Baylor vs. Texas A&M
102 of their 108 meetings are on file: they first met in 1899, and the earliest on file is 1903; officially, Texas A&M leads 68–31–9; as played, 64–29–9 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Texas A&M 8–2, and Texas A&M has won the last 3. The official count covers every meeting. Share
- Official series
- Texas A&M leads 68–31–9
- Baylor wins on file
- 29
- Texas A&M wins on file
- 64
- Ties
- 9
- Earliest on file
- 1903 first met 1899
- Longest streak
- 13 Texas A&M
- Current streak
- 3 Texas A&M
- Last 10 meetings
- Texas A&M 8–2
- Most recent
- 2011
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1–7–1 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 0–6–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 3–3–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 2–4–3 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 3–5 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 5–4–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 5–5 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 4–6 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 4–5–1 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 0–9–1 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 2–8 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 0–2 |
- Both ranked
- 7 meetings: Baylor 2, Texas A&M 4; 1 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 13.2 points; 39 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Baylor
- 18–30–6 Baylor’s record at home
- At Texas A&M
- 34–11–3 Texas A&M’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 29
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Baylor’s biggest win1980: Baylor 46, Texas A&M 7by 39 points
- Texas A&M’s biggest win2003: Texas A&M 73, Baylor 10by 63 points
- Upset1978: Baylor 24, Texas A&M 6Baylor had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1908: Baylor 6, Texas A&M 5Baylor had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2004: Baylor 35, Texas A&M 34Baylor had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1956: Texas A&M 19, Baylor 13No. 7 Texas A&M at No. 8 Baylor
- Ranked showdown1953: Baylor 14, Texas A&M 13No. 6 Baylor at No. 15 Texas A&M
- Ranked showdown1951: Baylor 21, Texas A&M 21 (tie)No. 7 Baylor at No. 16 Texas A&M
Coach against coach
| Years | Baylor | Series | Texas A&M |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | R.N. Watts | 0–2–1 | J.E. Platt |
| 1920–1925 | Frank Bridges | 2–3–1 | Dana Bible |
| 1931–1933 | Morley Jennings | 0–2–1 | Madison Bell |
| 1934–1940 | Morley Jennings | 2–3–2 | Homer Norton |
| 1941–1946 | Frank Kimbrough | 1–3 | Homer Norton |
| 1951–1953 | George Sauer | 2–0–1 | Ray George |
| 1959–1961 | John Bridgers | 2–1 | Jim Myers |
| 1962–1964 | John Bridgers | 2–1 | Hank Foldberg |
| 1965–1968 | John Bridgers | 2–2 | Gene Stallings |
| 1969–1971 | Bill Beall | 1–2 | Gene Stallings |
| 1972–1978 | Grant Teaff | 2–5 | Emory Bellard |
| 1979–1981 | Grant Teaff | 3–0 | Tom Wilson |
| 1982–1988 | Grant Teaff | 2–4–1 | Jackie Sherrill |
| 1989–1992 | Grant Teaff | 0–3–1 | R.C. Slocum |
| 1993–1996 | Chuck Reedy | 0–4 | R.C. Slocum |
| 1999–2002 | Kevin Steele | 0–4 | R.C. Slocum |
| 2003–2007 | Guy Morriss | 1–4 | Dennis Franchione |
| 2008–2011 | Art Briles | 1–3 | Mike Sherman |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Baylor’s side (Watts 0–2–1 against Platt). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
Stars of the series
Biggest days
| Ryan Tannehill Texas A&M | 25 of 37, 415 yards, 6 TD, 1 INT | 2011 Passing | |
| Robert Griffin III Baylor | 28 of 40, 430 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT | 2011 Passing | |
| Ryan Swope Texas A&M | 11 catches, 206 yards, 4 TD | 2011 Receiving |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers
1916 · The Waxahachie daily light. (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, Texas, Nov 13, 1916
1923 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 5, 1923
1931 · Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, Oct 25, 1931
1935 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 27, 1935
1937 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 23, 1937
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
Every game is listed as played on the field.