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===Football=== {{Main|Texas A&M Aggies football}} The Aggies [[American football|football]] team, which was founded in 1894, has won eighteen Southwest Conference championships, three Big 12 South Division championships, and one Big 12 championship. The university also claims three national championships.<ref name="FootballChampHist">{{cite web|url=http://www.aggieathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=27300&SPSID=632660&SPID=93232&ATCLID=205238864|title=Aggie Football's Championships|publisher=Texas A&M Athletics|access-date=May 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717060336/http://www.aggieathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=27300&SPSID=632660&SPID=93232&ATCLID=205238864|archive-date=July 17, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Petchesky|first1=Barry|title=Texas A&M Picked Up Two National Championships, Two Conference Titles Over The Summer|url=http://deadspin.com/5941380/texas-am-picked-up-two-national-championships-two-conference-titles-over-the-summer|website=[[Deadspin]]|date=September 7, 2012 |access-date=March 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323052739/http://deadspin.com/5941380/texas-am-picked-up-two-national-championships-two-conference-titles-over-the-summer|archive-date=March 23, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2021, the team has played in forty-two [[bowl games]], of which they have won twenty,<ref>{{cite news|title=The Complete Texas A&M Bowl History|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/texas-am-aggies/2017/12/17/the-complete-texas-am-bowl-history/|newspaper=[[Dallas Morning News]]|date= December 17, 2017|access-date=January 18, 2022}}<!--record through 2016--></ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Wake Forest vs Texas A&M|publisher=[[ESPN]]|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/400953402|access-date=January 18, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=NC State vs Texas A&M|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401032082|publisher=[[ESPN]]|access-date=January 18, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Oklahoma State vs Texas A&M|publisher=[[ESPN]]|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401135274|access-date=January 18, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Texas A&M vs North Carolina|publisher=[[ESPN]]|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401256112|access-date=January 18, 2022}}</ref> and former players include forty-one first Team All-Americans, five Academic All-Americans, and [[Heisman Trophy]] winners [[John David Crow]] (1957) and [[Johnny Manziel]] (2012).<ref name="footballhis60">{{cite web|title=2005 Texas A&M Football History and Records|pages=60, 70, 72|publisher=Texas A&M University Athletic Department|year=2006|url=http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/football/docs/2005supplement.pdf|access-date=April 30, 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070403215645/http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/football/docs/2005supplement.pdf |archive-date = April 3, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=heismanofficial>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heisman.com/heisman-winners/|title=Winners Archive|publisher=The Heisman Trophy Trust|access-date=December 21, 2021}}</ref> Since 1904, home football games have been played at Kyle Field, a stadium with a current capacity of 102,500.<ref name="KF_Attendance">{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/college-sports/texas-aggies/20140709-stunning-transformation-of-kyle-field-to-give-fans-taste-of-what-s-to-come-in-aggieland.ece|last=Hairopoulus|first=Kate|title=A&M boasts trio of talented tailbacks|work=[[Dallas Morning News]]|access-date=June 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924121848/http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/college-sports/texas-aggies/20140709-stunning-transformation-of-kyle-field-to-give-fans-taste-of-what-s-to-come-in-aggieland.ece|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2024, the football team is led by [[Mike Elko]] in his first season as head coach.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.si.com/college/fsu/football/former-florida-state-assistant-coach-hired-by-jacksonville-state|title=Jimbo Fisher leaving for Texas A&M; won't coach Florida State Saturday|newspaper=[[Sports Illustrated]]|access-date=January 18, 2022|last=Lewis|first=Dustin|date=December 21, 2021}}</ref>
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