1997 Texas A&M Aggies football team

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1997 Texas A&M Aggies football
Big 12 South Division champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 23–29 vs. UCLA
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 21
APNo. 20
Record9–4 (6–2 Big 12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSteve Marshall (1st season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorMike Hankwitz (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumKyle Field
Seasons
← 1996
1998 →
1997 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North 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  
South 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

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[edit]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 64:00 pmSam Houston State*
W 59–658,619
September 2011:30 amSouthwestern Louisiana*
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
FSNW 66–061,081
September 272:30 pmvs. North Texas*No. 22
W 36–1042,224
October 42:30 pmat No. 16 ColoradoNo. 21
ABCW 16–1050,877
October 111:00 pmIowa StateNo. 15
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
W 56–1758,159
October 182:30 pmat No. 20 Kansas StateNo. 14
ABCL 17–3643,601
October 251:00 pmat Texas TechNo. 20
L 13–1650,513
November 16:00 pmNo. 19 Oklahoma StateNo. 25
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
FSNW 28–25 OT60,776
November 81:00 pmBaylorNo. 21
W 38–1064,006
November 156:00 pmat OklahomaNo. 18
FSNW 51–764,929
November 2810:00 amTexasNo. 15
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX (rivalry)
ABCW 27–1675,349
December 63:30 pmvs. No. 2 NebraskaNo. 14
ABCL 15–5464,824
January 11:30 pmvs. No. 5 UCLA*No. 20
CBSL 23–2959,215
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Rankings[edit]

See also: 1997 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AP—————22211514202521181615142020
Coaches———221818131421—21181615141921

Roster[edit]

 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  JAAMONT HUMPHREY         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 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[edit]

Sam Houston State[edit]

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

Southwestern Louisiana[edit]

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

North Texas[edit]

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

Colorado[edit]

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

Iowa State[edit]

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

Kansas State[edit]

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

Texas Tech[edit]

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

Oklahoma State[edit]

1 2 3 4OT Total
#19 Oklahoma State 13 0 6 33 25
#25 Texas A&M 7 0 0 156 28

Baylor[edit]

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

Oklahoma[edit]

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

Texas[edit]

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

Nebraska[edit]

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)[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#5 UCLA 0 7 14 8 29
#19 Texas A&M 7 9 7 0 23
See also: 1997 UCLA Bruins football team and 1998 Cotton Bowl Classic

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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