Kyle Field - Intimidating Venue

Intimidating Venue

Kyle Field is regarded as one of the most intimidating college football stadiums in the nation. CBS Sportsline listed Kyle Field as the nation's best with a perfect score in three categories (atmosphere, tradition, and fans). Contributing to its reputation in the 1990s, Texas A&M boasted one of the nation's best home records at 55-4-1, including 31 straight wins at Kyle Field from 1990 to 1995 and 22 straight from 1996 to 2000. From 2000 through 2011, however, the record of Texas A&M at Kyle Field is 52–28 (a winning percentage of 65%, down from 93.2% in the 1990s). Through November 24, 2011, the overall Kyle Field record is 174-148-19 (53.8%).

It is ranked as the #4 stadium in the nation by The Sporting News and was considered one of the most intimidating stadiums in its former conference, the Big 12 Conference. The college recruiting ranking service Rivals ranked Texas A&M as having the seventh-best home field advantage in the nation with Kyle Field. In 2002, ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit listed Kyle Field's atmosphere the best in the nation. When he was broadcasting a 2010 game at Kyle Field, Herbstreit said that it was the best stadium and fans in the country. In addition, Texas A&M has been rated No. 17 in the nation by The Princeton Review in the category "Students Pack the Stadiums."