Texas–Texas A&M football rivalry

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The Texas–Texas A&M football rivalry is an American intercollegiate football rivalry between the Texas Longhorns football team of the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas A&M Aggies football team of Texas A&M University. Both schools are the flagship institution of their respective university systems, the two largest in the state of Texas. The teams played the first intercollegiate football game in the state in 1894 and played annually from 1915 to 2011, when A&M left the Big 12 Conference to join the Southeastern Conference. The rivalry resumed in 2024 when Texas joined the SEC, and is once again played annually under the trademarked "Lone Star Showdown" moniker at the end of the regular season. The Longhorns have enjoyed sustained success against the Aggies throughout their history and currently lead the series 78–37–5. A&M's most successful stretch occurred from 1984 to 1994, with a 10–1 run. Historically the game was played on Thanksgiving day (90 times between 1900–2011) but...

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