Kansas State vs. Texas A&M

Kansas State and Texas A&M have 16 meetings on file, the first in 1912; the series is tied 8–⁠8 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–⁠5, and Kansas State has won the last 4.

Kansas State wins
8
Texas A&M wins
8
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1912
Longest streak
5 Texas A&M
Current streak
4 Kansas State
Last 10 meetings
even at 5–⁠5
Most recent
2016

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s2–⁠0
1920s0–⁠1
1970s0–⁠2
1990s2–⁠1
2000s2–⁠4
2010s2–⁠0
Both ranked
2 meetings: Kansas State 1, Texas A&M 1; 1 both in the top 10
Average margin
12.3 points; 7 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Kansas State
4–⁠3 Kansas State’s record at home
At Texas A&M
4–⁠3 Texas A&M’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠1 Kansas State first
Shutouts
3

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Kansas State’s biggest win2009: Kansas State 62, Texas A&M 14by 48 points
  2. Texas A&M’s biggest win1976: Texas A&M 34, Kansas State 14by 20 points
  3. Upset1912: Kansas State 13, Texas A&M 10Kansas State had a 12% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1913: Kansas State 12, Texas A&M 0Kansas State had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Ranked showdown1998: Texas A&M 36, Kansas State 33No. 4 Kansas State at No. 8 Texas A&M
  6. Ranked showdown1997: Kansas State 36, Texas A&M 17No. 14 Texas A&M at No. 20 Kansas State

Coach against coach

YearsKansas StateSeriesTexas A&M
1996–⁠2001Bill Snyder2–⁠3R.C. Slocum

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Kansas State’s side (Snyder 2–⁠3 against Slocum). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Kansas State and Texas A&M, 1912 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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

Jerrod Johnson Texas A&M29 of 41, 419 yards, 2 TD2008 Passing
Cyrus Gray Texas A&M30 carries, 218 yards, 2 TD2011 Rushing
Ryan Tannehill Texas A&M12 catches, 210 yards, 1 TD2008 Receiving

Named most valuable

Jesse Ertz2016
Branndon Stewart Texas A&M1998

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Dec 28, 2016Kansas State 33, Texas A&M 28NRG StadiumTexas Bowl
Nov 12, 201117Kansas State 53, Texas A&M 50at Kansas State
Oct 17, 2009Kansas State 62, Texas A&M 14at Kansas State
Oct 11, 2008Kansas State 44, Texas A&M 30at Texas A&M
Oct 22, 2005Texas A&M 30, Kansas State 28at Kansas State
Oct 2, 2004Texas A&M 42, Kansas State 30at Texas A&M
Oct 20, 2001Texas A&M 31, Kansas State 24at Kansas State
Oct 28, 2000Texas A&M 26, 10Kansas State 10at Texas A&M
Dec 5, 19988Texas A&M 36, 4Kansas State 33Neutral siteBig 12 Championship Game
Oct 18, 199720Kansas State 36, 14Texas A&M 17at Kansas State
Oct 19, 199621Kansas State 23, Texas A&M 20at Texas A&M
Sep 18, 197611Texas A&M 34, Kansas State 14at Texas A&M
Oct 4, 19756Texas A&M 10, Kansas State 0at Kansas State
Oct 12, 1929Texas A&M 19, Kansas State 0at Texas A&M
Nov 8, 1913Kansas State 12, Texas A&M 0at Kansas State
Nov 20, 1912Kansas State 13, Texas A&M 10at Texas A&M

Every game is listed as played on the field.