1998 Texas A&M Aggies football team

1998 Texas A&M Aggies football
Big 12 champion Big 12 South Division champion
Big 12 Championship Game, W 36–33^2OT vs. Kansas State
Sugar Bowl, L 14–24 vs. Ohio State
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	South Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 11
1998 record	11–3 (7–1 Big 12)
Head coach	R. C. Slocum
Offensive coordinator	Steve Kragthorpe
Defensive coordinator	Mike Hankwitz
Home stadium	Kyle Field (Capacity: 58,292)

1998 Big 12 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Northern Division
#10 Kansas State x		8	–	0		11	–	2
#19 Nebraska		5	–	3		9	–	4
#21 Missouri		5	–	3		8	–	4
Colorado		4	–	4		8	–	4
Kansas		1	–	7		4	–	7
Iowa State		1	–	7		3	–	8
Southern Division
#11 Texas A&M x$		7	–	1		11	–	3
#15 Texas		6	–	2		9	–	3
Texas Tech		4	–	4		7	–	5
Oklahoma State		3	–	5		5	–	6
Oklahoma		3	–	5		5	–	6
Baylor		1	–	7		2	–	9
Championship: Texas A&M 36, Kansas State 33
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 PM	vs. No. 2 Florida State*	No. 14	Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, New Jersey (Kickoff Classic)	ABC	L 14–23	59,232
September 12	7:30 PM	Louisiana Tech*	No. 18	Kyle Field • College Station, Texas		W 28–7	55,073
September 19	1:00 PM	at Southern Miss*	No. 17	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi	FSNSW	W 24–6	33,233
September 26	7:30 PM	North Texas*	No. 17	Kyle Field • College Station, Texas		W 28–9	56,072
October 3	11:30 AM	at Kansas	No. 18	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas	FSN	W 24–21	36,000
October 10	2:30 PM	No. 2 Nebraska	No. 18	Kyle Field • College Station, Texas	ABC	W 28–21	60,798
October 17	6:00 PM	at Baylor	No. 10	Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, Texas (Battle of the Brazos)	FSN	W 35–14	42,333
October 24	2:30 PM	No. 25 Texas Tech	No. 8	Kyle Field • College Station, Texas (A&M–Tech rivalry)	ABC	W 17–10	62,873
October 31	6:00 PM	at Oklahoma State	No. 8	Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma	FSN	W 17–6	47,250
November 7	6:00 PM	Oklahoma	No. 7	Kyle Field • College Station, Texas	FX	W 29–0	54,506
November 14	11:30 AM	No. 13 Missouri	No. 6	Kyle Field • College Station, Texas	FSN	W 17–14	60,433
November 27	11:00 AM	at Texas	No. 6	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas (Lone Star Showdown)	ABC	L 24–26	83,687
December 5	2:30 PM	vs. No. 2 Kansas State	No. 10	Trans World Dome • St. Louis, Missouri (Big 12 Championship)	ABC	W 36–33 ^2OT	60,798
January 1	7:00 PM	vs. No. 3 Ohio State*	No. 8	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	L 14–24	76,502
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Roster

QB #15 Randy McCown QB #7 Brandon Stewart RB #34 Dante Hall RB #8 Sirr Parker LB #9 Dat Nguyen SS #25 Nathan Wallace WR #80 Chris Cole OL #53 Rex Tucker

Game notes

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

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

Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Nebraska	0	7	0	14	21
#18 Texas A&M	7	7	7	7	28

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

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
#1 Kansas State	10	7	10	0	3	3	33
#10 Texas A&M	0	6	6	15	3	6	36

Main article: 1998 Big 12 Championship Game

Ohio State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Ohio State	21	3	0	0	24
#9 Texas A&M	7	0	7	0	14

Main article: 1999 Sugar Bowl

References

Texas A&M Aggies football

Venues	Kyle Field (1927–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas Baylor: Battle of the Brazos LSU TCU Texas Texas Tech

Culture & lore	Reveille "Aggie War Hymn" Aggie Band 2005 Texas game "Manziel beats Bama" 12th man Aggie Bonfire Junction Boys Sherman era

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees

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Big 12 Conference football champions

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