1995 Texas A&M Aggies football team

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 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
Record	9–3 (5–2 SWC)
Head coach	R. C. Slocum (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Steve Ensminger (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Phil Bennett (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kyle Field
Seasons ← 1994 1996 →

1995 Southwest Conference football standings

v t e	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

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	Source
September 2	2:30 pm	LSU*	No. 3	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	ABC	W 33–17	70,057	[1]
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

Rankings

Main article: 1995 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = 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

See also: 1995 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team and Texas A&M–Texas Tech football rivalry

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 8 Texas A&M	7	0	0	0	7
Texas Tech	0	7	0	7	14

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

Main article: 1995 Alamo Bowl

Personnel

1995 Texas A&M Aggies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 22 Eric Bernard Fr RB 24 Marc Broyles  Fr TE 89 Dan Campbell Fr QB Stormy Case TE Hayward Clay OL 54 Calvin Collins Jr QB Kevin Colon WR 80 Albert Connell Jr OL Hunter Goodwin OL 69 Koby Hackradt So RB 20 D'Andre Hardeman Fr WR 37 Donte Hawkins Fr OL 74 Brandon Houston Fr QB 6 Shane Lechler Fr WR Gene Lowery WR Danny McCray RB Leeland McElroy Sr OL 72 Steve McKinney So WR 1 Aaron Oliver Fr RB 8 Sirr Parker Fr RB Alcie Peterson QB 4 Corey Pullig Sr OL 76 Chris Ruhman So WR Chris Sanders RB Detron Smith OL 73 Cameron Spikes Fr TE 87 Derrick Spiller Fr QB 7 Branndon Stewart Fr OL 53 Rex Tucker Fr RB 13 Michael Williams  Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB Dennis Allen LB Reggie Brown DB 48 Rich Coady Fr DB 27 Donovan Greer Jr DL 97 Marcus Heard So OLB 43 Warrick Holdman Fr DL 95 Edward Jasper Jr DB 5 Toya Jones Fr CB 14 Justin Lucas  Fr DL 98 David Maxwell So DB Typail McMullen DB Ray Mickens DL 96 Brandon Mitchell Jr LB Kevin Mitchell ILB 9 Dat Nguyen Fr LB 32 Larry Walker II So DB 26 Andre Williams Jr DL 99 Pat Williams Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 3 Kyle Bryant So P 19 Shane Lechler Fr P Sean Terry K 49 Manoli Venetoulias So	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

References

1. "McElroy lifts Texas A&M past LSU". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 3, 1995. Retrieved February 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.