1986 Texas A&M Aggies football team

1986 Texas A&M Aggies football
Southwest Conference champion
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 13
Record9–3 (7–1 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorLynn Amedee (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorR. C. Slocum (7th season)
Seasons
← 1985
1987 →
1986 Southwest Conference football standings
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

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]

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 137:00 pmat No. 15 LSU*No. 7
ESPNL 17–3579,713[2]
September 20North Texas State*No. 16
W 48–2854,406[3]
September 27Southern Miss*
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
W 16–754,938[4]
October 41:30 pmTexas TechNo. 14
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX (rivalry)
W 45–862,876
October 11at HoustonNo. 14
RaycomW 19–728,277
October 18No. 11 BaylorNo. 20
ABCW 31–3074,739
October 25RiceNo. 10
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
W 45–1051,885
November 1at SMUNo. 10
W 39–3558,125
November 15at No. 17 ArkansasNo. 7
ABCL 10–1454,912
November 22TCUNo. 13
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX (rivalry)
RaycomW 74–1059,126
November 27at TexasNo. 10
ESPNW 16–375,623[5]
January 112:30 pmvs. No. 11 Ohio State*No. 8
CBSL 12–2874,188
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Roster[edit]

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 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
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Rankings[edit]

Further information: 1986 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
AP7 (1)716141414111010871310813
Coaches3 (5)71916151511101087119712

Game summaries[edit]

At LSU[edit]

1 234Total
Texas A&M 7 730 17
• LSU 7 7147 35
See also: 1986 LSU Tigers football team and LSU–Texas A&M football rivalry

[6]

North Texas State[edit]

See also: North Texas State Mean Green football

Southern Miss[edit]

See also: Southern Miss Golden Eagles football

Texas Tech[edit]

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

At Houston[edit]

See also: 1986 Houston Cougars football team

Baylor[edit]

1 234Total
Baylor 17 373 30
• Texas A&M 0 14314 31
See also: 1986 Baylor Bears football team and Battle of the Brazos

Rice[edit]

See also: Rice Owls football

At SMU[edit]

See also: 1986 SMU Mustangs football team

At Arkansas[edit]

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

TCU[edit]

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

[7]

At Texas[edit]

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

Vs. Ohio State (Cotton Bowl)[edit]

1 234Total
• Ohio State 0 7147 28
Texas A&M 3 306 12
Main article: 1987 Cotton Bowl Classic
See also: 1986 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

[8]

1987 NFL Draft[edit]

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

[9]

References[edit]

  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.


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