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4 hours ago, RomaVicta said:

Below is the stretch before the modern era. I start with 1955, but I will note that they only scored 12 points against Texas from 1894 to 1907, winning one game and tying two. Those two touchdowns were spread out over 1903 and 1904. In the same period, Texas scored 63 points. I guess the Aggies were off fighting the Boer War, probably for both sides since neither side really won.

Pre-modern Era

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Here is the modern era (erasure begins in 1984) :

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Here is the post modern era or, the Post Erasure Era:

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In the 32 years since being erased, Texas has hardly won any games against the Aggies. Aggies dominated the national scene while Texas wallowed in irrelevance and eventually disbanded their football program.

I'll note that Senor Umlaut, I think, said that there is no longer a starting date leading to the present that Aggies can cherry pick to claim a winning record against the Longhorns. Thus, the pitiful look over their sloping shoulders to a time 30 years ago, in another century, where they beat us a lot, never played for an MNC, and lost most of their bowl games.

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On 1/7/2026 at 10:09 AM, SurlyBDR said:

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Just wanted to point out that texas went 17-1-2 against A&M in the first 20 matchups, and outscored a&m including a 334-49 including a 157-0 stretch to kick it off.

On 1/7/2026 at 10:09 AM, SurlyBDR said:

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Uh, Lt Dipshit?

Texas has now won 3 in a row, and 2 of those were back to back at Collie Station.

More from Essay Patna:

"The Truth about 78-37-5

When college football debates its greatest rivalries, the conversation usually begins and ends with all-time records. For Texas A&M fans, seeing the headline number against the University of Texas can feel frustrating without context.

But to understand the Texas A&M–Texas rivalry honestly, you have to acknowledge one critical truth:

This rivalry did not start on a level playing field.

The Myth of the “Equal Start”

Many of college football’s most famous rivalries began between institutions that were fundamentally alike.

Take Michigan and Ohio State. Their rivalry began in 1897. From the very beginning, both were large, co-educational, civilian state universities. They recruited from similar populations, offered similar campus life, and built their programs using nearly identical institutional models.

They started the race at the same starting line.

Texas A&M and Texas did not.

Two Very Different Institutions

For roughly the first 80 years of this rivalry, Texas A&M was not a typical college campus. It was a small, all-male military institution where membership in the Corps of Cadets was mandatory. Every student lived under military discipline, with daily formations, strict conduct codes, and limited personal freedom.

Texas, meanwhile, operated as a large, co-educational civilian university in a growing metropolitan area, offering a traditional college experience and drawing from a far broader recruiting base.

Imagine trying to build a modern football powerhouse today where every player is required to live in barracks, wake up before dawn for drill, and follow a strict military code, while your rival across the state offers a conventional “big city” college environment with a student body several times larger.

That was Texas A&M’s reality until the mid-1960s.

When “Going to War” Was Literal

World War II magnified this imbalance to its extreme.

Because Texas A&M was a mandatory military school, its campus served as a direct pipeline for officer training and active duty. When the nation called, Aggie upperclassmen didn’t simply leave for the draft. They were expected to serve.

By 1943, the Aggie football roster had been so depleted that the team consisted largely of 17-year-olds, earning the nickname the “Kiddie Corps.”

Civilian universities like Texas were impacted by the war as well, but in a fundamentally different way. Programs such as the Navy V-12 allowed elite athletes to remain on campus while receiving military training. In the 1943 Texas–A&M game, Texas fielded several players who had actually played for A&M the year before but were reassigned by the military.

That era alone accounts for a significant portion of the lopsided all-time record.

Same rivalry. Same war. Very different conditions.

The Most Skewed Stretch

From 1940 to 1983, Texas posted a dominant 36-7-1 record against A&M.

This period is often cited as proof of superiority, but it reflects more than coaching decisions or talent cycles. It reflects two programs operating under completely different institutional constraints.

Texas was expanding resources, recruiting reach, and national stature. A&M was still balancing athletics with a unique military mission that restricted roster depth, recruiting flexibility, and continuity.

When the Playing Field Finally Leveled

The rivalry did not truly normalize until Texas A&M fundamentally changed.

Women were admitted in 1963. In 1965, membership in the Corps of Cadets became voluntary. Over time, A&M evolved into a large, co-educational university capable of competing for talent under the same basic conditions as Texas.

Once that transformation took hold, the results changed.

