1986 Texas A&M Aggies football
Southwest Conference champion
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 13
Record9–3 (7–1 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorLynn Amedee (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorR. C. Slocum (7th season)
1986 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 Texas A&M $ 7 –1 –09 –3 –0
No. 15 Arkansas 6 –2 –09 –3 –0
No. 12 Baylor 6 –2 –09 –3 –0
Texas Tech 5 –3 –07 –5 –0
SMU 5 –3 –06 –5 –0
Texas 4 –4 –05 –6 –0
Rice 2 –6 –04 –7 –0
TCU 1 –7 –03 –8 –0
Houston 0 –8 –01 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC).[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 137:00 pmat No. 15 LSU*No. 7
ESPNL 17–3579,713[2]
September 20North Texas State*No. 16
W 48–2854,406[3]
September 27Southern Miss*
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
W 16–754,938[4]
October 41:30 pmTexas TechNo. 14
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX (rivalry)
W 45–862,876
October 11at HoustonNo. 14
RaycomW 19–728,277
October 18No. 11 BaylorNo. 20
ABCW 31–3074,739
October 25RiceNo. 10
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
W 45–1051,885
November 1at SMUNo. 10
W 39–3558,125
November 15at No. 17 ArkansasNo. 7
ABCL 10–1454,912
November 22TCUNo. 13
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX (rivalry)
RaycomW 74–1059,126
November 27at TexasNo. 10
ESPNW 16–375,623[5]
January 112:30 pmvs. No. 11 Ohio State*No. 8
CBSL 12–2874,188
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Roster

1986 Texas A&M Aggies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 29 Rod Bernstine Sr
QB 14 Kevin Murray Sr
QB Craig Stump
QB 9 Duke Newton
RB 42 Ira Valentine Sr
RB 43 Roger Vick Sr
WR Shea Walker
RB Keith Woodside
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 11 Johnny Holland Sr
LB 65 Larry Kelm Sr
DT 99 Rod Saddler Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Rankings

    Ranking movements
    Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
    ( ) = First place votes.
    Week
    PollPre12345678910111213Final
    AP7 (1)716141414111010871310813
    Coaches3 (5)71916151511101087119712

    Game summaries

    At LSU

    1 234Total
    Texas A&M 7 730 17
    • LSU 7 7147 35

    [6]

    North Texas State

    Southern Miss

    Texas Tech

    At Houston

    Baylor

    1 234Total
    Baylor 17 373 30
    • Texas A&M 0 14314 31

    Rice

    At SMU

    At Arkansas

    TCU

    [7]

    At Texas

    Vs. Ohio State (Cotton Bowl)

    1 234Total
    • Ohio State 0 7147 28
    Texas A&M 3 306 12

    [8]

    1987 NFL Draft

    PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
    Roger VickRunning back121New York Jets
    Rod BernstineRunning back124San Diego Chargers
    Johnny HollandLinebacker241Green Bay Packers
    Todd HowardLinebacker373Kansas City Chiefs
    Rod SaddlerDefensive tackle490St. Louis Cardinals
    Larry KelmLinebacker4108Los Angeles Rams
    Steve BullittLinebacker8220Cleveland Browns
    Ira ValentineRunning back12314Houston Oilers

    [9]

    References

    1. ↑ "1986 Texas A&M Aggies Schedule and Results".
    2. ↑ "No. 7 A&M off target, falls to LSU". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 14, 1986. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
    3. ↑ "Aggies regroup, bounce NTSU". The Paris News. September 21, 1986. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
    4. ↑ "Ags slowly make a point". Austin American-Statesman. September 28, 1986. Retrieved March 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
    5. ↑ "2022 Texas A&M Football Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved October 3, 2022.
    6. ↑ "LSU Takes 35-17 Win in Stride: Interceptions Help Defeat Texas A&M". Los Angeles Times. September 14, 1986. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
    7. ↑ "Southwest Roundup: Texas A&M Trounces TCU, 74-10". Los Angeles Times. November 23, 1986. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
    8. ↑ "COTTON BOWL: OHIO ST. INTERCEPTS TEXAS A&M, 28-12". The New York Times. January 2, 1987. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
    9. ↑ "1987 NFL Draft". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved November 9, 2019.


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