How to watch Notre Dame football vs. Texas A&M in Week 1
It won’t be difficult to find No. 7 Notre Dame at No. 20 Texas A&M on your television sets on Saturday night. The Fighting Irish are getting Week 1 primetime treatment.
And rightfully so.
It’s only the sixth time the two storied programs have gone head-to-head. Ever. And just the second time in College Station. There will be over 100,000 people in attendance in the Lone Star State and many more watching from home.
Here’s how to join the latter group.
Notre Dame at Texas A&M game information
Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. ET
Date: Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024
Site: Kyle Field in College Station, Texas
Betting line: Texas A&M -2.5 (FanDuel)
Television channel: ABC
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Announcers: Chris Fowler (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (color analyst), Holly Rowe (sideline reporter)
Pregame radio: Listen to Blue & Gold’s own Tyler Horka and host Darin Pritchett on 96.1 FM WSBT from 4 to 6:30 p.m. ET on Game Day Sportsbeat
Radio: Notre Dame Radio Network football affiliates
Radio broadcasters: Tony Simeone (play-by-play), Ryan Harris (color analyst)
Series facts: Notre Dame is 3-2 against Texas A&M with two of those wins coming in the Cotton Bowl in back-to-back years, 1993 and 1994. The Aggies won the first meeting in the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 1, 1988. They also won the most recent meeting in College Station on Sept. 29, 2001.
Head coaches: Texas A&M — Mike Elko (16-9 at Duke, first season at Texas A&M); Notre Dame — Marcus Freeman (19-8, third season at Notre Dame)
2023 team records: Fighting Irish — 10-3; Aggies — 7-6.
Noting Notre Dame: Notre Dame improved its record by one game going from year one of the Freeman era, 9-4, to year two of the Freeman era, 10-3; the Irish are looking for another step forward to make the College Football Playoff for the first time since the 2020 season … To get help get there, Notre Dame brought in Mike Denbrock from LSU, the architect of the nation’s No. 1 offense in 2023 … The Irish also brought in quarterback Riley Leonard from Duke, a dual-threat quarterback who can do some of the things Jayden Daniels did to make Denbrock’s offense so ferocious last fall … The defense, which ranked in the top five in yards allowed last season, is led by Al Golden for the third year in a row; he has several All-America candidates and NFL Draft prospects at his disposal, from defensive tackles Howard Cross III up front and Benjamin Morrison and safety Xavier Watts on the back end.
Noting Texas A&M: The Aggies went 45-25 in Jimbo Fisher’s six seasons as the program’s head coach. They never reached a win total of double digits with the best of the half-dozen years being a 9-1 campaign in the COVID-shortened 2020 season … Texas A&M has not won a bowl game since that 2020 season … The Aggies return 11 starters, seven on offense and four on defense, from a team that went 7-6 last season with a loss to Oklahoma State in the Texas Bowl … A&M’s prized possession in the transfer portal was Purdue’s Nic Scourton, who led the Big Ten in sacks in 2023 with 10 … The Aggies also received a transfer from Bowling Green edge rusher Cashius Howell, who had 9.5 sacks last season … Quarterback Conner Weigman has only made eight career starts, but he has thrown 16 touchdowns and 2 interceptions in them; he’s dangerous when healthy.
