1998 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
No. 10 Kansas State x   8 – 0     11 – 2  
No. 19 Nebraska   5 – 3     9 – 4  
No. 21 Missouri   5 – 3     8 – 4  
Colorado   4 – 4     8 – 4  
Kansas   1 – 7     4 – 7  
Iowa State   1 – 7     3 – 8  
South Division
No. 11 Texas A&M x$   7 – 1     11 – 3  
No. 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, followed by an upset win against Kansas State in the 1998 Big 12 title game. Because of this, the team was invited to the Sugar Bowl, where they lost to Ohio State 24–14.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 317:00 pmvs. No. 2 Florida State*No. 14
ABCL 14–2359,232[1]
September 127:30 pmLouisiana Tech*No. 18
W 28–7 A55,073[2]
September 191:00 pmat Southern Miss*No. 17
FSNSWW 24–633,233[3]
September 267:30 pmNorth Texas*No. 17
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
W 28–956,072
October 311:30 amat KansasNo. 18
FSNW 24–2136,000
October 102:30 pmNo. 2 NebraskaNo. 18
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
ABCW 28–2160,798
October 176:00 pmat BaylorNo. 10
FSNW 35–1442,333
October 242:30 pmNo. 25 Texas TechNo. 8
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX (rivalry)
ABCW 17–1062,873
October 316:00 pmat Oklahoma StateNo. 8
FSNW 17–647,250
November 76:00 pmOklahomaNo. 7
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
FXW 29–054,506
November 1411:30 amNo. 13 MissouriNo. 6
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
FSNW 17–1460,433
November 2711:00 amat TexasNo. 6
ABCL 24–2683,687
December 52:30 pmvs. No. 2 Kansas StateNo. 10
ABCW 36–33 2OT60,798
January 17:00 pmvs. No. 3 Ohio State*No. 8
ABCL 14–2476,502
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time
  • ^A Win forfeited due to ineligible player.

Rankings

See also: 1998 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP1418171718181088766610811
Coaches Poll15191818191813109887610913
BCSNot released8766586Not released

Game summaries

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

Texas A&M's 28–7 win over Louisiana Tech was forfeited on September 23 after Aggie running back D'Andre Hardeman was discovered to have been academically ineligible. Since Hardeman had played in the first two games of the 1998 season, he was disqualified from playing for the remainder of the year.[4]

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

Dante Hall rushes for 177 yards.

Nebraska

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

This game began the Aggies' annual Maroon Out tradition.[5] A&M scored a dramatic upset at home over undefeated Nebraska. Two 100-yard rushers for the Aggies in Dante Hall(113) and Ja’mar Toombs(110).

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

#2 Kansas State vs. #10 Texas A&M
1 234OT2OTTotal
Wildcats 10 710033 33
• Aggies 0 661536 36
        
Main article: 1998 Big 12 Championship Game
See also: 1998 Kansas State Wildcats football team

[6]

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
See also: 1998 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

Roster

1998 Texas A&M Aggies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 7 Branndon Stewart Sr
RB 8 Sirr Parker Sr
QB 15 Randy McCown Jr
RB 28 Ja'Mar Toombs Fr
RB 32 Burnest Rhodes So
RB 34 Dante Hall Jr
WR 42 Chris Taylor So
OL 62 Semisi Heimuli So
OL 71 Chris Valetta  Fr
OL 73 Cameron Spikes Jr
OL 77 Seth McKinney So
OL 78 Andy Vincent Jr
OL 79 Shea Holder Jr
WR 80 Chris Cole Jr
WR 81 Matt Bumgardner So
TE 87 Derrick Spiller Sr
WR 88 Leroy Hodge Jr
TE 89 Dan Campbell Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
SS 1 Michael Jameson So
OLB 2 Christian Rodriguez Fr
ILB 9 Dat Nguyen Sr
CB 18 Sedrick Curry So
OLB 23 Jason Glenn So
CB 26 Jay Brooks  Fr
FS 30 Brandon Jennings Jr
CB 39 Jason Webster Jr
OLB 40 Roylin Bradley So
OLB 43 Warrick Holdman Sr
OLB 44 Sean Coryatt Jr
ILB 46 Cornelius Anthony So
SS 25 Nate Wallace Jr
DE 95 Rocky Bernard So
DE 97 Lonnie Madison
DE 99 Ronald Flemons So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 6 Shane Lechler Jr
PK 37 Russell Bynum So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

References

  1. ^ "Florida State rallies past Texas A&M". The Courier-News. September 1, 1998. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Texas A&M cools off Louisiana Tech". The El Paso Times. September 13, 1998. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Texas A&M relentless in Southern Miss win". The El Paso Times. September 20, 1998. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Hardeman Ineligible, A&M Forfeits". CBS News. September 23, 1998. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
  5. ^ "Maroon Out: History". Texas A&M University. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  6. ^ "Perfection Eludes Kansas St. and U.C.L.A." The New York Times. December 6, 1998. Retrieved August 15, 2019.


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