LSU – Texas A & M football rivalry The LSU – Texas A & M football rivalry is an American college football rivalry game played annually by the LSU Tigers football team of Louisiana State University and Texas A & M Aggies football team of Texas A & M University . With the admission of Texas A & M as a member of the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) in 2012 , the rivalry is annually scheduled between fellow members of the SEC West . History . Texas A & M is LSU ' s ninth oldest collegiate - football rivalry . On the other side , the Tigers are the Aggies ' seventh - oldest collegiate - football rivalry . This is despite the fact that the series has been highly intermittent ( with breaks of nine , 15 , and 19 years between contests , among others ) and featured a five - game stretch between 1906 and 1914 where the teams were conference opponents in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association ( SIAA ) . Over the years , the two teams have built strong home - field advantages , and the series ' record is reflective of these reputations : the Aggies are 7 – 2 – 1 in College Station , while LSU is 22 – 10 – 1 in Baton Rouge ( LSU holds a 4 - 3 – 1 edge at neutral sites , including wins in the 1944 Orange Bowl in Miami and the 2011 Cotton Bowl Classic in Arlington , Texas ) . The Aggies first played the Tigers in College Station in 1899 , with the Aggies winning , prior to both teams joining the SIAA . The teams would not meet again for six years ( the first of what would be numerous breaks in the rivalry ) until in 1906 in Baton Rouge , the first of five games between 1906 and 1914 in which the teams would be conference opponents in the SIAA . Although conference opponents the SIAA period featured yet another break ( the teams did not play between 1908 and 1911 ) followed by three years of games between 1912 - 1914 . A & M held a 3 - 1 - 1 advantage in the five games where both teams were SIAA members ( which included neutral site games in New Orleans in 1908 , Houston in 1913 , and Dallas in 1914 ) . After 1914 A & M would depart the SIAA for the newly - formed Southwest Conference ( LSU also participated in initial meetings to form the Southwest Conference but elected not to join when the conference began play . ) The teams would not play in 1915 , then played two neutral - site games in 1916 and 1917 ( Galveston in 1916 and San Antonio in 1917 ) before yet another break between 1918 - 1919 and then four more games between 1920 - 1923 in a home - and - home series . Between 1916 and 1923 A & M held a 3 - 2 - 1 advantage . After 1923 it would be 19 years before the Aggies and Tigers would play ; the teams played every year from 1942 to 1949 during the regular season , with all of the games held in Tiger Stadium , which had been expanded into the South ' s largest football venue during the 1930s . The Aggies were 2 – 6 in those match - ups . In addition to the regular season match - up in 1943 , the Aggies and Tigers also faced each other in the first bowl match - up of their rivalry . The Tigers won the January 1 , 1944 Orange Bowl 19 – 14 . After a five - year break the Aggies and Tigers met in 1955 and 1956 , with the Aggies taking both match - ups ( the 1955 game was held at a neutral site in Dallas , and the 1956 game was held in Baton Rouge ) . The Aggies were led in those games by John David Crow , a Louisianian , and also their first Heisman Trophy winner . The series would then take a three - year break and be renewed in 1960 . From 1960 to 1975 , the Aggies and Tigers played annually ( the most consecutive match - ups of the series ) . The Aggies were only 3 – 12 – 1 over this span , but their 1970 win was notable in that it featured a 79 - yard touchdown pass with just 13 seconds remaining to upset the heavily favored Tigers ( who would go on to win the SEC title ) . A & M lost all nine of their remaining games that year . After several years of not playing each other , much to the dismay of Tiger fans A & M signed Baton Rougean Billy Cannon , Jr . - a future first round draft choice in the NFL who also happened to be the son of LSU ' s lone Heisman Trophy winner . The rivalry would then take another break , this time for nine years , before being renewed in 1986 in the season - opener slot . This stretch would continue for 10 years until their ( then ) last regular season meeting in 1995 , this time with the games alternating between Baton Rouge and College Station . The Aggies were 6 – 4 over this span , winning the last five meetings - four of which were over LSU head coach Curley Hallman , a former Aggie . R . C . Slocum , a native of Louisiana , served as head coach for the Aggies during those final seven games . Four match - ups during this 10 - year renewal of the series also featured Lynn Amedee or Steve Ensminger - both former LSU quarterbacks - in the role of Aggie offensive coordinator . Bucky Richardson , who like Billy Cannon , Jr . was a product of Broadmoor High School in Baton Rouge , also played in several of these games . LSU opened the season in 1986 by upsetting the Aggies , 35 - 17 - quickly ruining a season in which A & M had been expected to challenge for the national title . After two more blow - outs of Texas A & M by the Tigers , the 1989 edition of the Aggies was determined to reverse its fortunes . Earlier that year , the schools ' rivalry had begun to hit a fever pitch as LSU had upset A & M ' s top - ranked , record - setting baseball team in an NCAA regional series played in College Station and , within days , had also edged the Aggies for the NCAA men ' s outdoor track and field championship ( Texas A & M later hired away the LSU coach who did this , Pat Henry , and promptly won multiple national titles itself ) . Though unranked , the Aggie football team achieved redemption in that year ' s game immediately by scoring on the opening kickoff against LSU ' s # 1 - rated kickoff coverage , on the way to upsetting LSU 28 - 16 and sending the 7th - ranked Tiger team into a tailspin for the remainder of the season . LSU only managed to recover enough to win four games that year and began a drought of six straight losing seasons - a stretch twice as long as the previous school record for consecutive losing seasons ( three , between 1954 – 56 ) . The Aggies and Tigers would not renew the annual series , but after 15 years they faced each other once more on January 7 , 2011 , in the Cotton Bowl Classic . It was the second time the two had faced each other in a bowl game . The Aggies lost 41 – 24 . The series resumed in 2012 , and for the first time since the SIAA days the teams would be conference opponents , when Texas A & M joined the Southeastern Conference and was placed in the West Division alongside LSU . LSU won the first ever SEC matchup 24 - 19 at Kyle Field . The Aggies have shut - out the Tigers 7 times ( including the Aggies ' non - university recognized National Championship Season of 1917 when they did not surrender a point during 8 games , and beat the Tigers 27 – 0 ) . The Tigers have shut - out the Aggies 9 times ( including the Tigers ' non - university recognized National Championship season of 1908 , when they beat the Aggies 26 – 0 , and the Tigers ' non - university recognized National Championship season of 1962 , when they beat the Aggies 21 – 0 ) . Add to those totals the game in which the Aggies and Tigers shut each other out 0 – 0 in 1920 . The Tigers hold the series ' longest winning streak of 6 games from 1960 to 1965 . That winning streak was part of a 10 - game unbeaten streak for the Tigers from 1960 to 1969 which included a 7 – 7 tie in 1966 . From 1945 - 1988 was the most dominant span by either team in the series history . LSU was 20 - 5 - 1 vs Texas A & M during this span . It currently has been 18 years since Texas A & M has defeated LSU in a football game . Game results . " LSU victories are colored ██ purple . Texas A & M victories are colored colored ██ maroon . Ties are white . "