1986 Texas A&M Aggies football team

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]

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

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 137:00 pmat No. 15 LSU*No. 7ESPNL 17–3579,713[2]
September 20North Texas State*No. 16W 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. 14RaycomW 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. 10W 39–3558,125
November 15at No. 17 ArkansasNo. 7ABCL 10–1454,912
November 22TCUNo. 13
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX (rivalry)
RaycomW 74–1059,126
November 27at TexasNo. 10ESPNW 16–375,623[5]
January 112:30 pmvs. No. 11 Ohio State*No. 8CBSL 12–2874,188
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Roster

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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 30 Karl Pitts So
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
  •   Redshirt

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
AP7 (1)716141414111010871310813
Coaches3 (5)71916151511101087119712

Game summaries

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At LSU

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1 234Total
Texas A&M 7 730 17
LSU 7 7147 35

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North Texas State

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Southern Miss

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Texas Tech

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At Houston

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Baylor

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1 234Total
Baylor 17 373 30
Texas A&M 0 14314 31

Rice

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At SMU

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At Arkansas

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At Texas

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Vs. Ohio State (Cotton Bowl)

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1 234Total
Ohio State 0 7147 28
Texas A&M 3 306 12

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1987 NFL Draft

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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

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  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.