1996 Texas A&M Aggies football team

The 1996 Texas A&M Aggies football team completed the season with a 6–6 record. The Aggies had a regular season Big 12 record of 4–4.

1996 Texas A&M Aggies football
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
1996 record6–6 (4–4 Big 12)
Head coachR. C. Slocum (8th season)
Offensive coordinatorSteve Ensminger (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorPhil Bennett (2nd season)
Home stadiumKyle Field
(Capacity: 70,210)
1996 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Northern Division
No. 6 Nebraska x%  8 –0     11 –2  
No. 8 Colorado  7 –1     10 –2  
No. 17 Kansas State  6 –2     9 –3  
Missouri  3 –5     5 –6  
Kansas  2 –6     4 –7  
Iowa State  1 –7     2 –9  
Southern Division
No. 23 Texas x$  6 –2     8 –5  
Texas Tech  5 –3     7 –5  
Texas A&M  4 –4     6 –6  
Oklahoma  3 –5     3 –8  
Oklahoma State  2 –6     5 –6  
Baylor  1 –7     4 –7  
Championship: Texas 37, Nebraska 27
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • $ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion
    % – Bowl Alliance at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 2411:00 AMat BYU*No. 13
ABCL 37–4155,229
September 147:00 PMat Southwestern Louisiana*No. 25
L 22–2938,783
September 214:00 PMNorth Texas*
W 55–056,308
September 282:30 PMNo. 12 Colorado
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
ABCL 10–2470,339
October 54:00 PMLouisiana Tech*
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
W 63–1352,522
October 1211:30 AMat Iowa State
FSNW 24–2144,950
October 196:00 PMNo. 19 Kansas State
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
FSNL 20–2364,155
October 2611:30 AMTexas Tech
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX (rivalry)
FSNL 10–1370,147
November 22:00 PMat Oklahoma State
W 38–1941,250
November 92:30 PMat Baylor
ABCW 24–745,112
November 162:30 PMOklahoma
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
ABCW 33–1666,161
November 2910:00 AMat Texas
ABCL 15–5181,887
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Game summaries

BYU
1 2 3 4 Total
Texas A&M 10 10 14 3 37
BYU 6 14 6 15 41

Southwestern Louisiana
1 2 3 4 Total
Texas A&M 7 6 9 0 22
Southwestern Louisiana 14 7 0 8 29

The Cajuns upset then-25th-ranked Aggies.[1]

North Texas
1 2 3 4 Total
North Texas 0 0 0 0 0
Texas A&M 3 25 20 7 55

Colorado
1 2 3 4 Total
#12 Colorado 7 14 3 0 24
Texas A&M 0 7 0 3 10

Louisiana Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Louisiana Tech 3 3 0 7 13
Texas A&M 14 28 14 7 63

Iowa State
1 2 3 4 Total
Texas A&M 17 0 0 7 24
Iowa State 0 7 7 7 21

Kansas State
1 2 3 4 Total
Kansas State 13 7 3 0 23
Texas A&M 3 0 7 10 20

Texas Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Texas Tech 3 3 0 7 13
Texas A&M 0 3 7 0 10

Oklahoma State
1 2 3 4 Total
Texas A&M 7 3 14 14 38
Oklahoma State 7 6 6 0 19

Baylor
1 2 3 4 Total
Texas A&M 0 0 14 10 24
Baylor 7 0 0 0 7

Oklahoma
1 2 3 4 Total
Oklahoma 0 16 0 0 16
Texas A&M 13 0 10 10 33

Texas
1 2 3 4 Total
Texas A&M 0 9 0 6 15
Texas 10 7 20 14 51

Roster
1996 Texas A&M Aggies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 89 Dan Campbell So
QB 4 Thadd Hargett  Fr
QB 15 Randy McCown  Fr
OL 72 Steve McKinney Jr
WR 8 Sirr Parker So
OL 73 Cameron Spikes So
QB 7 Branndon Stewart Jr
OL 53 Rex Tucker So
OL 71 Chris Valetta Fr
OL 78 Andy Vincent Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 48 Rich Coady So
LB 43 Warrick Holdman So
DL 96 Brandon Mitchell Sr
LB 23 Keith Mitchell Sr
LB 9 Dat Nguyen So
DL 99 Pat Williams Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 1996-11-19

References
  1. "Cajuns have shot to relive A&M upset against K-State".


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