1996 Texas A&M Aggies football team

The 1996 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University as a member of the South Division of the Big 12 Conference during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by eighth-year head coach R. C. Slocum, the Aggies compiled an overall record of 6–6 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, placing third in the Big 12's South Division. Texas A&M played home games at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas

1996 Texas A&M Aggies football
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	South Division
Record	6–6 (4–4 Big 12)
Head coach	R. C. Slocum (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Steve Ensminger (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Phil Bennett (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kyle Field
Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

1996 Big 12 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
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

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 RB 22 Eric Bernard So WR 24 Jason Bragg  Fr WR 86 Darren Brinkley  So TE 82 RoDerrick Broughton Fr OL 75 Don Brown  So RB 33 Marc Broyles So WR 81 Matt Bumgardner  Fr TE 89 Dan Campbell So WR 16 Chris Cole Fr OL 54 Calvin Collins Sr WR 80 Albert Connell Sr WR 80 Shannon Crenshaw Fr TE 83 Adren Dudley  Jr OL 69 Koby Hackradt Jr RB 34 Dante Hall Fr RB 20 D'Andre Hardeman So QB 4 Thadd Hargett  Fr WR 37 Donte Hawkins So OL 62 Semisi Heimuli  Fr WR 88 Leroy Hodge  Fr OL 79 Shea Holder  Fr OL 68 Daniel Horn  So OL 74 Brandon Houston So RB 25 Michael Jennings  Fr QB 6 Shane Lechler  Fr TE 84 Matt Mahone So OL 56 Toby McCarthy Fr QB 15 Randy McCown  Fr OL 72 Steve McKinney Jr WR 1 Aaron Oliver So RB 8 Sirr Parker So OL 76 Chris Ruhman Jr OL 73 Cameron Spikes So TE 87 Derek Spiller So QB 7 Branndon Stewart Jr OL 53 Rex Tucker So OL 71 Chris Valetta Fr OL 78 Andy Vincent Fr RB 13 Michael Williams  So	Defense Pos. # Name Class ILB 17 Ronnie Alexander Fr ILB 46 Cornelius Anthony Fr ILB 29 Quinton Brown Jr DB 48 Rich Coady So ILB 44 Sean Coryatt Fr DL 45 Brad Crowley Jr DB 18 Sedrick Curry  Fr ILB 35 Dan Daniel Fr ILB 28 Trent Driver Jr DB 42 Paul Gage  Fr DB 27 Donovan Greer Sr DL 97 Marcus Heard Jr OLB 43 Warrick Holdman So DB 21 Shun Horn So OLB 55 Jimmie Irby Sr DL 95 Edward Jasper Sr DB 30 Brandon Jennings Fr DB 5 Toya Jones So DL 92 Mike Kazmierski  Fr CB 14 Justin Lucas  So DL 98 David Maxwell Jr OLB 51 Phillip Meyers Jr DL 96 Brandon Mitchell Sr OLB 23 Keith Mitchell Sr ILB 9 Dat Nguyen So DB 36 Ronald Patton Fr DB 4 Michael Price So DL 94 Zerick Rollins Jr OLB 58 Chris Thierry Fr ILB 32 Larry Walker II Jr DB 39 Jason Webster Fr DB 26 Andre Williams Sr DL 99 Pat Williams Sr DB 38 Jeff Wilson Fr DB 40 Delvin Wright Fr DB 11 Sherrod Wyatt Sr DL 90 Stephen Young Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 3 Kyle Bryant Jr P 47 Bill Johnston  Jr P 19 Shane Lechler  Fr LS 63 Kyle Lednicky So K 41 Ryan Pillians  So K 49 Manoli Venetoulias Jr	Head coach R. C. Slocum (8th season) Coordinators/assistant coaches Steve Ensminger – Offensive Coordinator Phil Bennett – Defensive Coordinator Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured 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".^{[permanent dead link]}