The teams are also simply referred to as "A&M" or "Texas Aggies," and the official school colors are maroon and white.

They have produced two Heisman Trophy winners—John David Crow in 1957 and Johnny Manziel in 2012, the first redshirt freshman to ever win the award.

With Emory Bellard as head coach beginning in 1972, the Aggies returned to prominence with two 10 win seasons during his short tenure.

Sherrill won three consecutive conference titles and two Cotton Bowl Classic postseason games.

Slocum also owns the Aggies' last undefeated season, in 1994, though they were ineligible for the conference title or postseason play due to NCAA sanctions.

In late 2002, Dennis Franchione left his position as head coach at the University of Alabama to take over Texas A&M's football program from Slocum.

Franchione finished the 2004 regular season with a 7–4 mark and an invitation to the Cotton Bowl Classic, a game the Aggies lost to Tennessee.

The 2005 team regressed to 5–6 and defensive coordinator Carl Torbush was fired and replaced by Gary Darnell.

Although the team pulled out a 38–30 victory over the Longhorns on the day after Thanksgiving, Franchione was forced to resign due to fallout from a secret email newsletter that violated NCAA and conference rules.

The film dramatized Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's grueling football practice sessions in 1954 in Junction, Texas.

The Aggies were one point short of advancing to the Sweet Sixteen over fourth seed LSU, with a final score of 57–58.

They earned a number 3 seed in the NCAA tournament where they made it to the sweet 16, but fell to the University of Memphis 64–65.

[16] At the end of 2018, the team played their first games in the new Davis Diamond, the top-of-the-line 2,000-seat stadium, which opened officially in the 2019 season.

[17][18] Both the men's and women's swimming and diving teams compete in the Student Rec Center Natatorium.

Long-time assistant Jay Holmes, who has worked at Texas A&M since 1987, became the head coach of the men's swimming program in 2004.

He resigned in July 2006 to accept a position as senior associate athletic director at the University of New Mexico, his alma mater.

3 seeded Texas A&M Men's Doubles team of Jeff Dadamo and Austin Krajicek defeated the No.

[24] In 2011, Howard Joffe, previously at Maryland, was named head coach after Kleinecke's contract was not renewed.

Henry was hired by Texas A&M before the 2005 season, taking over a program that had never won a title in women's track.

In 2009, 2010, and 2011, he won both the men's and women's NCAA outdoor titles, a feat he has accomplished four times and duplicated by no other coach.

The Texas A&M volleyball team participated in 13 consecutive NCAA postseasons, from Corbelli's first year in 1993 to 2005, reaching the Elite Eight twice and Sweet Sixteen three times.

[35] The Aggies won the 2012 Allied Rugby Conference 7s tournament, racking up wins against Oklahoma and Texas Tech along the way.

This victory qualified the Aggies for the 2012 USA Rugby Sevens Collegiate National Championships,[37] where they reached the quarterfinals.

The fourth and fifth were won in 2009 by the men's and women's outdoor track teams, when the Aggies garnered double national titles.

[citation needed] The twenty-first overall championship was won by the Texas A&M's women's tennis team in a 4–1 win over Georgia in 2024.

[42] The team additionally won the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) collegiate western-style championship in 2002, 2003 and 2004.

After playing LSU sporadically throughout the 20th Century, the LSU–Texas A&M Rivalry is the Aggies' seventh oldest, with the series dating back to 1899.

Texas A&M and Arkansas share a rich history, since both were members of the Southwest Conference, first playing each other in football in 1903.

Other historical rivalries that are partially or no longer active include those from its membership in the Southwest Conference (Baylor, Texas Tech, Rice, Houston, SMU, and TCU).

Athletic venues and facilities include: Football: Kyle Field Basketball: Reed Arena Baseball: Olsen Field Cross Country: Watts Cross Country Course Softball: Davis Diamond Volleyball: Reed Arena Soccer: Ellis Field Golf: Traditions Club Championship Golf Course[89] Tennis: George P. Mitchell Tennis Center[91] Track and Field: Swimming and Diving: Student Rec Center Natatorium[92] Equestrian: Brazos County Expo Complex[93] Athletic training, rehabilitation, and student-services facilities include: Additionally, Texas A&M houses two dedications to student-athletes of the past: Texas A&M values traditions highly, many of which revolve around the sports in which the school competes.