1998 Texas A&M Aggies football team
American college football season
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
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source August 31 7:00 pm vs. No. 2 Florida State * No. 14 ABC L 14–2359,232 [ 1] September 12 7:30 pm Louisiana Tech * No. 18 W 28–7 A 55,073 [ 2] September 19 1:00 pm at Southern Miss * No. 17 FSNSW W 24–633,233 [ 3] September 26 7:30 pm North Texas * No. 17 Kyle Field College Station, TX W 28–956,072 October 3 11:30 am at Kansas No. 18 FSN W 24–2136,000 October 10 2:30 pm No. 2 Nebraska No. 18 Kyle Field College Station, TX ABC W 28–2160,798 October 17 6:00 pm at Baylor No. 10 FSN W 35–1442,333 October 24 2:30 pm No. 25 Texas Tech No. 8 Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry ) ABC W 17–1062,873 October 31 6:00 pm at Oklahoma State No. 8 FSN W 17–647,250 November 7 6:00 pm Oklahoma No. 7 Kyle Field College Station, TX FX W 29–054,506 November 14 11:30 am No. 13 Missouri No. 6 Kyle Field College Station, TX FSN W 17–1460,433 November 27 11:00 am at Texas No. 6 ABC L 24–2683,687 December 5 2:30 pm vs. No. 2 Kansas State No. 10 ABC W 36–33 2OT 60,798 January 1 7:00 pm vs. No. 3 Ohio State * No. 8 ABC L 14–2476,502 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ 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
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]
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
2 3 4 OT 2OT Total
Wildcats
10
7 10 0 3 3
33
• Aggies
0
6 6 15 3 6
36
Scoring summary Q1 6:31 KSU Martin Gramatica 47-yard field goal KSU 3–0 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 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 A&M Martin Gramatica 22-yard field goal Tied 30–30 2OT A&M Martin Gramatica 22-yard field goal KSU 33–30 A&M Sirr Parker 32-yard pass from Branndon Stewart A&M 36–33
[ 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
Roster
References
^ "Florida State rallies past Texas A&M" . The Courier-News . September 1, 1998. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .^ "Texas A&M cools off Louisiana Tech" . The El Paso Times . September 13, 1998. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .^ "Texas A&M relentless in Southern Miss win" . The El Paso Times . September 20, 1998. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .^ "Hardeman Ineligible, A&M Forfeits" . CBS News . 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 . Retrieved August 15, 2019 .
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