With the 2024 college football season less than four months away, a slew of kick-off times have been released to the public. The most notable is Texas A&M’s season-opening matchup vs. Notre Dame on Saturday, Aug. 31, which will air on ABC, the new home for SEC Football.
For the next three months, we at Aggies Wire will provide as much content as possible regarding the matchup, which will be the first between both programs since the 2001 season, and returning to Kyle Field to open up the inaugural campaign for Aggies head coach Mike Elko.
For older Aggies and Notre Dame alums, the first meeting between the two schools dates back to New Year’s Day in 1988 in the Cotton Bowl. The Cotton Bowl was a popular bowl game for Texas A&M during the Jackie Sherrill and R.C. Slocum coaching eras, with seven appearances dating back to the mid-1980s. After their first meeting, back-to-back matchups occurred in 2000 and 2001 before the recent drought.
This big-time matchup could dictate both team’s postseason hopes, so what a way to open up the 2024 season for these two squads. Looking back at the matchup history, we analyzed the All-Time results of the five All-Time meetings.
1988 Cotton Bowl Classic — Texas A&M 35, Notre Dame 10
1993 Cotton Bowl Classic Notre Dame 28, Texas A&M 3
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Coming off a perfect 12-0 finish, Texas A&M’s staunch “wrecking crew” defense apparently took a break in the 1993 Cotton Bowl, allowing Notre Dame to run all over the place, including 34 consecutive rushing attempts in the second half….
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