The Lone Star Showdown returns on Black Friday, November 27, 2026: Texas Longhorns at Texas A&M, 6:30 p.m. CT at Kyle Field in College Station. A Friday game the day after Thanksgiving is a scheduling quirk no other rivalry offers - and it creates ground-transportation demand that normal game-day plans do not cover, because half the crowd is already traveling for the holiday.
Quick Answer: Texas at A&M, Black Friday 2026
Kickoff is 6:30 p.m. CT on Friday, November 27, 2026 at Kyle Field, capacity 102,733 - one of the largest stadiums in the country. Thanksgiving return travel peaks Sunday, November 29, so the game sits inside the holiday travel window rather than after it. Expect heavy college-station-bound traffic on Highway 6 from both Houston and Austin directions through Friday afternoon.
Skip the Highway 6 parking lot -
Book your Lone Star Showdown shuttle
- door-to-door, fixed fare, reserved before the rush.Getting to College Station: Your Airport Options
College Station has its own regional airport (Easterwood, CLL), but nearly all out-of-town fans connect through Houston or Austin. Easterwood has limited carriers and holiday-week fares price accordingly. The practical playbook: fly into IAH or Hobby and ride west on Highway 6, or fly into Austin-Bergstrom and ride east - both corridors are daily shuttle routes.
From Houston: The Closest Major Airport
Houston is roughly 100 miles southeast of Kyle Field, and the Houston to College Station shuttle runs it as a routine daily route from IAH, Hobby, and Houston addresses. Thanksgiving Friday traffic on Highway 6 through Navasota is the slow stretch; a morning or early-afternoon arrival beats the 3-6 p.m. game-day wave. Fans combining the game with family Thanksgiving in Houston get one vehicle for the whole weekend.
From Austin and Dallas
Austin sits about 105 miles west of College Station - the Austin to College Station shuttle covers it, useful for Longhorns fans making the rivalry trip. From the Dallas side, the Dallas to College Station shuttle runs the longer I-45-and-Highway 6 or TX-7 corridor - a common option for Aggie families with Thanksgiving plans in North Texas. For general Aggieland access, see College Station shuttle service.
Why a Friday Game Changes the Plan
A Saturday game gives you a Sunday recovery day; this one does not. Visitors who fly in Thursday for Thanksgiving dinner and out Saturday morning compress the whole trip, and Black Friday is itself a heavy highway travel day nationally. The reliable pattern: reserve airport pickup and game-day run together, with the postgame pickup set before kickoff. Postgame at Kyle Field is a slow drain from a 102,000-seat bowl - a pre-set meeting point beats circling for a rideshare that is surge-priced and 45 minutes out.
Book the Black Friday Window Early
The Friday-after-Thanksgiving game day is a unique intent spike - holiday travelers and football fans competing for the same vehicles. Reserve at
before Thanksgiving week locks up.