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1998 Texas A&M

11–⁠3 (7–⁠1 Big 12), coached by R.C. Slocum, finished No. 11 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1998, game by game: lost vs. Florida State 14–23; won vs. Louisiana Tech 28–7; won at Southern Miss 24–6; won vs. North Texas 28–9; won at Kansas 24–21; won vs. No. 2 Nebraska 28–21; won at Baylor 35–14; won vs. No. 25 Texas Tech 17–10; won at Oklahoma State 17–6; won vs. Oklahoma 29–0; won vs. No. 13 Missouri 17–14; lost at Texas 24–26; won vs. No. 4 Kansas State 36–33; lost vs. No. 3 Ohio State 14–24+29−10Lost 14–23 vs. Florida State-9Florida StateWon 28–7 vs. Louisiana Tech+21Louisiana TechWon 24–6 at Southern Miss+18Southern MissWon 28–9 vs. North Texas+19North TexasWon 24–21 at Kansas+3KansasWon 28–21 vs. No. 2 Nebraska+7No. 2 NebraskaWon 35–14 at Baylor+21BaylorWon 17–10 vs. No. 25 Texas Tech+7No. 25 Texas TechWon 17–6 at Oklahoma State+11Oklahoma StateWon 29–0 vs. Oklahoma+29OklahomaWon 17–14 vs. No. 13 Missouri+3No. 13 MissouriLost 24–26 at Texas-2TexasWon 36–33 vs. No. 4 Kansas State+3No. 4 Kansas StateLost 14–24 vs. No. 3 Ohio State-10No. 3 Ohio State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31vsFlorida StateL 14–⁠2330%
Sep 12vsLouisiana TechW 28–⁠769%
Sep 19atSouthern MissW 24–⁠641%
Sep 26vsNorth TexasW 28–⁠987%
Oct 3atKansasW 24–⁠2166%
Oct 10vs2NebraskaW 28–⁠2134%
Oct 17atBaylorW 35–⁠1476%
Oct 24vs25Texas TechW 17–⁠1066%
Oct 31atOklahoma StateW 17–⁠665%
Nov 7vsOklahomaW 29–⁠088%
Nov 14vs13MissouriW 17–⁠1470%
Nov 27atTexasL 24–⁠2661%
Dec 5Bowls & playoffvs4Kansas StateBig 12 Championship GameW 36–⁠3337%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs3Ohio StateSugar BowlL 14–⁠2443%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Ohio State 24–⁠14 in the Sugar Bowl; No. 11 in the final AP poll; Big 12 champions.

In program history: The 11th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 14
  2. Wk 2: 18
  3. Wk 3: 17
  4. Wk 4: 17
  5. Wk 5: 18
  6. Wk 6: 18
  7. Wk 7: 10
  8. Wk 8: 8
  9. Wk 9: 8
  10. Wk 10: 7
  11. Wk 11: 6
  12. Wk 12: 6
  13. Wk 13: 6
  14. Wk 14: 10
  15. Wk 15: 8
  16. Final: 11

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 1998.

Big 12 champions7–⁠1 in the conference, won the Big 12 Championship Game

Lombardi AwardDat Nguyen, LB; also the Bednarik

Consensus All-AmericanDat Nguyen, LB

Record
11–⁠3
Conference
7–⁠1 2nd in Big 12
AP final
No. 11 peak No. 6
Points
335–⁠214
Coach
R.C. Slocum
Elo
1709 +128 this season
SP+ rating
24.0 No. 6 of 112; offense No. 41, defense No. 2
SRS
18.6 No. 8 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Steve Kragthorpe
Defensive coordinator
Mike Hankwitz
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1999

The 1999 draft
Rd 3Rex Tucker OGChicago Bears
Rd 3Rich Coady DBSt. Louis Rams
Rd 3Dan Campbell TENew York Giants
Rd 3Dat Nguyen LBDallas Cowboys
Rd 4Warrick Holdman LBChicago Bears
Rd 5Cameron Spikes OGSt. Louis Rams

All-Big 12

4 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1998 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1998 Big 12 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Kansas State8–⁠011–⁠210
Texas A&M7–⁠111–⁠311
Texas6–⁠29–⁠315
Nebraska5–⁠39–⁠419
Missouri5–⁠38–⁠421
Colorado4–⁠48–⁠4
Texas Tech4–⁠47–⁠5
Oklahoma3–⁠55–⁠6
Oklahoma State3–⁠55–⁠6
Kansas1–⁠74–⁠7
Iowa State1–⁠73–⁠8
Baylor1–⁠72–⁠9

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