1997 Texas A&M Aggies football team

1997 Big 12 Conference football standings
	Northern Division
	Southern Division
	Championship: Nebraska 54, Texas A&M 15
	x – Division champion/co-champions; y – Championship game participant; † – Coaches Poll National Champion; $ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion; % – Bowl Alliance at-large representative; Rankings from AP Poll

1997 Texas A&M Aggies football
1997 Texas A&M Aggies football
Big 12 South Division champion
Big 12 Championship Game, L 15–54 vs. Nebraska
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 23–29 vs. UCLA
Conference	Big 12 Conference
	South Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 21
AP	No. 20
1997 record	9–4 (6–2 Big 12)
Head coach	R. C. Slocum (8th season);
Offensive coordinator	Steve Marshall (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Mike Hankwitz (1st season)
Home stadium	Kyle Field; (Capacity: 70,210)
	Seasons ← 1996 1998 →

The 1997 Texas A&M Aggies football team completed the season with a 9–4 record. The Aggies had a regular season Big 12 record of 6–2.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	4:00 pm	Sam Houston State*		Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 59–6	58,619
September 20	11:30 am	Southwestern Louisiana*		Kyle Field College Station, TX	FSN	W 66–0	61,081
September 27	2:30 pm	vs. North Texas*	No. 22	Texas Stadium Irving, TX		W 36–10	42,224
October 4	2:30 pm	at No. 16 Colorado	No. 21	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	ABC	W 16–10	50,877
October 11	1:00 pm	Iowa State	No. 15	Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 56–17	58,159
October 18	2:30 pm	at No. 20 Kansas State	No. 14	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	ABC	L 17–36	43,601
October 25	1:00 pm	at Texas Tech	No. 20	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)		L 13–16	50,513
November 1	6:00 pm	No. 19 Oklahoma State	No. 25	Kyle Field College Station, TX	FSN	W 28–25 ^OT	60,776
November 8	1:00 pm	Baylor	No. 21	Kyle Field College Station, TX (Battle of the Brazos)		W 38–10	64,006
November 15	6:00 pm	at Oklahoma	No. 18	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	FSN	W 51–7	64,929
November 28	10:00 am	Texas	No. 15	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	ABC	W 27–16	75,349
December 6	3:30 pm	vs. No. 2 Nebraska	No. 14	Alamodome San Antonio, TX (Big 12 Championship Game)	ABC	L 15–54	64,824
January 1	1:30 pm	vs. No. 5 UCLA*	No. 19	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	CBS	L 23–29	59,215
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster[]

 1  MICHAEL JAMESON          DB
 3  KYLE BRYANT              PK
 4  THADD HARGETT            QB
 4  DELVIN WRIGHT            DB
 5  TOYA JONES               DB
 6  SHANE LECHLER          QB-P
 7  BRANNDON STEWART         QB
 8  SIRR PARKER              RB
 9  DAT NGUYEN               LB
13  MICHAEL WILLIAMS         RB
15  RANDY MCCOWN             QB
16  AARON OLIVER             WR
17  TERENCE KITCHENS         PK
19  VAN GARDNER
18  SEDRICK CURRY            DB
20  D'ANDRE HARDEMAN         RB
21  LAKE CAMPBELL                DB
23  JASON GLENN              DB
24  JASON BRAGG              RB
25  MICHAEL JENNINGS         WR
27  JEFF WILSON              DB
28  TRENT DRIVER             LB
29  QUINTON BROWN            LB
30  BRANDON JENNINGS         DB
33  MARC BROYLES             RB
34  DANTE HALL               RB
35  Ben Henderson            LB
36  RONALD PATTON            DB
39  JASON WEBSTER            DB
40  ROYLIN BRADLEY           LB
42  CHRIS TAYLOR             WR
43  WARRICK HOLDMAN          LB
44  SEAN CORYATT             LB
45  BRAD CROWLEY             DL
46  CORNELIUS ANTHONY        LB
47  BILL JOHNSTON            P
48  RICH COADY               DB
51  PHILLIP MEYERS           LB
53  REX TUCKER               OL
56  TOBY MCCARTHY            OL
57  KEVIN VESTAL             DL
58  CHRIS THIERRY            LB
59  MATT MOORE               LB
62  SEMISI HEIMULI           OL
63  KYLE LEDNICKY           SNP
69  KOBY HACKRADT            OL
71  CHRIS VALLETTA           OL
72  STEVE MCKINNEY           OL
73  CAMERON SPIKES           OL
74  BRANDON HOUSTON          OL
76  CHRIS RUHMAN             OL
78  ANDY VINCENT             OL
79  SHEA HOLDER              OL
80  CHRIS COLE               WR
81  DARIC DEARMAN            WR
82  RODERRICK BROUGHTON      TE
84  MATT MAHONE              TE
86  DARREN BRINKLEY          WR
87  DERRICK SPILLER          TE
88  LEROY HODGE              WR
89  DANIEL CAMPBELL          TE
90  STEPHEN YOUNG            DL
91  TANGO MCCAULEY           DL
92  MIKE KAZMIERSKI          DL
94  Zerick Rollins       DL
95  ROCKY BERNARD            DL
96  RON EDWARDS              DL
97  MARCUS HEARD             DL
99  RONALD FLEMONS           DE

