2010 Texas A&M Aggies football team
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The 2010 Texas A&M Aggies football team (often referred to as "A&M" or the "Aggies") represented Texas A&M University
in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season
. The team was led by third-year head coach Mike Sherman
and played their home games at Kyle Field
in College Station, Texas
. The team's defense was led by first-year coach Tim DeRuyter
. They were members of the South Division of the Big 12 Conference
.
The Aggies finished the season 9–4, 6–2 in Big 12 play and were South Division champions with Oklahoma
and Oklahoma State
. They were invited to the Cotton Bowl Classic
where they were defeated by LSU
24–41.
and Ryan Tannehill
split time at quarterback for the first time.
's first career start. Johnson benched.
Oklahoma's loss was historically significant. OU ran the most plays (104) in its history, beating the previous record of 102. In games in which the Sooners ran more than 90 plays, the Sooners had been 39–0. The Sooners also had only 29 first downs; OU was 57–0 before the game, in which it made at least 29 first downs.
1990). Trent Hunter had 2 interceptions. Nebraska was charged with a school-record 16 penalties for a total of 145 yards, and Texas A&M only had 2 penalties for 10 yards. No touchdowns were scored for either team, and all of the points were scored by way of field goals. Taylor Martinez
re-injured his right ankle in the first quarter when he was stepped on by one of his offensive linemen.
Questionable roughing the passer call against Nebraska. Bo Pelini
's behavior during the game was called into question.
Aggies won Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week.
1995. This game pushed Cyrus Gray over the 1,000 yard rushing mark for the 2010 season. Texas finished with its first losing season since 1997. With the win, the Aggies won a share of the Big 12 South Division title.
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...
in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season
2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on Thursday, September 2, 2010. The season progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game on Monday, January 10, 2011.-Rule changes for...
. The team was led by third-year head coach Mike Sherman
Mike Sherman
Michael Francis "Mike" Sherman is the head coach of the Texas A&M Aggies football team. Prior to coaching the Aggies, he served as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers from the 2000–05 seasons. Sherman led the Packers to five consecutive winning seasons from 2000–04 and three divisional titles...
and played their home games at Kyle Field
Kyle Field
Kyle Field is the football stadium located on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. It has been the home to the Texas A&M Aggie football team in rudimentary form since 1904, and as a complete stadium since 1927. It is known as The Home of the 12th Man...
in College Station, Texas
College Station, Texas
College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in East Central Texas in the heart of the Brazos Valley. The city is located within the most populated region of Texas, near three of the 10 largest cities in the United States - Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio...
. The team's defense was led by first-year coach Tim DeRuyter
Tim DeRuyter
Timothy James DeRuyter is the defensive coordinator/assistant head coach of the Texas A&M Aggies college football team.-Early years:A native of Long Beach, California, DeRuyter attended St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower and graduated in 1981. He played college football at Air Force from...
. They were members of the South Division of the Big 12 Conference
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
.
The Aggies finished the season 9–4, 6–2 in Big 12 play and were South Division champions with Oklahoma
2010 Oklahoma Sooners football team
The 2010 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the college football season of 2010–2011. It was the 116th year of season play for the Sooners. The team was led by head coach Bob Stoops, a two-time Walter Camp Coach of the Year award winner, who has a contract...
and Oklahoma State
2010 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
The 2010 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by 6th year head coach Mike Gundy and played their homes game at Boone Pickens Stadium. They played in the Big 12 Conference in the South Division...
. They were invited to the Cotton Bowl Classic
2011 Cotton Bowl Classic
The 2011 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic was the 75th edition of the annual post-season college football bowl game that was part of the 2010–11 bowl season of the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The game featured the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference who defeated the Texas A&M Aggies of...
where they were defeated by LSU
2010 LSU Tigers football team
The 2010 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers were led by head coach Les Miles in his 6th season. They played their home games at Tiger Stadium and were members of the Southeastern Conference in the Western...
24–41.
