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1996 Texas A&M

6–⁠6 (4–⁠4 Big 12), coached by R.C. Slocum.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1996, game by game: lost vs. BYU 37–41; lost at Louisiana 22–29; won vs. North Texas 55–0; lost vs. No. 12 Colorado 10–24; won vs. Louisiana Tech 63–13; won at Iowa State 24–21; lost vs. No. 21 Kansas State 20–23; lost vs. Texas Tech 10–13; won at Oklahoma State 38–19; won at Baylor 24–7; won vs. Oklahoma 33–16; lost at Texas 15–51+55−36Lost 37–41 vs. BYU-4BYULost 22–29 at Louisiana-7LouisianaWon 55–0 vs. North Texas+55North TexasLost 10–24 vs. No. 12 Colorado-14No. 12 ColoradoWon 63–13 vs. Louisiana Tech+50Louisiana TechWon 24–21 at Iowa State+3Iowa StateLost 20–23 vs. No. 21 Kansas State-3No. 21 Kansas StateLost 10–13 vs. Texas Tech-3Texas TechWon 38–19 at Oklahoma State+19Oklahoma StateWon 24–7 at Baylor+17BaylorWon 33–16 vs. Oklahoma+17OklahomaLost 15–51 at Texas-36Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 24vsBYUL 37–⁠4161%
Sep 14atLouisianaL 22–⁠2961%
Sep 21vsNorth TexasW 55–⁠087%
Sep 28vs12ColoradoL 10–⁠2446%
Oct 5vsLouisiana TechW 63–⁠1375%
Oct 12atIowa StateW 24–⁠2167%
Oct 19vs21Kansas StateL 20–⁠2348%
Oct 26vsTexas TechL 10–⁠1350%
Nov 2atOklahoma StateW 38–⁠1962%
Nov 9atBaylorW 24–⁠753%
Nov 16vsOklahomaW 33–⁠1678%
Nov 29atTexasL 15–⁠5139%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas 51–⁠15; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Big 12.

In program history: The 52nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 13
  2. Wk 2: 23
  3. Wk 3: 25
  4. Wk 4: 25

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1996.

Record
6–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠4 6th in Big 12
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
351–⁠257
Coach
R.C. Slocum
Elo
1603 −30 this season
SP+ rating
10.5 No. 35 of 111; offense No. 37, defense No. 42
SRS
8.1 No. 32 of 111 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Steve Ensminger
Defensive coordinator
Phil Bennett
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1997

The 1997 draft
Rd 2Brandon Mitchell DTNew England Patriots
Rd 4Albert Connell WRWashington Redskins
Rd 6Calvin Collins CAtlanta Falcons
Rd 6Edward Jasper DTPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Big 12

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1996 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1996 Big 12 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska8–⁠011–⁠26
Colorado7–⁠110–⁠28
Kansas State6–⁠29–⁠317
Texas6–⁠28–⁠523
Texas Tech5–⁠37–⁠5
Texas A&M4–⁠46–⁠6
Missouri3–⁠55–⁠6
Oklahoma3–⁠53–⁠8
Oklahoma State2–⁠65–⁠6
Kansas2–⁠64–⁠7
Baylor1–⁠74–⁠7
Iowa State1–⁠72–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.