From 1975 until the series paused in 2011, the rivalry stood at 19-19.

No dominance. No imbalance. Just two comparable programs trading wins.

Context Over Comparison

The all-time record between Texas and Texas A&M is real, but it is not self-explanatory. It is a historical artifact shaped by decades when one institution accepted constraints that no modern football program would willingly take on.

For Aggies, those early losses are not a source of embarrassment. They are evidence of an institutional mission rooted in service and sacrifice. While other rivalries grew up as equals, this one was forged between two entirely different worlds.

Understanding that context doesn’t erase the record.

It explains it."

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The old we were an all male (since there has been like one chick kick a ball in football once) military school so it wasn't fair.

Meanwhile Army running train on nattys back in the day....

"civilian". christ dude, get a fucking grip.

what it explains it are 3 numbers 78-37-5. You are what your record says you are...

22 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

More from Essay Patna:

"The Truth about 78-37-5

When college football debates its greatest rivalries, the conversation usually begins and ends with all-time records. For Texas A&M fans, seeing the headline number against the University of Texas can feel frustrating without context.

But to understand the Texas A&M–Texas rivalry honestly, you have to acknowledge one critical truth:

This rivalry did not start on a level playing field.

The Myth of the “Equal Start”

Many of college football’s most famous rivalries began between institutions that were fundamentally alike.

Take Michigan and Ohio State. Their rivalry began in 1897. From the very beginning, both were large, co-educational, civilian state universities. They recruited from similar populations, offered similar campus life, and built their programs using nearly identical institutional models.

They started the race at the same starting line.

Texas A&M and Texas did not.

Two Very Different Institutions

For roughly the first 80 years of this rivalry, Texas A&M was not a typical college campus. It was a small, all-male military institution where membership in the Corps of Cadets was mandatory. Every student lived under military discipline, with daily formations, strict conduct codes, and limited personal freedom.

Texas, meanwhile, operated as a large, co-educational civilian university in a growing metropolitan area, offering a traditional college experience and drawing from a far broader recruiting base.

Imagine trying to build a modern football powerhouse today where every player is required to live in barracks, wake up before dawn for drill, and follow a strict military code, while your rival across the state offers a conventional “big city” college environment with a student body several times larger.

That was Texas A&M’s reality until the mid-1960s.

When “Going to War” Was Literal

World War II magnified this imbalance to its extreme.

Because Texas A&M was a mandatory military school, its campus served as a direct pipeline for officer training and active duty. When the nation called, Aggie upperclassmen didn’t simply leave for the draft. They were expected to serve.

By 1943, the Aggie football roster had been so depleted that the team consisted largely of 17-year-olds, earning the nickname the “Kiddie Corps.”

Civilian universities like Texas were impacted by the war as well, but in a fundamentally different way. Programs such as the Navy V-12 allowed elite athletes to remain on campus while receiving military training. In the 1943 Texas–A&M game, Texas fielded several players who had actually played for A&M the year before but were reassigned by the military.

That era alone accounts for a significant portion of the lopsided all-time record.

Same rivalry. Same war. Very different conditions.

The Most Skewed Stretch

From 1940 to 1983, Texas posted a dominant 36-7-1 record against A&M.

This period is often cited as proof of superiority, but it reflects more than coaching decisions or talent cycles. It reflects two programs operating under completely different institutional constraints.

Texas was expanding resources, recruiting reach, and national stature. A&M was still balancing athletics with a unique military mission that restricted roster depth, recruiting flexibility, and continuity.

When the Playing Field Finally Leveled

The rivalry did not truly normalize until Texas A&M fundamentally changed.

Women were admitted in 1963. In 1965, membership in the Corps of Cadets became voluntary. Over time, A&M evolved into a large, co-educational university capable of competing for talent under the same basic conditions as Texas.

Once that transformation took hold, the results changed.

From 1975 until the series paused in 2011, the rivalry stood at 19-19.

No dominance. No imbalance. Just two comparable programs trading wins.

Context Over Comparison

The all-time record between Texas and Texas A&M is real, but it is not self-explanatory. It is a historical artifact shaped by decades when one institution accepted constraints that no modern football program would willingly take on.

For Aggies, those early losses are not a source of embarrassment. They are evidence of an institutional mission rooted in service and sacrifice. While other rivalries grew up as equals, this one was forged between two entirely different worlds.

Understanding that context doesn’t erase the record.

