Longhorns to Face Aggies Alongside Brutal Inaugural SEC Schedule: Report

According to reports, the Texas Longhorns and Texas A&M Aggies will indeed face off in 2024.

Matt Galatzan | Jun 14, 2023

Longhorns to Face Aggies Alongside Brutal Inaugural SEC Schedule: Report /

The Lonestar Showdown, it appears, is officially back.

According to reports from Horns247, the Texas Longhorns and Texas A&M Aggies are set to reignite their historic rivalry when the Horns make their way to the SEC in 2024, with the game set to take place in College Station at Kyle Field.

The news comes just weeks after speculation began to emerge that the two schools would not be able to face off annually due to the SEC's decision to go with an eight-game conference schedule, as the Horns would have had the Oklahoma Sooners set as their only permanent rival.

However, it now appears that, at least in year one, the college football world will finally once again be treated to one of the greatest rivalries in the history of the sport.

The two schools last faced off in 2011 in College Station, with Justin Tucker propelling No. 25 Texas to a 27-25 win over the Aggies with a last-second field goal.

The Aggies then made their move to the SEC in 2012, marking the beginning of a decade-plus drought between the two rivals. The Longhorns currently lead the all-time series with the Aggies 76-37-5.

However, the rivalry with the Aggies will not be the only one that the Longhorns will be reignited in 2024.

Per the report, the Longhorns will also face their former Southwest Conference rival Arkansas Razorbacks on the road as well, alongside matchups with Oklahoma in Dallas.

The last time the Longhorns faced the Razorbacks was in Steve Sarkisian's first year at the helm in 2021, with Arkansas handing Texas an early 40-21 'welcome to the SEC' blowout loss. Texas leads that series 56-21 all-time.

Texas is also set to host the reigning back-to-back national champion Georgia Bulldogs in Austin as well, rounding out what could turn out to be a brutal introduction into the SEC.

The Horns will also face off against the Michigan Wolverines in 2024 on the road in Ann Arbor.

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Published Jun 14, 2023

MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Texas Longhorns On SI and Texas A&M Aggies On SI and a long-time member of the Football Writer’s Association of America. He graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry in 2014 covering the Dallas Mavericks and SMU Mustangs with 247Sports. He then moved to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, eventually being taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of the Longhorns and Aggies sites a year later. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels, including Twitter on @MattGalatzan.