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American college football season
The 1998 Texas A&M Aggies football team completed the season with an 11–3 record. The Aggies had a regular season Big 12 Conference record of 7–1, followed by an upset win against Kansas State in the 1998 Big 12 title game. Because of this, the team was invited to the Sugar Bowl, where they lost to Ohio State 24-14.
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 31 7:00 PM vs. No. 2 Florida State * No. 14 ABC L 14–2359,232
September 12 7:30 PM Louisiana Tech * No. 18 W 28–7 A 55,073
September 19 1:00 PM at Southern Miss * No. 17 FSNSW W 24–633,233
September 26 7:30 PM North Texas * No. 17 Kyle Field College Station, TX W 28–956,072
October 3 11:30 AM at Kansas No. 18 FSN W 24–2136,000
October 10 2:30 PM No. 2 Nebraska No. 18 Kyle Field College Station, TX ABC W 28–2160,798
October 17 6:00 PM at Baylor No. 10 FSN W 35–1442,333
October 24 2:30 PM No. 25 Texas Tech No. 8 Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry ) ABC W 17–1062,873
October 31 6:00 PM at Oklahoma State No. 8 FSN W 17–647,250
November 7 6:00 PM Oklahoma No. 7 Kyle Field College Station, TX FX W 29–054,506
November 14 11:30 AM No. 13 Missouri No. 6 Kyle Field College Station, TX FSN W 17–1460,433
November 27 11:00 AM at Texas No. 6 ABC L 24–2683,687
December 5 2:30 PM vs. No. 2 Kansas State No. 10 ABC W 36–33 2OT 60,798
January 1 7:00 PM vs. No. 3 Ohio State * No. 8 ABC L 14–2476,502
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
^A Win forfeited due to ineligible player.
Roster
1998 Texas A&M Aggies football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
QB
7
Branndon Stewart
Sr
RB
8
Sirr Parker
Sr
QB
15
Randy McCown
Jr
RB
28
Ja'Mar Toombs
Fr
RB
32
Burnest Rhodes
So
RB
34
Dante Hall
Jr
WR
42
Chris Taylor
So
OL
62
Semisi Heimuli
So
OL
71
Chris Valetta
Fr
OL
73
Cameron Spikes
Jr
OL
77
Seth McKinney
So
OL
78
Andy Vincent
OL
79
Shea Holder
WR
80
Chris Cole
Jr
WR
81
Matt Bumgardner
So
TE
87
Derrick Spiller
Sr
WR
88
Leroy Hodge
Jr
TE
89
Daniel Campbell
Sr
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
SS
1
Michael Jameson
So
OLB
2
Christian Rodriguez
Fr
ILB
9
Dat Nguyen
Sr
CB
18
Sedrick Curry
So
OLB
23
Jason Glenn
So
CB
26
Jay Brooks
Fr
FS
30
Brandon Jennings
Jr
CB
39
Jason Webster
Jr
OLB
40
Roylin Bradley
So
OLB
43
Warrick Holdman
Sr
OLB
44
Sean Coryatt
Jr
ILB
46
Cornelius Anthony
So
SS
25
Nate Wallace
Jr
DE
95
Rocky Bernard
So
DE
97
Lonnie Madison
DE
99
Ronald Flemons
So
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
P
6
Shane Lechler
Jr
PK
37
Russell Bynum
So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Game summaries
Florida State
1
2
3
4
Total
#14 Texas A&M
0
14
0
0
14
#2 Florida State
10
0
10
3
23
Louisiana Tech
1
2
3
4
Total
Louisiana Tech
0
0
7
0
7
#18 Texas A&M
3
10
15
0
28
Texas A&M's 28–7 win over Louisiana Tech was forfeited on September 23 after Aggie running back D'Andre Hardeman was discovered to have been academically ineligible. Since Hardeman had played in the first two games of the 1998 season, he was disqualified from playing for the remainder of the year.[1]
Southern Miss
1
2
3
4
Total
#17 Texas A&M
3
11
7
3
24
Southern Miss
0
0
0
6
6
North Texas
1
2
3
4
Total
North Texas
0
3
0
6
9
#17 Texas A&M
7
7
7
7
28
Kansas
1
2
3
4
Total
#18 Texas A&M
14
0
3
7
24
Kansas
7
0
7
7
21
Dante Hall rushes for 177 yards.
Nebraska
1
2
3
4
Total
#2 Nebraska
0
7
0
14
21
#18 Texas A&M
7
7
7
7
28
This game began the Aggies' annual Maroon Out tradition.[2] A&M scored a dramatic upset at home over undefeated Nebraska. Two 100-yard rushers for the Aggies in Dante Hall(113) and Ja’mar Toombs(110).
Baylor
1
2
3
4
Total
#10 Texas A&M
7
7
7
14
35
Baylor
0
0
7
7
14
Texas Tech
1
2
3
4
Total
#25 Texas Tech
3
7
0
0
10
#8 Texas A&M
7
7
0
3
17
Oklahoma State
1
2
3
4
Total
#8 Texas A&M
0
10
7
0
17
Oklahoma State
3
3
0
0
6
Oklahoma
1
2
3
4
Total
Oklahoma
0
0
0
0
0
#7 Texas A&M
7
6
3
13
29
Missouri
1
2
3
4
Total
#13 Missouri
0
7
0
7
14
#6 Texas A&M
0
6
0
11
17
Texas
1
2
3
4
Total
#6 Texas A&M
0
7
0
17
24
Texas
10
6
0
10
26
Kansas State
#2 Kansas State vs. #10 Texas A&M
1
2 3 4 OT 2OT Total
Wildcats
10
7 10 0 3 3
33
• Aggies
0
6 6 15 3 6
36
Scoring summary Q1 6:31 KSU Martin Gramatica 47-yard field goal KSU 3–0
2:02 KSU Justin Swift 15-yard pass from Michael Bishop (Gramatica kick) KSU 10–0
Q2 11:00 A&M Russell Bynum 25-yard field goal KSU 10–3
10:37 KSU Darnell McDonald 66-yard pass from Michael Bishop (Gramatica kick) KSU 17–3
4:16 A&M Russell Bynum 26-yard field goal KSU 17–6
Q3 8:42 A&M Ja'Mar Toombs 2-yard run (pass failed) KSU 17–12
4:31 KSU Martin Gramatica 45-yard field goal KSU 20–12
4:31 KSU Michael Bishop 5-yard run (Gramatica kick) KSU 27–12
Q4 9:20 A&M Leroy Hodge 13-yard pass from Branndon Stewart (Bynum kick) KSU 27–19
1:05 A&M Sirr Parker 9-yard pass from Branndon Stewart (Parker pass from Stewart) Tied 27–27
OT A&M Russell Bynum 18-yard field goal A&M 30–27
A&M Martin Gramatica 22-yard field goal Tied 30–30
2OT A&M Martin Gramatica 22-yard field goal KSU 33–30
A&M Sirr Parker 32-yard pass from Branndon Stewart A&M 36–33
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
3–4
1997
L 17–36
[3]
Ohio State
1
2
3
4
Total
#3 Ohio State
21
3
0
0
24
#9 Texas A&M
7
0
7
0
14
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–3
1987
L 12–28
References
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