It explains it."

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I wonder how they explain the 14-5 record over the last 19 games?

1 hour ago, Vic Mackey said:

More from Essay Patna:

"The Truth about 78-37-5

When college football debates its greatest rivalries, the conversation usually begins and ends with all-time records. For Texas A&M fans, seeing the headline number against the University of Texas can feel frustrating without context.

But to understand the Texas A&M–Texas rivalry honestly, you have to acknowledge one critical truth:

This rivalry did not start on a level playing field.

The Myth of the “Equal Start”

Many of college football’s most famous rivalries began between institutions that were fundamentally alike.

Take Michigan and Ohio State. Their rivalry began in 1897. From the very beginning, both were large, co-educational, civilian state universities. They recruited from similar populations, offered similar campus life, and built their programs using nearly identical institutional models.

They started the race at the same starting line.

Texas A&M and Texas did not.

Two Very Different Institutions

For roughly the first 80 years of this rivalry, Texas A&M was not a typical college campus. It was a small, all-male military institution where membership in the Corps of Cadets was mandatory. Every student lived under military discipline, with daily formations, strict conduct codes, and limited personal freedom.

Texas, meanwhile, operated as a large, co-educational civilian university in a growing metropolitan area, offering a traditional college experience and drawing from a far broader recruiting base.

Imagine trying to build a modern football powerhouse today where every player is required to live in barracks, wake up before dawn for drill, and follow a strict military code, while your rival across the state offers a conventional “big city” college environment with a student body several times larger.

That was Texas A&M’s reality until the mid-1960s.

When “Going to War” Was Literal

World War II magnified this imbalance to its extreme.

Because Texas A&M was a mandatory military school, its campus served as a direct pipeline for officer training and active duty. When the nation called, Aggie upperclassmen didn’t simply leave for the draft. They were expected to serve.

By 1943, the Aggie football roster had been so depleted that the team consisted largely of 17-year-olds, earning the nickname the “Kiddie Corps.”

Civilian universities like Texas were impacted by the war as well, but in a fundamentally different way. Programs such as the Navy V-12 allowed elite athletes to remain on campus while receiving military training. In the 1943 Texas–A&M game, Texas fielded several players who had actually played for A&M the year before but were reassigned by the military.

That era alone accounts for a significant portion of the lopsided all-time record.

Same rivalry. Same war. Very different conditions.

The Most Skewed Stretch

From 1940 to 1983, Texas posted a dominant 36-7-1 record against A&M.

This period is often cited as proof of superiority, but it reflects more than coaching decisions or talent cycles. It reflects two programs operating under completely different institutional constraints.

Texas was expanding resources, recruiting reach, and national stature. A&M was still balancing athletics with a unique military mission that restricted roster depth, recruiting flexibility, and continuity.

When the Playing Field Finally Leveled

The rivalry did not truly normalize until Texas A&M fundamentally changed.

Women were admitted in 1963. In 1965, membership in the Corps of Cadets became voluntary. Over time, A&M evolved into a large, co-educational university capable of competing for talent under the same basic conditions as Texas.

Once that transformation took hold, the results changed.

From 1975 until the series paused in 2011, the rivalry stood at 19-19.

No dominance. No imbalance. Just two comparable programs trading wins.

Context Over Comparison

The all-time record between Texas and Texas A&M is real, but it is not self-explanatory. It is a historical artifact shaped by decades when one institution accepted constraints that no modern football program would willingly take on.

For Aggies, those early losses are not a source of embarrassment. They are evidence of an institutional mission rooted in service and sacrifice. While other rivalries grew up as equals, this one was forged between two entirely different worlds.

Understanding that context doesn’t erase the record.

It explains it."

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Stolen valor.

West Point and USNA were football powerhouses when this valor-stealer claims TAMU couldn’t compete.

600+ UT students, staff, and faculty made the ultimate sacrifice during WWII. Is their blood less worthy than Aggies? That argument, and the “tea-sippers” always makes me sick. It spits on the graves of heroes.

8 minutes ago, nnm said:

Stolen valor.

West Point and USNA were football powerhouses when this valor-stealer claims TAMU couldn’t compete.

600+ UT students, staff, and faculty made the ultimate sacrifice during WWII. Is their blood less worthy than Aggies? That argument, and the “tea-sippers” always makes me sick. It spits on the graves of heroes.

