1987 Texas A&M Aggies football team
| 1987 Texas A&M Aggies football | |
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Southwest Conference champion Cotton Bowl Classic champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 35–10 vs. Notre Dame | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 9 |
| AP | No. 10 |
| 1987 record | 10–2 (6–1 SWC) |
| Head coach | Jackie Sherrill (6th season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Lynn Amedee (3rd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | R. C. Slocum (8th season) |
| Home stadium |
Kyle Field (Capacity: 72,387) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Texas A&M $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1987 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC). The team was led by head coach Jackie Sherrill, in his sixth year, and played their home games at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas. They finished the season with a record of ten wins and two losses (10–2, 6–1 SWC), as Southwest Conference champions and with a victory over Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl Classic.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |||
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| September 5 | No. 6 LSU* | No. 15 | Kyle Field • College Station, TX (rivalry) | ESPN | L 3–17 | 71,292 | |||
| September 19 | No. 10 Washington* | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | ESPN | W 29-12 | 58,178 | ||||
| September 26 | vs. Southern Miss* | No. 16 | Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS | W 27-14 | 22,150 | ||||
| October 3 | at Texas Tech | No. 15 | Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX (rivalry) | Raycom | L 21–27 | 42,625 | |||
| October 10 | Houston | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | W 22–17 | 64,415 | |||||
| October 17 | at Baylor | Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX (Battle of the Brazos) | Raycom | W 34-10 | 46,812 | ||||
| October 24 | at Rice | Rice Stadium • Houston, TX | W 34–21 | 32,500 | |||||
| October 31 | Louisiana Tech* | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | W 32–3 | 53,779 | |||||
| November 14 | No. 20 Arkansas | No. 19 | Kyle Field • College Station, TX (rivalry) | ESPN | W 14–0 | 73,511 | |||
| November 21 | at TCU | No. 16 | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX (rivalry) | Raycom | W 42-24 | 40,164 | |||
| November 26 | Texas | No. 15 | Kyle Field • College Station, TX (rivalry) | ESPN | W 20-13 | 78,573 | |||
| January 1 | vs. No. 12 Notre Dame* | No. 13 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) | CBS | W 35–10 | 73,006 | |||
*Non-conference game.  | |||||||||
Team players drafted into the NFL
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Keith Woodside | Running back | 3 | 61 | Green Bay Packers |
| Louis Cheek | Offensive tackle | 8 | 220 | Miami Dolphins |
| Kip Corrington | Defensive back | 9 | 223 | Detroit Lions |
| Chet Brooks | Defensive back | 11 | 303 | San Francisco 49ers |
- Reference:[2]
References
- ↑ "sports-reference.com".
- ↑ "1988 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
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