Lone Star Showdown history

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Lone Star Showdown Greatest Games

The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.

Games
25
Top score
70/100
Overtime
0

Series context

Completed meetings
112
Series record
Texas 70-37-5 Texas A&M
Tracked years
1894-2024
Trophy
No named trophy

Series ranking

The rivalry's top 25 games

25 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.

  1. 1975Week 13

    Texas at Texas A&M

    Texas 10, Texas A&M 20

    Winner: Texas A&M

    No. 5 Texas vs. No. 2 Texas A&M · 10-point margin

    Ranking 45/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15

    70

    Game score

  2. 1963Week 12

    Texas at Texas A&M

    Texas 15, Texas A&M 13

    Winner: Texas

    No. 1 Texas vs. Unranked Texas A&M · 2-point margin

    Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15

    58

    Game score

  3. 1990Week 15

    Texas A&M at Texas

    Texas A&M 27, Texas 28

    Winner: Texas

    Unranked Texas A&M vs. No. 3 Texas · 1-point margin

    Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    57

    Game score

  4. 1998Week 14

    Texas A&M at Texas

    Texas A&M 24, Texas 26

    Winner: Texas

    No. 10 Texas A&M vs. No. 20 Texas · 2-point margin

    Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15

    55

    Game score

  5. 1959Week 12

    Texas at Texas A&M

    Texas 20, Texas A&M 17

    Winner: Texas

    No. 4 Texas vs. Unranked Texas A&M · 3-point margin

    Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15

    54

    Game score

  6. 1995Week 15

    Texas at Texas A&M

    Texas 16, Texas A&M 6

    Winner: Texas

    No. 9 Texas vs. No. 16 Texas A&M · 10-point margin

    Ranking 27/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15

    52

    Game score

  7. 1999Week 14

    Texas at Texas A&M

    Texas 16, Texas A&M 20

    Winner: Texas A&M

    No. 7 Texas vs. No. 24 Texas A&M · 4-point margin

    Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15

    52

    Game score

  8. 1962Week 11

    Texas A&M at Texas

    Texas A&M 3, Texas 13

    Winner: Texas

    Unranked Texas A&M vs. No. 4 Texas · 10-point margin

    Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15

    47

    Game score

  9. 2004Week 14

    Texas A&M at Texas

    Texas A&M 13, Texas 26

    Winner: Texas

    No. 22 Texas A&M vs. No. 6 Texas · 13-point margin

    Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15

    46

    Game score

  10. 1981Week 13

    Texas at Texas A&M

    Texas 21, Texas A&M 13

    Winner: Texas

    No. 7 Texas vs. Unranked Texas A&M · 8-point margin

    Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15

    46

    Game score

  11. 1993Week 14

    Texas at Texas A&M

    Texas 9, Texas A&M 18

    Winner: Texas A&M

    Unranked Texas vs. No. 8 Texas A&M · 9-point margin

    Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 26/35 · Overtime 0/15

    44

    Game score

  12. 1979Week 14

    Texas at Texas A&M

    Texas 7, Texas A&M 13

    Winner: Texas A&M

    No. 11 Texas vs. Unranked Texas A&M · 6-point margin

    Ranking 15/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    44

    Game score

  13. 2001Week 14

    Texas at Texas A&M

    Texas 21, Texas A&M 7

    Winner: Texas

    No. 5 Texas vs. Unranked Texas A&M · 14-point margin

    Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15

    42

    Game score

  14. 1977Week 13

    Texas at Texas A&M

    Texas 57, Texas A&M 28

    Winner: Texas

    No. 1 Texas vs. No. 17 Texas A&M · 29-point margin

    Ranking 34/50 · Closeness 6/35 · Overtime 0/15

    40

    Game score

  15. 1986Week 14

    Texas A&M at Texas

    Texas A&M 16, Texas 3

    Winner: Texas A&M

    No. 8 Texas A&M vs. Unranked Texas · 13-point margin

    Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15

    40

    Game score

  16. 1987Week 14

    Texas at Texas A&M

    Texas 13, Texas A&M 20

    Winner: Texas A&M

    Unranked Texas vs. No. 15 Texas A&M · 7-point margin

    Ranking 11/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    39

    Game score

  17. 1955Week 11

    Texas at Texas A&M

    Texas 21, Texas A&M 6

    Winner: Texas

    Unranked Texas vs. No. 8 Texas A&M · 15-point margin

    Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 20/35 · Overtime 0/15

    38

    Game score

  18. 1992Week 14

    Texas A&M at Texas

    Texas A&M 34, Texas 13

    Winner: Texas A&M

    No. 4 Texas A&M vs. Unranked Texas · 21-point margin

    Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 14/35 · Overtime 0/15

    36

    Game score

Methodology

How each game earns up to 100 points

AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.

Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.

Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.

Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.