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1998 Texas A&M Aggies football team

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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
Record	11–3 (7–1 Big 12)
Head coach	R. C. Slocum (10th season)
Offensive coordinator	Steve Kragthorpe (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Mike Hankwitz (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kyle Field
Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

1998 Big 12 Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No.10Kansas Statex	8	–	0	11	–	2
No.19Nebraska	5	–	3	9	–	4
No.21Missouri	5	–	3	8	–	4
Colorado	4	–	4	8	–	4
Kansas	1	–	7	4	–	7
Iowa State	1	–	7	3	–	8
South Division
No.11Texas A&M x$	7	–	1	11	–	3
No.15Texas	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[edit]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31	7:00 pm	vs. No. 2Florida State*	No. 14	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ (Kickoff Classic)	ABC	L 14–23	59,232
September 12	7:30 pm	Louisiana Tech*	No. 18	Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 28–7 ^A	55,073	^[1]
September 19	1:00 pm	atSouthern Miss*	No. 17	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	FSNSW	W 24–6	33,233
September 26	7:30 pm	North Texas*	No. 17	Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 28–9	56,072
October 3	11:30 am	atKansas	No. 18	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	FSN	W 24–21	36,000
October 10	2:30 pm	No. 2Nebraska	No. 18	Kyle Field College Station, TX	ABC	W 28–21	60,798
October 17	6:00 pm	atBaylor	No. 10	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX (Battle of the Brazos)	FSN	W 35–14	42,333
October 24	2:30 pm	No. 25Texas Tech	No. 8	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	ABC	W 17–10	62,873
October 31	6:00 pm	atOklahoma State	No. 8	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	FSN	W 17–6	47,250
November 7	6:00 pm	Oklahoma	No. 7	Kyle Field College Station, TX	FX	W 29–0	54,506
November 14	11:30 am	No. 13Missouri	No. 6	Kyle Field College Station, TX	FSN	W 17–14	60,433
November 27	11:00 am	atTexas	No. 6	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	ABC	L 24–26	83,687
December 5	2:30 pm	vs. No. 2Kansas State	No. 10	Trans World Dome St. Louis, MO (Big 12 Championship)	ABC	W 36–33 ^2OT	60,798
January 1	7:00 pm	vs. No. 3Ohio State*	No. 8	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	L 14–24	76,502
*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[edit]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	14	18	17	17	18	18	10	8	8	7	6	6	6	10	8	11
Coaches Poll	15	19	18	18	19	18	13	10	9	8	8	7	6	10	9	13
BCS	Not released								8	7	6	6	5	8	6	Not released

Roster[edit]

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

R.C. Slocum (10th season)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Steve Kragthorpe – Offensive Coordinator
Mike Hankwitz – Defensive Coordinator

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries[edit]

Florida State[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#14 Texas A&M	0	14	0	0	14
#2 Florida State	10	0	10	3	23

Louisiana Tech[edit]

	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.^[2]

Southern Miss[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#17 Texas A&M	3	11	7	3	24
Southern Miss	0	0	0	6	6

North Texas[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	0	3	0	6	9
#17 Texas A&M	7	7	7	7	28

Kansas[edit]

	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[edit]

	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.^[3] 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[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Texas A&M	7	7	7	14	35
Baylor	0	0	7	7	14

Texas Tech[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Texas Tech	3	7	0	0	10
#8 Texas A&M	7	7	0	3	17

Oklahoma State[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Texas A&M	0	10	7	0	17
Oklahoma State	3	3	0	0	6

Oklahoma[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	0	0	0	0	0
#7 Texas A&M	7	6	3	13	29

Missouri[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Missouri	0	7	0	7	14
#6 Texas A&M	0	6	0	11	17

Texas[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Texas A&M	0	7	0	17	24
Texas	10	6	0	10	26

Kansas State[edit]

#2 Kansas State vs. #10 Texas A&M

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Wildcats	10	7	10	0	3	3	33
• Aggies	0	6	6	15	3	6	36

Date: December 5
Location: Trans World Dome, St. Louis, Missouri
Game start: 2:30 p.m. CST
Game attendance: 60,798
Referee: Randy Cristal

Scoring summary

Q1	6:31	KSU	Martin Gramatica 47-yard field goal	KSU 3–0
Q1	2:02	KSU	Justin Swift 15-yard pass from Michael Bishop (Gramatica kick)	KSU 10–0

Q2	11:00	A&M	Russell Bynum 25-yard field goal	KSU 10–3
	10:37	KSU	Darnell McDonald 66-yard pass from Michael Bishop (Gramatica kick)	KSU 17–3
	4:16	A&M	Russell Bynum 26-yard field goal	KSU 17–6

Q3	8:42	A&M	Ja'Mar Toombs 2-yard run (pass failed)	KSU 17–12
	4:31	KSU	Martin Gramatica 45-yard field goal	KSU 20–12
	4:31	KSU	Michael Bishop 5-yard run (Gramatica kick)	KSU 27–12

Q4	9:20	A&M	Leroy Hodge 13-yard pass from Branndon Stewart (Bynum kick)	KSU 27–19
Q4	1:05	A&M	Sirr Parker 9-yard pass from Branndon Stewart (Parker pass from Stewart)	Tied 27–27

OT		A&M	Russell Bynum 18-yard field goal	A&M 30–27
OT		A&M	Martin Gramatica 22-yard field goal	Tied 30–30

2OT		A&M	Martin Gramatica 22-yard field goal	KSU 33–30
2OT		A&M	Sirr Parker 32-yard pass from Branndon Stewart	A&M 36–33

^[4]

Ohio State[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ "Texas A&M cools off Louisiana Tech". The El Paso Times. September 13, 1998. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "Hardeman Ineligible, A&M Forfeits". CBS News. September 23, 1998. Retrieved September 12, 2019.

^ "Maroon Out: History". Texas A&M University. Retrieved July 28, 2018.

^ "Perfection Eludes Kansas St. and U.C.L.A." The New York Times. December 6, 1998. Retrieved August 15, 2019.

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