American college football season
The 1996 Texas A&M Aggies football team completed the season with a 6–6 record. The Aggies had a regular season Big 12 record of 4–4.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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August 24 | 11:00 am | at BYU* | No. 13 | | ABC | L 37–41 | 55,229 | |
September 14 | 7:00 pm | at Southwestern Louisiana* | No. 25 | | | L 22–29 | 38,783 | |
September 21 | 4:00 pm | North Texas* | | | | W 55–0 | 56,308 | |
September 28 | 2:30 pm | No. 12 Colorado | | - Kyle Field
- College Station, TX
| ABC | L 10–24 | 70,339 | |
October 5 | 4:00 pm | Louisiana Tech* | | - Kyle Field
- College Station, TX
| | W 63–13 | 52,522 | [1] |
October 12 | 11:30 am | at Iowa State | | | FSN | W 24–21 | 44,950 | |
October 19 | 6:00 pm | No. 19 Kansas State | | - Kyle Field
- College Station, TX
| FSN | L 20–23 | 64,155 | |
October 26 | 11:30 am | Texas Tech | | - Kyle Field
- College Station, TX (rivalry)
| FSN | L 10–13 | 70,147 | |
November 2 | 2:00 pm | at Oklahoma State | | | | W 38–19 | 41,250 | |
November 9 | 2:30 pm | at Baylor | | | ABC | W 24–7 | 45,112 | |
November 16 | 2:30 pm | Oklahoma | | - Kyle Field
- College Station, TX
| ABC | W 33–16 | 66,161 | |
November 29 | 10:00 am | at Texas | | | ABC | L 15–51 | 81,887 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Game summaries
BYU
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Texas A&M
|
10
|
10
|
14
|
3 |
37 |
BYU
|
6
|
14
|
6
|
15 |
41 |
Southwestern Louisiana
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Texas A&M
|
7
|
6
|
9
|
0 |
22 |
Southwestern Louisiana
|
14
|
7
|
0
|
8 |
29 |
The Cajuns upset then-25th-ranked Aggies.[2]
North Texas
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
North Texas
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
Texas A&M
|
3
|
25
|
20
|
7 |
55 |
Colorado
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#12 Colorado
|
7
|
14
|
3
|
0 |
24 |
Texas A&M
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
3 |
10 |
Louisiana Tech
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Louisiana Tech
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
7 |
13 |
Texas A&M
|
14
|
28
|
14
|
7 |
63 |
Iowa State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Texas A&M
|
17
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
24 |
Iowa State
|
0
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
21 |
Kansas State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Kansas State
|
13
|
7
|
3
|
0 |
23 |
Texas A&M
|
3
|
0
|
7
|
10 |
20 |
Texas Tech
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Texas Tech
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
7 |
13 |
Texas A&M
|
0
|
3
|
7
|
0 |
10 |
Oklahoma State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Texas A&M
|
7
|
3
|
14
|
14 |
38 |
Oklahoma State
|
7
|
6
|
6
|
0 |
19 |
Baylor
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Texas A&M
|
0
|
0
|
14
|
10 |
24 |
Baylor
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
Oklahoma
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Oklahoma
|
0
|
16
|
0
|
0 |
16 |
Texas A&M
|
13
|
0
|
10
|
10 |
33 |
Texas
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Texas A&M
|
0
|
9
|
0
|
6 |
15 |
Texas
|
10
|
7
|
20
|
14 |
51 |
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