Game summaries[]

Sam Houston State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sam Houston St	3	3	0	0	6
Texas A&M	7	10	28	14	59

Southwestern Louisiana[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Southwestern Louisiana	0	0	0	0	0
#22 Texas A&M	24	21	7	14	66

North Texas[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Texas A&M	10	0	10	16	36
North Texas	3	7	0	0	10

Colorado[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#17 Texas A&M	0	6	10	0	16
#16 Colorado	3	0	0	7	10

Iowa State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa State	3	7	7	0	17
#13 Texas A&M	21	21	7	7	56

Kansas State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#14 Texas A&M	0	3	7	7	17
#20 Kansas State	13	3	7	13	36

Texas Tech[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Texas A&M	3	3	0	7	13
Texas Tech	3	7	3	3	16

Oklahoma State[]

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
#19 Oklahoma State	13	0	6	3	3	25
#25 Texas A&M	7	0	0	15	6	28

Baylor[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Baylor	0	3	7	0	10
#21 Texas A&M	10	7	7	14	38

Oklahoma[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Texas A&M	17	17	17	0	51
Oklahoma	0	0	0	7	7

Texas[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	0	6	7	3	16
#15 Texas A&M	0	14	7	6	27

Nebraska[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#14 Texas A&M	0	3	0	12	15
#2 Nebraska	16	21	3	14	54

UCLA (Cotton Bowl Classic)[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 UCLA	0	7	14	8	29
#19 Texas A&M	7	9	7	0	23

1st quarter scoring: Texas A&M – Brandon Jennings 64-yard interception return after 19-yard return and lateral from Dat Nguyen (Kyle Bryant kick)

2nd quarter scoring: Texas A&M – Zerek Rollins tackled Cade McNown in end zone for safety; Texas A&M – Dante Hall 74-yard run (Bryant kick); UCLA – Jim McElroy 22-yard pass from McNown (Chris Sailer kick)

3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Skip Hicks 41-yard pass from McNown (Sailer kick); Texas A&M – Chris Cole 43 run (Bryant kick); UCLA – McNown 20-yard run (Sailer kick)

4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Ryan Neufeld 5-yard run (McNown run)

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1997 Big 12 Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Northern Division
No. 2 Nebraska † xy$		8	–	0		13	–	0
No. 8 Kansas State %		7	–	1		11	–	1
No. 23 Missouri		5	–	3		7	–	5
Colorado		3	–	5		5	–	6
Kansas		3	–	5		5	–	6
Iowa State		1	–	7		1	–	10
Southern Division
No. 20 Texas A&M xy		6	–	2		9	–	4
No. 24 Oklahoma State		5	–	3		8	–	4
Texas Tech		5	–	3		6	–	5
Texas		2	–	6		4	–	7
Oklahoma		2	–	6		4	–	8
Baylor		1	–	7		2	–	9
Championship: Nebraska 54, Texas A&M 15
x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant † – Coaches Poll National Champion $ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion % – Bowl Alliance at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll