1996 Texas A&M Aggies football
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
Record6–6 (4–4 Big 12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSteve Ensminger (3rd season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorPhil Bennett (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumKyle Field
1996 Big 12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North 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  
South 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

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.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
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[1]
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.[2]

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 Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 1996-11-19

References

  1. ↑ "Aggies reel off 42 straight in 63–13 rout of La. Tech". Austin American-Statesman. October 6, 1996. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Cajuns have shot to relive A&M upset against K-State".


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