page_title: 2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team
section_title: Texas
hierarchical_section_title: 2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team / Game summaries / Texas
caption_attribution_description: College football game between University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&amp;M University - Quarterback Stephen McGee and the A&amp;M offense on their own goal-line. Texas A&amp;M won 12-7.
context_page_description: The 2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team completed the season with a 9–4 record. The Aggies had a regular season Big 12 record of 5–3.
context_section_description: This game marked the 113th meeting between Texas and the Texas Aggies in college football and the game is part of a multi-sport rivalry called the Lone Star Showdown.  It is the Longhorns' longest-running rivalry and Texas lead the series 73–34–5, including the last six in a row.  During the week before the game, the Longhorns conducted their traditional Hex Rally while the Aggies had an off-campus version of their traditional Bonfire. and also staged a parade just prior to the game. The Longhorns announced that starting quarterback Colt McCoy, who was injured in the game against Kansas State, was cleared to play the game against the Aggies.
  Since the series began in 1894 it has traditionally played on Thanksgiving Day or Thanksgiving weekend.  The 2006 game marked the thirteenth straight game to be scheduled the day after Thanksgiving.  On Thanksgiving Day (one day prior to the game), the sports line in Vegas casinos had Texas favored by 13 to 13½ points while the weather forecast called for mostly sunny skies, a high near 81 °F (27 °C), and winds up to 15 miles per hour (24 km/h) from the South.  The 2006 meeting was the first time in eight years that both teams entered the game with at least eight wins coming into the match-up.  Going back to 1999 when UT lost the final three games of the season, the Longhorns had gone 87 games without losing back-to-back games.  That was the longest active streak for any college or professional football team.
  During 2006, the Texas A&M defensive coordinator was Gary Darnell who had been fired as defensive coordinator  at the University of Texas under John Mackovic.
  The pre-game activities consisted of a military flyby performed by AH-1 Cobra helicopters from the Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron HMLA-773 from Atlanta. Texas A&M won the coin toss and deferred, Texas elected to receive, and Texas A&M chose to defend the south end-zone.  Kick-off was delayed while ABC side-line reporter Stacey Dales did her pre-game report from the north end-zone.
  Texas's first drive of the game ended when Henry Melton was stopped on a fourth-and-one run at the Aggie eight-yard who was led with a big push by freshman Tony Portillo.(7 m) line.  The Aggies drove the ball the length of the field to score a touchdown, but missed on the extra point to leave the game at 6–0.
  With about four minutes to play in the first half, McCoy connected with Limas Sweed for an apparent five-yard (5 m) touchdown pass.  However, Sweed was flagged for a "questionable" pass interference call.  According to the Austin American-Statesman the referee blew the call as replays showed that both players were involved in some "hand checking while the ball was in the air, but neither player appeared to push or be guilty of interference".  All three broadcasters working the game for ABC also spoke out against the penalty call.  In an ABC half-time interview, Mack Brown said “I thought it was a bad call,” but added “There’s nothing we can do about that. We should’ve done a better job on third down.”
  Immediately after the penalty, Colt McCoy threw an interception near the Texas A&M goal line and the Aggies were able to run out the clock to take the 6–0 lead into half-time. The zero score marked the first time the Longhorns had been held scoreless in the first half of play since the 2004 season.
  The only score in the third quarter was a rushing touchdown by Jamaal Charles, his seventh of the season.
  In the fourth quarter, Texas A&M made a long-drive that took up nearly nine minutes. Texas A&M quarterback Stephen McGee had taken so many hard hits that he was throwing up during the game, but he managed to make an 8-yard (7.3 m) touchdown run with 2:32 left to play.  A&M was unable to convert their two-point attempt after the touchdown.
  With 1:21 seconds left in the game and Texas trailing 12–7, McCoy threw his third interception of the game.  Following the change of possession and sometime near the whistle signalling the end of the play on the field, Aggie Kellen Heard knocked McCoy to the ground as McCoy walked along the field unbuck
caption: Texas A&M takes over at their goal line after a Colt McCoy interception in the first half
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