Notable players
| Player (Position) | Records broken | Honors received |
|---|---|---|
| Jeff Fuller (WR) | Season touchdowns Career touchdowns Number of games with at least one catch |
First team All-Big 12 |
| Cyrus Gray Cyrus Gray Cyrus Danall Gray is an American football running back for the Texas A&M Aggies. He is considered one of the best running back prospects for the 2012 NFL Draft.-College career:... (RB) |
Career-high of 223 yards in Texas game First Aggie RB since Leeland McElroy Leeland McElroy Leeland McElroy is a former professional American football player who played running back for two seasons for the Arizona Cardinals.-High School and College:... in 1995 to reach 200 yards First Aggie since Courtney Lewis in 2003 to rush for 1,000 yards. Ran longest play from scrimmage and scored |
Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Texas) Honorable mention All-Big 12 |
| Michael Hodges (LB) | Career-high of 19 tackles against Oklahoma | 2× Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oklahoma, Nebraska) FWAA/Bronko Nagurski Bronko Nagurski Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski was a Canadian-born American football player. He was also a successful professional wrestler, recognized as a multiple-time world heavyweight champion.-Youth and collegiate career:... National Defensive Player of the Week (Oklahoma) Honorable mention All-Big 12 |
| Coryell Judie (KR/DB) | First Aggie in school history to return kickoffs for touchdowns in consecutive games | 2× Big 12 Special Teams Player (Oklahoma, Baylor) Second team All-Big 12 |
| Von Miller Von Miller Von Miller is an American football linebacker for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. He was drafted second overall by the Broncos in the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas A&M.... (LB) |
N/A | 2× Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Baylor, Texas) Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week (Texas) First team All-Big 12 selection 2010 Butkus Award winner for Nation's top collegiate linebacker |
- Trent Hunter, DB, Walter Camp Defensive Player of the Week (Nebraska); Honorable mention All-Big 12
- Jerrod JohnsonJerrod JohnsonJerrod Terrel Johnson is an American football quarterback who is currently a member of the Arizona Rattlers. He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football at Texas A&M....
, QB, was the starter for the first seven games. He broke school records for career passing yards, single game completions, and career total offense. - Christine MichaelChristine MichaelChristine Michael is an American football running back for the Texas A&M Aggies. He was named the Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year in 2009.-High school career:...
, RB, season cut short due to injury during Texas Tech game - Ryan Swope, WR, broke season catch record; honorable mention All-Big 12
- Ryan TannehillRyan TannehillRyan Timothy Tannehill is the starting quarterback for the Texas A&M Aggies college football team. He played at wide receiver during his freshman and sophomore seasons. He continued to play receiver midway through his junior season, but switched to playing quarterback for the remainder of the season...
, QB, has been the starting quarterback since Texas Tech game, where he broke the single game passing record. He played wide receiver earlier in the season. All-Big 12 Honorable mention. - Other All-Big 12 coach's selections include Matt Allen (second team OL). Total honorable mention selections is 22.
Schedule
Coaching staff
| Name | Position | Alma mater Alma mater Alma mater , pronounced ), was used in ancient Rome as a title for various mother goddesses, especially Ceres or Cybele, and in Christianity for the Virgin Mary.-General term:... (Year)!! Year at A&M |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Sherman Mike Sherman Michael Francis "Mike" Sherman is the head coach of the Texas A&M Aggies football team. Prior to coaching the Aggies, he served as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers from the 2000–05 seasons. Sherman led the Packers to five consecutive winning seasons from 2000–04 and three divisional titles... |
Head coach | Central Connecticut State (1978) | 3rd |
| Tom Rossley Tom Rossley Tom Rossley is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the senior assistant and quarterbacks coach for the Texas A&M Aggies football team, a position he has held since the 2008 season... |
Quarterbacks | Cincinnati University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio.... (1969) |
3rd |
| Randy Jordan Randy Jordan Randy Jordan is a former professional American football player who played running back for nine seasons for the Los Angeles Raiders, the Jacksonville Jaguars, and the Oakland Raiders. At Jacksonville, he scored the team's first-ever touchdown in 1995... |
Running backs | North Carolina University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States... (1993) |
3rd |
| Jim Turner Jim Turner Jim Turner may refer to:* Jim Turner , American football player* Jim Turner , American football player* Jim Turner , Major League Baseball pitcher... |
Offensive line | Boston College Boston College Boston College is a private Jesuit research university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA. The main campus is bisected by the border between the cities of Boston and Newton. It has 9,200 full-time undergraduates and 4,000 graduate students. Its name reflects its early... (1988) |
3rd |
| Troy Walters Troy Walters Troy McHenry Walters is a retired American football wide receiver and punt returner for the Detroit Lions in the National Football League. He was originally selected in the fifth round of the 2000 NFL Draft out of Stanford University by the Minnesota Vikings. He has also played for the... |
Wide receivers | Stanford Stanford University The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San... (2000) |
1st |