It’s all such bullshit. Thousands of Longhorns served in WWI and WWII. Just like they did from the rest of America. A lot served in Korea and Vietnam, too.

If they were so small back before I was born, how did they manage to win the MNC in 1939?

And those two prehistoric championships they claimed after they ran away from their Daddy and the Big 12 ?

1 hour ago, Vic Mackey said:

More from Essay Patna:

"The Truth about 78-37-5

When college football debates its greatest rivalries, the conversation usually begins and ends with all-time records. For Texas A&M fans, seeing the headline number against the University of Texas can feel frustrating without context.

But to understand the Texas A&M–Texas rivalry honestly, you have to acknowledge one critical truth:

This rivalry did not start on a level playing field.

The Myth of the “Equal Start”

Many of college football’s most famous rivalries began between institutions that were fundamentally alike.

Take Michigan and Ohio State. Their rivalry began in 1897. From the very beginning, both were large, co-educational, civilian state universities. They recruited from similar populations, offered similar campus life, and built their programs using nearly identical institutional models.

They started the race at the same starting line.

Texas A&M and Texas did not.

Two Very Different Institutions

For roughly the first 80 years of this rivalry, Texas A&M was not a typical college campus. It was a small, all-male military institution where membership in the Corps of Cadets was mandatory. Every student lived under military discipline, with daily formations, strict conduct codes, and limited personal freedom.

Texas, meanwhile, operated as a large, co-educational civilian university in a growing metropolitan area, offering a traditional college experience and drawing from a far broader recruiting base.

Imagine trying to build a modern football powerhouse today where every player is required to live in barracks, wake up before dawn for drill, and follow a strict military code, while your rival across the state offers a conventional “big city” college environment with a student body several times larger.

That was Texas A&M’s reality until the mid-1960s.

When “Going to War” Was Literal

World War II magnified this imbalance to its extreme.

Because Texas A&M was a mandatory military school, its campus served as a direct pipeline for officer training and active duty. When the nation called, Aggie upperclassmen didn’t simply leave for the draft. They were expected to serve.

By 1943, the Aggie football roster had been so depleted that the team consisted largely of 17-year-olds, earning the nickname the “Kiddie Corps.”

Civilian universities like Texas were impacted by the war as well, but in a fundamentally different way. Programs such as the Navy V-12 allowed elite athletes to remain on campus while receiving military training. In the 1943 Texas–A&M game, Texas fielded several players who had actually played for A&M the year before but were reassigned by the military.

That era alone accounts for a significant portion of the lopsided all-time record.

Same rivalry. Same war. Very different conditions.

The Most Skewed Stretch

From 1940 to 1983, Texas posted a dominant 36-7-1 record against A&M.

This period is often cited as proof of superiority, but it reflects more than coaching decisions or talent cycles. It reflects two programs operating under completely different institutional constraints.

Texas was expanding resources, recruiting reach, and national stature. A&M was still balancing athletics with a unique military mission that restricted roster depth, recruiting flexibility, and continuity.

When the Playing Field Finally Leveled

The rivalry did not truly normalize until Texas A&M fundamentally changed.

Women were admitted in 1963. In 1965, membership in the Corps of Cadets became voluntary. Over time, A&M evolved into a large, co-educational university capable of competing for talent under the same basic conditions as Texas.

Once that transformation took hold, the results changed.

From 1975 until the series paused in 2011, the rivalry stood at 19-19.

No dominance. No imbalance. Just two comparable programs trading wins.

Context Over Comparison

The all-time record between Texas and Texas A&M is real, but it is not self-explanatory. It is a historical artifact shaped by decades when one institution accepted constraints that no modern football program would willingly take on.

For Aggies, those early losses are not a source of embarrassment. They are evidence of an institutional mission rooted in service and sacrifice. While other rivalries grew up as equals, this one was forged between two entirely different worlds.

Understanding that context doesn’t erase the record.

It explains it."

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Excuses are a lot like assholes...

19 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

If they were so small back before I was born, how did they manage to win the MNC in 1939?

And those two prehistoric championships they claimed after they ran away from their Daddy and the Big 12 ?

The existence of hitler in the world supercharged Aggy and allowed them to play to their peak. Everything has been downhill in A&M's world since the most red-assed of them all, Adolph Hitler, passed away.

7 minutes ago, PhillyD said:

Excuses are a lot like assholes...

You'll find aggy fingers all over them.

Edited by CumStainedJorts

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