1997 Texas A&M Aggies football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1997 Texas A&M Aggies football Big 12 Conference South Division Big 12 21 20 9–4 6–2 R. C. Slocum 9th Steve Marshall 1st Pro-style Mike Hankwitz 1st 4–3 Kyle Field Big 12 South Division champion Big 12 Championship Game L 15–54 vs. Nebraska Cotton Bowl Classic L 23–29 vs. UCLA The 1997 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 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by ninth-year head coach R. C. Slocum, the Aggies compiled an overall record of 9–4 with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, winning the Big 12's South Division title. Texas A&M advanced to the Big 12 Championship Game, where the Aggies lost to Nebraska. Texas A&M was then invited to the Cotton Bowl Classic, losing there to UCLA. The team played home games at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas. Schedule 2001 AP Central September 6 4:00 pm w y Sam Houston State Kyle Field College Station, TX 59–6 58,619 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114813829/aggies-go-to-the-ground-annihilate-sam/ Abilene Reporter-News Aggies go to the ground, annihilate Sam Houston St. September 7, 1997 December 18, 2022 Newspapers.com September 20 11:30 am w y Southwestern Louisiana Kyle Field College Station, TX FSN 66–0 61,081 September 27 2:30 pm w y y 22 North Texas Texas Stadium Irving, TX 36–10 42,224 October 4 2:30 pm w y 21 Colorado 16 Folsom Field Boulder, CO ABC 16–10 50,877 October 11 1:00 pm w 15 Iowa State Kyle Field College Station, TX 56–17 58,159 October 18 2:30 pm l y 14 Kansas State 20 KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS ABC 17–36 43,601 October 25 1:00 pm l y 20 Texas Tech Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX rivalry 13–16 50,513 November 1 6:00 pm w 25 Oklahoma State 19 Kyle Field College Station, TX FSN 28–25 OT 60,776 November 8 1:00 pm w 21 Baylor Kyle Field College Station, TX Battle of the Brazos 38–10 64,006 November 15 6:00 pm w y 18 Oklahoma Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK FSN 51–7 64,929 November 28 10:00 am w 15 Texas Kyle Field College Station, TX rivalry ABC 27–16 75,349 December 6 3:30 pm l y 14 Nebraska 2 Alamodome San Antonio, TX Big 12 Championship Game ABC 15–54 64,824 January 1 1:30 pm l y y 20 UCLA 5 Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX Cotton Bowl Classic CBS 23–29 59,215 Rankings 1997 NCAA Division I-A football rankings AP 0 17 NR NR NR NR NR 22 21 15 14 20 25 21 18 16 15 14 20 20 Coaches 0 17 NR NR NR 22 18 18 13 14 21 NR 21 18 16 15 14 19 21 Game summaries Sam Houston State Sam Houston St 3 3 0 0 Texas A&M 7 10 28 14 Southwestern Louisiana Southwestern Louisiana 0 0 0 0 Texas A&M 24 21 7 14 North Texas #22 Texas A&M 10 0 10 16 North Texas 3 7 0 0 Colorado #21 Texas A&M 0 6 10 0 #16 Colorado 3 0 0 7 Iowa State Iowa State 3 7 7 0 #15 Texas A&M 21 21 7 7 Kansas State #14 Texas A&M 0 3 7 7 #20 Kansas State 13 3 7 13 Texas Tech #20 Texas A&M 3 3 0 7 Texas Tech 3 7 3 3 Oklahoma State #19 Oklahoma State 13 0 6 3 3 #25 Texas A&M 7 0 0 15 6 Baylor Baylor 0 3 7 0 #21 Texas A&M 10 7 7 14 Oklahoma #18 Texas A&M 17 17 17 0 Oklahoma 0 0 0 7 Texas Texas 0 6 7 3 #15 Texas A&M 0 14 7 6 Nebraska #14 Texas A&M 0 3 0 12 #2 Nebraska 16 21 3 14 UCLA (Cotton Bowl Classic) #5 UCLA 0 7 14 8 #20 Texas A&M 7 9 7 0 1997 UCLA Bruins football team 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) 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 18 SEDRICK CURRY DB 19 VAN GARDNER WR 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 References Texas AandM Category:Texas A&M Aggies football seasons Texas AandM Aggies football Category:Long stubs with short prose