First Glance - Alabama at Texas A&M (Game Notes, Connections, Radio, TV)

What You Need To Know

• Tickets for this game are sold out. Good luck on the secondary market.
• Texas A&M is ranked 9th in the AP Poll and 10th in the Coaches Poll.
• Alabama is ranked 10th in the AP Poll and 9th in the Coaches Poll.
• Texas A&M enters this game 5-0 (2-0 SEC), while Alabama brings a 5-1 (2-1 SEC) record into College Station.
• Alabama beat Texas A&M last season 59-0 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Did You Know...

• This is the first matchup of two top ten teams at Kyle Field since 2013 when Alabama was ranked #1 and Texas A&M was ranked #6.
• Texas A&M has never defeated Alabama at Kyle Field.
• Alabama leads the all-time series against Texas A&M 5-2-0.
• The University of Alabama was founded in 1831 and currently has an enrollment of 36,155.
• With a win, A&M will be 6-0 for the first time since 1994, and will start conference play 3-0 for the first time since 2004 (Big 12).
• Christian Kirk needs 42 all-purpose yards to reach 1,000 for the season and needs 151 receiving yards to break Uzoma Nwachukwu's TRUE freshman school record of 670 receiving yards (2009).
• Drew Kaser leads the SEC with an average of 51.0 yards/punt and has the longest punt in the conference this season (68 yards).
• Taylor Bertolet is 20/20 in PATs this season and is tied for first in the conference with 2.5 FG/G.

Game Notes

• TEXAS A&M
• ALABAMA

Campus Connections

• Paul "Bear" Bryant coached at Texas A&M from 1954 to 1957, where he compiled a 25-14-2 overall record and won a Southwest Conference championship. He then was head coach at Alabama from 1957-1983.
• Gene Stallings played for Bryant at A&M before serving as an assistant coach at Alabama from 1958-64 and returned to Tuscaloosa as head coach from 1990-96
• Jackie Sherrill played for Bryant at Alabama from 1963-65 and served as head coach at A&M from 1982-88.
• John David Crow was the 1957 Heisman Trophy winner at Texas A&M and an assistant coach at Alabama from 1969-71. He later served as Athletic Director at Texas A&M.
• Dennis Franchione was the head coach at both schools, coaching the Crimson Tide in 2001-02 before taking over as head coach at A&M from 2003-07.

Famous Alabama Students

• Bear Bryant
• Jackie Sherrill
• Robert Horry
• Joe Namath
• Bart Starr
• Rece Davis
• Winston Groom, author of "Forrest Gump"

Television

• Game time: 2:30 pm CT
• Channel: CBS (national)
• Broadcast team: Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson and Allie LaForce

Online Streaming

• CBSSports.com

Radio

• Texas A&M Sports Network (Full list HERE)
• Texas A&M Spanish Network (Radio stations in San Antonio, Houston, El Paso and McAllen, Texas)
• SiriusXM

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