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===Notable events=== [[File:red white and blue out.jpg|thumb|right|Red, White, and Blue Out following September 11 attacks]] On November 26, 1999<!--linked as a notable event that year and date-->, just one week after the collapse of the [[Aggie Bonfire]], the [[1999 Texas A&M Aggies football team|Aggies]] beat the 5th-ranked Texas Longhorns 20–16 in an emotional comeback game before a then-record crowd of 86,128.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lone Star Showdown: 112th UT vs A&M game Friday |url=http://www.news8austin.com/content/your_news/default.asp?ArID=150435 |work=[[Time Warner Cable News Austin|News 8 Austin]] |date=November 23, 2005 |access-date=April 30, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930165108/http://www.news8austin.com/content/your_news/default.asp?ArID=150435 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref><ref name="recordcrowd">{{cite web|title=Aggies Top No. 5 Longhorns Before Record Crowd, 20-16|publisher=Texas A&M University Athletic Department|date=November 26, 1999|url=http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112699aaa.html|access-date=April 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607045322/http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112699aaa.html|archive-date=June 7, 2009}}</ref> Another notable event occurred on September 22, 2001, 11 days after the [[September 11 attacks]] and the first game for the Aggies after the attacks, where the students organized a "Red, White and Blue-Out". Students assigned each deck a different color (red on third deck, white on second deck, and blue on first deck) to wear for the game against [[2001 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team|Oklahoma State]]. Despite the short notice, attendees followed the instructions, resulting in a red, white, and blue stadium. More than $150,000 was raised in shirt sales, which was donated to [[New York City Fire Department|FDNY]] charities.<ref>{{cite press release |title=A&M Opens Big 12 Play with 21-7 Win over OSU|url=http://www.aggieathletics.com/pressRelease.php?PRID=503|publisher=Texas A&M University Athletic Department|date=September 22, 2001|access-date=May 3, 2008}}</ref> Texas A&M's last Big 12 Conference football game and the last scheduled game against the University of Texas Longhorns occurred on November 24, 2011. Texas A&M lost this game 27β25.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Texas at Texas A&M Box Score, November 24, 2011 |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2011-11-24-texas-am.html |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=[[Sports Reference]] |language=en}}</ref> Notably, this was the second time Texas A&M lost their final game in a conference to the Texas Longhorns at Kyle Field - on December 2, 1995, they lost their final Southwest Conference Game to the Longhorns 16β6, in a game that decided the final SWC championship.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Texas at Texas A&M Box Score, December 2, 1995 |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/1995-12-02-texas-am.html |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=[[Sports Reference]] |language=en}}</ref> [[File:Fans Storm Kyle Field.jpg|thumb|Fans [[Pitch invasion|storm the field]] after defeating [[LSU Tigers football|LSU]] in the [[2018 LSU vs. Texas A&M football game|longest and highest scoring game]] in [[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|Division I FBS]] history. ]] Texas A&M's first Southeastern Conference (SEC) football game occurred on September 8, 2012, against the University of Florida Gators. On June 15, 2024, [[George Strait]]'s concert at Kyle Field became the most-attended (non-festival), ticketed show in US history, with 110,905 fans in attendance. The record was previously held by the [[Grateful Dead]], who played for 107,019 people at [[Old Bridge Township Raceway Park|Raceway Park]] in 1977.<ref name="Brooks" />
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