1995 Texas A&M Aggies football team

1995 Texas A&M Aggies football
Alamo Bowl champion
Alamo Bowl, W 22–20 vs. Michigan
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 15
1995 record	9–3 (5–2 SWC)
Head coach	R. C. Slocum (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Steve Ensminger (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Phil Bennett (1st season)
Home stadium	Kyle Field (Capacity: 70,210)
Seasons ← 1994 1996 →

1995 Southwest Conference football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 14 Texas $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	1
No. 23 Texas Tech	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Texas A&M	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Baylor	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
TCU	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Houston	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Rice	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	1
SMU	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1995 Texas A&M Aggies football team completed the season with a 9–3 record. The Aggies had a regular season Southwest Conference record of 5–2.

1995 was the final year of the Southwest Conference. At the end of the season A&M, along with Texas Tech, Baylor, and Texas, would combine with the members of the Big 8 Conference to form the Big 12 Conference, which began play in 1996.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	2:30 pm	LSU*	No. 3	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	ABC	W 33–17	70,057
September 16	12:00 pm	Tulsa*	No. 3	Kyle Field College Station, TX	Raycom	W 52–9	57,067
September 23	2:30 pm	at No. 7 Colorado*	No. 3	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (College GameDay)	ABC	L 21–29	53,849
October 7	1:00 pm	at Texas Tech	No. 8	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)		L 7–14	51,205
October 14	1:00 pm	SMU	No. 22	Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 20–17	59,573
October 21	1:00 pm	at Baylor	No. 22	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX (Battle of the Brazos)		W 24–9	51,218
October 28	1:00 pm	Houston	No. 19	Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 31–7	58,277
November 9	7:00 pm	at Rice	No. 18	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN	W 17–10	39,500
November 18	1:00 pm	Middle Tennessee*	No. 18	Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 56–14	53,549
November 25	1:00 pm	at TCU	No. 15	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)		W 33–6	44,282
December 2	2:30 pm	No. 9 Texas	No. 16	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	ABC	L 6–16	76,221
December 28	7:00 pm	vs. No. 14 Michigan*	No. 18	Alamodome San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	W 22–20	64,597
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Personnel[]

1995 Texas A&M Aggies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB Eric Bernard RB Marc Broyles TE 89 Dan Campbell Fr QB Stormy Case TE Hayward Clay QB Calvin Collins QB Kevin Colon WR Albert Connell OL Hunter Goodwin OL Koby Hackradt RB D'Andre Hardeman WR Donte Hawkins OL Brandon Houston WR Gene Lowery WR Danny McCray RB Leeland McElroy OL Steve McKinney WR Aaron Oliver RB 8 Sirr Parker Fr RB Alcie Peterson QB 4 Corey Pullig Sr OL Chris Ruhman WR Chris Sanders RB Detron Smith OL Cameron Spikes TE 87 Derrick Spiller Fr QB 7 Branndon Stewart Fr RB Michael Williams	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB Dennis Allen LB Reggie Brown DB Donovan Greer DL Marcus Heard OLB 43 Warrick Holdman Fr DL Edward Jasper DB Toya Jones DL David Maxwell DB Typail McMullen DB Ray Mickens DL Brandon Mitchell LB Kevin Mitchell ILB 9 Dat Nguyen Fr LB Larry Walker DB Andre Williams DL Pat Williams	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Kyle Bryant P Sean Terry K Manoli Venetoulias	Head coach R.C. Slocum (7th season) Coordinators/assistant coaches Steve Ensminger – Offensive Coordinator Phil Bennett – Defensive Coordinator Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Rankings[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	3 (6)	3 (6)	3 (4)	3 (4)	3 (5)	9	8	22	22	19	17	18	18	15	16	19	15
Coaches Poll	3 (7)	–	3 (4)	3 (5)	3 (4)	10	8	18	19	18	16	14	15	13	13	18	15

Game summaries[]

LSU[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
LSU	0	0	14	3	17
#3 Texas A&M	0	12	14	7	33

Tulsa[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulsa					0
Texas A&M					0

Colorado[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	7	0	14	0	21
#7 Colorado	3	14	3	9	29

Texas Tech[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M					0
Texas Tech					0

SMU[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
SMU					0
Texas A&M					0

Baylor[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M					0
Baylor					0

Houston[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Houston					0
Texas A&M					0

Rice[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M					0
Rice					0

Middle Tennessee[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
MTSU					0
Texas A&M					0

TCU[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M					0
TCU					0

Texas[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	0	6	7	3	16
Texas A&M	0	0	3	3	6

Michigan[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#14 Michigan	7	3	3	7	20
#18 Texas A&M	10	3	3	6	22

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