How to watch, listen, stream Texas vs. Texas A&M: Rivalry restart should draw millions of TV viewers
The biggest TV question facing this week’s matchup between No. 3 Texas and No. 20 Texas A&M is simple: will the Longhorns and Aggies draw 10 million viewers on ABC? Maybe that’s too small. Could it draw 14 million? Right now, the most-watched Texas game of the season was the Georgia matchup in mid-October. It […]
The biggest TV question facing this week’s matchup between No. 3 Texas and No. 20 Texas A&M is simple: will the Longhorns and Aggies draw 10 million viewers on ABC?
Maybe that’s too small.
Could it draw 14 million?
Right now, the most-watched Texas game of the season was the Georgia matchup in mid-October. It drew 13.19 million viewers while the Texas-Michigan game came in second at 9.19 million viewers.
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The setup is spectacular for a huge ratings number. The Longhorns (10-1, 6-1 SEC) and Aggies (8-3, 5-2) are playing in prime time on ABC on an extended holiday weekend. It’s also the first time they’ve played since 2011. The winner advances to the SEC championship game to face Georgia.
Safe to say Dawgs fans all over Georgia will be watching.
A&M coach Mike Elko remembered how the game used to be played on Thanksgiving night then shifted to Fridays. “It was always its isolated time slot,” Elko said. “Then you started watching and you started kind of seeing the pageantry of it, and then it kind of became almost a must-watch for a while.”
Texas coach Steve Sarkisian grew up in California but watched this rivalry from afar, too. His team has won 10 straight true road games, though. It’s the longest road winning streak in the nation.
“We all know Kyle Field is a very loud stadium,” Sarkisian said. “They’ve got it got a great fan base, and we’ve seen teams go there and get impacted by the crowd noise. I think one of the keys to that is our poise and composure on the road.”
How to watch, stream, and listen to Texas vs. Texas A&M
Kickoff: 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30, Kyle Field, College Station
Where to watch: ABC
Here are the announcers for the Texas-Texas A&M game
Chris Fowler (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst), Holly Rowe (sideline reporter)
How to listen to Texas-Texas A&M game:
Longhorn Radio Network/LEARFIELD
In Austin: KVET-FM 98.1
Craig Way (play-by-play), Roger Wallace (analyst), Will Matthews (sideline reporter)
Spanish-language radio broadcast
Dr. Rubén Pizarro-Silva (play-by-play), Raul Saenz (analyst)
Texas Longhorns 2024 schedule (10-1, 6-1 SEC)
Aug. 31: Colorado State — W, 52-0
Sept. 7: @ Michigan — W, 31-12
Sept. 14: UTSA — W, 56-7
Sept. 21: Louisiana-Monroe — W, 51-3
Sept. 28: Mississippi State* — W, 35-13
Oct. 12: Oklahoma* (in Dallas) — W, 34-3
Oct. 19: Georgia* — L, 30-15
Oct. 26: @ Vanderbilt* — W, 27-24
Nov. 9: Florida* — W, 49-17
Nov. 16: at Arkansas* — W, 20-10
Nov. 23: Kentucky* — W, 31-14
Nov. 30, @ Texas A&M*, 6:30 p.m.
* — indicates SEC game
