1996 Texas A&M Aggies football team

1996 Texas A&M Aggies football
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	South Division
1996 record	6–6 (4–4 Big 12)
Head coach	R. C. Slocum (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Steve Ensminger (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Phil Bennett (2nd season)
Home stadium	Kyle Field (Capacity: 70,210)
Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

1996 Big 12 Conference football standings
v t	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

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[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 24	11:00 am	at BYU*	No. 13	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT (Pigskin Classic)	ABC	L 37–41	55,229
September 14	7:00 pm	at Southwestern Louisiana*	No. 25	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA		L 22–29	38,783
September 21	4:00 pm	North Texas*		Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 55–0	56,308
September 28	2:30 pm	No. 12 Colorado		Kyle Field College Station, TX	ABC	L 10–24	70,339
October 5	4:00 pm	Louisiana Tech*		Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 63–13	52,522	[1]
October 12	11:30 am	at Iowa State		Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	FSN	W 24–21	44,950
October 19	6:00 pm	No. 19 Kansas State		Kyle Field College Station, TX	FSN	L 20–23	64,155
October 26	11:30 am	Texas Tech		Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	FSN	L 10–13	70,147
November 2	2:00 pm	at Oklahoma State		Lewis Field Stillwater, OK		W 38–19	41,250
November 9	2:30 pm	at Baylor		Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX (Battle of the Brazos)	ABC	W 24–7	45,112
November 16	2:30 pm	Oklahoma		Kyle Field College Station, TX	ABC	W 33–16	66,161
November 29	10:00 am	at Texas		Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	ABC	L 15–51	81,887
*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. # Name Class 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. # Name Class 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. # Name Class	Head coach R. C. Slocum Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 1996-11-19

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