| Tim DeRuyter Tim DeRuyter Timothy James DeRuyter is the defensive coordinator/assistant head coach of the Texas A&M Aggies college football team.-Early years:A native of Long Beach, California, DeRuyter attended St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower and graduated in 1981. He played college football at Air Force from... |
Defensive coordinator Defensive coordinator A defensive coordinator typically refers to a coach on a gridiron football team who is in charge of the defense. Generally, along with his offensive counterpart, he represents the second level of command structure after the head coach... Assistant head coach |
Air Force United States Air Force Academy The United States Air Force Academy is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of officer candidates for the United States Air Force. Its campus is located immediately north of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States... (1985) |
1st |
| Terrell Williams | Defensive line | East Carolina East Carolina University East Carolina University is a public, coeducational, engaged doctoral/research university located in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. Named East Carolina University by statute and commonly known as ECU or East Carolina, the university is the largest institution of higher learning in... (1998) |
1st |
| Dat Nguyen Dat Nguyen Dat Tan Nguyen is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League . He was the first Vietnamese American to play in the NFL. He played for the Dallas Cowboys from 1999 to 2005. He played college football at Texas A&M. He was the Cowboys' assistant linebackers coach and... |
Inside linebackers Linebacker A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen... |
Texas A&M (1998) | 1st |
| Nick Toth | Outside linebackers Linebacker A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen... |
Ohio Ohio University Ohio University is a public university located in the Midwestern United States in Athens, Ohio, situated on an campus... (1999) |
1st |
| Charles McMillian | Defensive backs | Utah State Utah State University Utah State University is a public university located in Logan, Utah. It is a land-grant and space-grant institution and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.... (1995) |
3rd |
| Dave Kennedy | Strength and conditioning | Nebraska (1985) | 3rd |
Stephen F. Austin
Louisiana Tech
Florida International
Oklahoma State
Arkansas
Missouri
Kansas
Jerrod JohnsonJerrod Johnson
Jerrod Terrel Johnson is an American football quarterback who is currently a member of the Arizona Rattlers. He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football at Texas A&M....
and Ryan Tannehill
Ryan Tannehill
Ryan Timothy Tannehill is the starting quarterback for the Texas A&M Aggies college football team. He played at wide receiver during his freshman and sophomore seasons. He continued to play receiver midway through his junior season, but switched to playing quarterback for the remainder of the season...
split time at quarterback for the first time.
Texas Tech
Ryan TannehillRyan Tannehill
Ryan Timothy Tannehill is the starting quarterback for the Texas A&M Aggies college football team. He played at wide receiver during his freshman and sophomore seasons. He continued to play receiver midway through his junior season, but switched to playing quarterback for the remainder of the season...
's first career start. Johnson benched.
Oklahoma
Texas A&M defeated Oklahoma for the first time since 2002. Also the first time A&M beat a ranked opponent at home since 2007 Texas. It was an upset victory that included 3 goal-line stands by the A&M defense. OU ran 15 plays under the Aggie 10-yard line, and gained only 11 yards. Michael Hodges was part of the 3 goal-line stands. He earned Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors for his career-high 19 tackles. A&M also became ranked after the game, for the first time since September 21, 2007.Oklahoma's loss was historically significant. OU ran the most plays (104) in its history, beating the previous record of 102. In games in which the Sooners ran more than 90 plays, the Sooners had been 39–0. The Sooners also had only 29 first downs; OU was 57–0 before the game, in which it made at least 29 first downs.
Baylor
Cyrus Gray picked up 137 rushing yards for a career-high of 4 touchdowns.Nebraska
Record-setting crowd of 90,079. Cyrus Gray's fifth consecutive 100-yard rushing game (Darren LewisDarren Lewis
Darren Joel Lewis is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Oakland Athletics , San Francisco Giants , Cincinnati Reds , Chicago White Sox , Los Angeles Dodgers and Boston Red Sox ; he played his final season in 2002 with the Chicago Cubs...
1990). Trent Hunter had 2 interceptions. Nebraska was charged with a school-record 16 penalties for a total of 145 yards, and Texas A&M only had 2 penalties for 10 yards. No touchdowns were scored for either team, and all of the points were scored by way of field goals. Taylor Martinez
Taylor Martinez
Taylor Martinez is an American football quarterback who plays for the Nebraska Cornhuskers.-High school career:Martinez played his senior year of high school football at Centennial High School in Corona, California, where he was a teammate of Vontaze Burfict...
re-injured his right ankle in the first quarter when he was stepped on by one of his offensive linemen.
Questionable roughing the passer call against Nebraska. Bo Pelini
Bo Pelini
Mark "Bo" Pelini is the head football coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He had previously been defensive coordinator for the LSU Tigers, Oklahoma Sooners, and the Nebraska Cornhuskers...
's behavior during the game was called into question.
Aggies won Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week.
Texas
Cyrus Gray had a 200-yard game, first A&M RB since Leeland McElroyLeeland McElroy
Leeland McElroy is a former professional American football player who played running back for two seasons for the Arizona Cardinals.-High School and College:...
1995. This game pushed Cyrus Gray over the 1,000 yard rushing mark for the 2010 season. Texas finished with its first losing season since 1997. With the win, the Aggies won a share of the Big 12 South Division title.