

Was it '97 that the sips tried to rush the field? I recall the fish attempting to stop them.

Winning in Austin in 2010; Von miller INT to seal the game.

ArmyAg2002 said:

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Was it '97 that the sips tried to rush the field? I recall the fish attempting to stop them.

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'95 i believe. we won in '97

Favorite memories are in football from 2012-2023

ArmyAg2002 said:

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Was it '97 that the sips tried to rush the field? I recall the fish attempting to stop them.

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1995 was when they rushed the field.

Chet Ripley said:

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1979, my last game as a student. We were unranked, tu ranked 6th. All defense in the second half to preserve a 13-6 win. Going down the ramps after the game was a giant party, singing the War Hymn, and everyone stopping to saw varsity horns off!

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pretty sure the score was 13-7
my best friend and I were seniors, (as was Curtis Dickey) and we pulled the best student seats I've ever pulled, 2nd deck, front row 30 yard line. I believe we were down 7-6 in the 2nd half of a very defensive struggle, but the Ags drove down to around the 20-25, when the QB threw a backwards pass to Dickey who was lined up wide right in the backfield. It was designed to be a trick play, and CD was supposed to pass it back to the QB, but the QB was covered. Then Dickey looks up, sees a lane and runs it in for a TD! After the PAT we're up 13-7, then the sips march down to about our 40 before their drive fizzles, and they turn it over on downs, and we run out the clock for the V!

Great day!