1986 Texas A&M Aggies football team

The 1986 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC).^[1]

1986 Texas A&M Aggies football
Southwest Conference champion Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 12–28 vs. Ohio State
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 13
Record	9–3 (7–1 SWC)
Head coach	Jackie Sherrill (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Lynn Amedee (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	R. C. Slocum (7th season)
Seasons ← 1985 1987 →

1986 Southwest Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 13 Texas A&M $	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Arkansas	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 12 Baylor	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Texas Tech	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
SMU	5	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Texas	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Rice	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
TCU	1	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Houston	0	–	8	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	7:00 pm	at No. 15 LSU*	No. 7	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	ESPN	L 17–35	79,713	[2]
September 20		North Texas State*	No. 16	Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 48–28	54,406	[3]
September 27		Southern Miss*		Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 16–7	54,938	[4]
October 4	1:30 pm	Texas Tech	No. 14	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)		W 45–8	62,876
October 11		at Houston	No. 14	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX	Raycom	W 19–7	28,277
October 18		No. 11 Baylor	No. 20	Kyle Field College Station, TX (Battle of the Brazos)	ABC	W 31–30	74,739
October 25		Rice	No. 10	Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 45–10	51,885
November 1		at SMU	No. 10	Texas Stadium Irving, TX		W 39–35	58,125
November 15		at No. 17 Arkansas	No. 7	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR (rivalry)	ABC	L 10–14	54,912
November 22		TCU	No. 13	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	Raycom	W 74–10	59,126
November 27		at Texas	No. 10	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	ESPN	W 16–3	75,623	[5]
January 1	12:30 pm	vs. No. 11 Ohio State*	No. 8	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	CBS	L 12–28	74,188
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

1986 Texas A&M Aggies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 29 Rod Bernstine Sr QB 14 Kevin Murray Sr QB Craig Stump QB 9 Duke Newton RB 42 Ira Valentine Sr RB 43 Roger Vick Sr WR 30 Karl Pitts So WR Shea Walker RB Keith Woodside	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 11 Johnny Holland Sr LB 65 Larry Kelm Sr DT 99 Rod Saddler Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Jackie Sherrill Coordinators/assistant coaches Lynn Amedee (OC) R. C. Slocum (DC) George Pugh (assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Rankings

Further information: 1986 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

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

Game summaries

At LSU

1 2 3 4 Total Texas A&M 7 7 3 0 17 • LSU 7 7 14 7 35 Date: September 13 Location: Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Game attendance: 79,713 Game weather: 83 °F (28 °C), Clear, Wind W 9 mph (14 km/h) TV announcers (ESPN): Mike Patrick, Pat McInally, and Tim Brando

See also: 1986 LSU Tigers football team and LSU–Texas A&M football rivalry

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North Texas State

See also: North Texas State Mean Green football

Southern Miss

See also: Southern Miss Golden Eagles football

Texas Tech

See also: 1986 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team and Texas A&M–Texas Tech football rivalry

At Houston

See also: 1986 Houston Cougars football team

Baylor

1 2 3 4 Total Baylor 17 3 7 3 30 • Texas A&M 0 14 3 14 31 Date: October 18 Location: Kyle Field Game attendance: 74,739 TV announcers (ABC): Corey McPherrin, Lynn Swann, and Becky Dixon

See also: 1986 Baylor Bears football team and Battle of the Brazos

Rice

See also: Rice Owls football

At SMU

See also: 1986 SMU Mustangs football team

At Arkansas

See also: 1986 Arkansas Razorbacks football team and Arkansas–Texas A&M football rivalry

TCU

See also: 1986 TCU Horned Frogs football team and TCU–Texas A&M football rivalry

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At Texas

See also: 1986 Texas Longhorns football team and Texas–Texas A&M football rivalry

Vs. Ohio State (Cotton Bowl)

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio State 0 7 14 7 28 Texas A&M 3 3 0 6 12 Date: January 1 Location: Cotton Bowl Game attendance: 74,188 TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist, Ara Parseghian, and Pat Haden

Main article: 1987 Cotton Bowl Classic

See also: 1986 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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1987 NFL Draft

Main article: 1987 NFL draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Roger Vick	Running back	1	21	New York Jets
Rod Bernstine	Running back	1	24	San Diego Chargers
Johnny Holland	Linebacker	2	41	Green Bay Packers
Todd Howard	Linebacker	3	73	Kansas City Chiefs
Rod Saddler	Defensive tackle	4	90	St. Louis Cardinals
Larry Kelm	Linebacker	4	108	Los Angeles Rams
Steve Bullitt	Linebacker	8	220	Cleveland Browns
Ira Valentine	Running back	12	314	Houston Oilers

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References

1. "1986 Texas A&M Aggies Schedule and Results".
2. "No. 7 A&M off target, falls to LSU". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 14, 1986. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Aggies regroup, bounce NTSU". The Paris News. September 21, 1986. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Ags slowly make a point". Austin American-Statesman. September 28, 1986. Retrieved March 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "2022 Texas A&M Football Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved October 3, 2022.
6. "LSU Takes 35-17 Win in Stride: Interceptions Help Defeat Texas A&M". Los Angeles Times. September 14, 1986. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
7. "Southwest Roundup: Texas A&M Trounces TCU, 74-10". Los Angeles Times. November 23, 1986. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
8. "COTTON BOWL: OHIO ST. INTERCEPTS TEXAS A&M, 28-12". The New York Times. January 2, 1987. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
9. "1987 NFL Draft". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved November 9, 2019.