Texas A&M will play its first SEC game this season when it hosts the Kentucky Wildcats. The last time these two teams met was in October 2018, when the Aggies won a defensive battle over the No. 13 Wildcats in overtime at Kyle Field. Nine years later, the Aggies are the favored team and will look to stay perfect this season and pick up their first SEC win in 2026.
Quick Series Snapshot
- All-time series: Texas A&M leads 2-1
- First meeting: Kentucky won 10-7 at Kyle Field in 1952
- Last meeting: Texas A&M won 20-14 in overtime in 2018
- Current streak: Texas A&M has won two straight
- SEC meetings: Texas A&M leads 1-0
- 2026 significance: Fourth overall meeting and only the second since A&M joined the SEC
What happened the last time Texas A&M played Kentucky?
A 3-2 Texas A&M team entered the game against the undefeated No. 13 Wildcats as a slight favorite despite the difference in their records. The Aggies had already faced No. 2 Clemson and No. 1 Alabama, while Kentucky arrived at Kyle Field looking to begin a season 6-0 for the first time since 1950.
Mike Elko was in his first season coordinating Texas A&M’s defense, and his unit delivered
one of its best performances of the year. Kentucky finished with only 178 total yards and never ran an offensive play on A&M’s side of the 50-yard line. Star running back Benny Snell was held to 60 yards on 13 carries after entering the game as the SEC’s leading rusher.
Texas A&M running back Trayveon Williams carried the offense with 210 all-purpose yards, including 138 rushing and 72 receiving. The Aggies led 14-7 in the fourth quarter before Kentucky returned a Kellen Mond fumble for a touchdown to force overtime.
Kentucky opened overtime by missing a 43-yard field goal off the crossbar. Four plays later, Williams ended the game with a 10-yard touchdown run, giving Texas A&M a 20-14 victory.
Texas A&M-Kentucky football series history
Kentucky won the first meeting 10-7 at Kyle Field in 1952. The Aggies returned the favor the following season with a 7-6 road victory. The programs then went 65 years without meeting before their 2018 SEC matchup.
That victory came during Elko’s first season as Texas A&M’s defensive coordinator. Eight years later, he will face Kentucky as the Aggies’ head coach while attempting to extend A&M’s series winning streak to three.
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