American college football season
1995 Texas A&M Aggies football |
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Alamo Bowl champion |
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Conference | Southwest Conference |
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Ranking |
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Coaches | No. 15 |
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AP | No. 15 |
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Record | 9–3 (5–2 SWC) |
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Head coach | - R. C. Slocum (7th season)
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Offensive coordinator | Steve Ensminger (2nd season) |
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Offensive scheme | Pro-style |
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Defensive coordinator | Phil Bennett (1st season) |
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Base defense | 4–3 |
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Home stadium | Kyle Field |
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Seasons |
1995 Southwest Conference football standings | Conf | | | Overall |
Team | W | | L | | T | | | W | | L | | T |
No. 14 Texas $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | | | 10 | – | 2 | – | 1 |
No. 23 Texas Tech | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | | | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 |
No. 15 Texas A&M | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | | | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 |
Baylor | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | | | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 |
TCU | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | | | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 |
Houston | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | | | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 |
Rice | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | | | 2 | – | 8 | – | 1 |
SMU | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | | | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 |
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Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1995 Texas A&M Aggies football team completed the season with a 9–3 record. The Aggies had a regular season Southwest Conference record of 5–2.
1995 was the final year of the Southwest Conference. At the end of the season A&M, along with Texas Tech, Baylor, and Texas, would combine with the members of the Big 8 Conference to form the Big 12 Conference, which began play in 1996.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 2 | 2:30 pm | LSU* | No. 3 | | ABC | W 33–17 | 70,057 | [1] |
September 16 | 12:00 pm | Tulsa* | No. 3 | - Kyle Field
- College Station, TX
| Raycom | W 52–9 | 57,067 | |
September 23 | 2:30 pm | at No. 7 Colorado* | No. 3 | | ABC | L 21–29 | 53,849 | |
October 7 | 1:00 pm | at Texas Tech | No. 8 | | | L 7–14 | 51,205 | |
October 14 | 1:00 pm | SMU | No. 22 | - Kyle Field
- College Station, TX
| | W 20–17 | 59,573 | |
October 21 | 1:00 pm | at Baylor | No. 22 | | | W 24–9 | 51,218 | |
October 28 | 1:00 pm | Houston | No. 19 | - Kyle Field
- College Station, TX
| | W 31–7 | 58,277 | |
November 9 | 7:00 pm | at Rice | No. 18 | | ESPN | W 17–10 | 39,500 | |
November 18 | 1:00 pm | Middle Tennessee* | No. 18 | - Kyle Field
- College Station, TX
| | W 56–14 | 53,549 | |
November 25 | 1:00 pm | at TCU | No. 15 | | | W 33–6 | 44,282 | |
December 2 | 2:30 pm | No. 9 Texas | No. 16 | - Kyle Field
- College Station, TX (rivalry)
| ABC | L 6–16 | 76,221 | |
December 28 | 7:00 pm | vs. No. 14 Michigan* | No. 18 | | ESPN | W 22–20 | 64,597 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
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AP | 3 (6) | 3 (6) | 3 (4) | 3 (4) | 3 (5) | 9 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 15 |
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Coaches Poll | 3 (7) | — | 3 (4) | 3 (5) | 3 (4) | 10 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 15 |
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Game summaries
LSU
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
LSU | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 17 |
#3 Texas A&M | 0 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 33 |
Tulsa
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tulsa | | | | | 0 |
Texas A&M | | | | | 0 |
Colorado
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Texas A&M | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
#7 Colorado | 3 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 29 |
Texas Tech
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 8 Texas A&M | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Texas Tech | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
SMU
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
SMU | | | | | 0 |
Texas A&M | | | | | 0 |
Baylor
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Texas A&M | | | | | 0 |
Baylor | | | | | 0 |
Houston
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Houston | | | | | 0 |
Texas A&M | | | | | 0 |
Rice
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Texas A&M | | | | | 0 |
Rice | | | | | 0 |
Middle Tennessee
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
MTSU | | | | | 0 |
Texas A&M | | | | | 0 |
TCU
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Texas A&M | | | | | 0 |
TCU | | | | | 0 |
Texas
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Texas | 0 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
Texas A&M | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Michigan
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#14 Michigan | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
#18 Texas A&M | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 22 |
Personnel
1995 Texas A&M Aggies football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | K | 3 | Kyle Bryant | So | P | 19 | Shane Lechler | Fr | P | | Sean Terry | K | 49 | Manoli Venetoulias | So | | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Steve Ensminger – Offensive Coordinator
- Phil Bennett – Defensive Coordinator
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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References
- ^ "McElroy lifts Texas A&M past LSU". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 3, 1995. Retrieved February 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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