1986 Texas A&M Aggies football team

1986 Texas A&M Aggies football
Southwest Conference champion Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 12–28 vs. Ohio State
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 13
Record	9–3 (7–1 SWC)
Head coach	Jackie Sherrill (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Lynn Amedee (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	R. C. Slocum (7th season)
Seasons ← 1985 1987 →

1986 Southwest Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 13 Texas A&M $	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Arkansas	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 12 Baylor	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Texas Tech	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
SMU	5	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Texas	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Rice	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
TCU	1	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Houston	0	–	8	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC).^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	7:00 pm	at No. 15 LSU*	No. 7	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	ESPN	L 17–35	79,713	[2]
September 20		North Texas State*	No. 16	Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 48–28	54,406	[3]
September 27		Southern Miss*		Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 16–7	54,938	[4]
October 4	1:30 pm	Texas Tech	No. 14	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)		W 45–8	62,876
October 11		at Houston	No. 14	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX	Raycom	W 19–7	28,277
October 18		No. 11 Baylor	No. 20	Kyle Field College Station, TX (Battle of the Brazos)	ABC	W 31–30	74,739
October 25		Rice	No. 10	Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 45–10	51,885
November 1		at SMU	No. 10	Texas Stadium Irving, TX		W 39–35	58,125
November 15		at No. 17 Arkansas	No. 7	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR (rivalry)	ABC	L 10–14	54,912
November 22		TCU	No. 13	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	Raycom	W 74–10	59,126
November 27		at Texas	No. 10	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	ESPN	W 16–3	75,623	[5]
January 1	12:30 pm	vs. No. 11 Ohio State*	No. 8	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	CBS	L 12–28	74,188
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

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|- | | QB | | 14 | | Kevin Murray | | Sr |-

|- | | QB | | | | Craig Stump

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|- | | QB | | 9 | | Duke Newton

|- |- | | RB | | 42 | | Ira Valentine | | Sr |-

|- | | RB | | 43 | | Roger Vick | | Sr |- |- | | [[American football positions|WR |- | | WR | | | | Shea Walker

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|- | | RB | | | | Keith Woodside

|-]] | | 30 | | Karl last=Pitts | | So |-

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Head coach

• Jackie Sherrill

Coordinators/assistant coaches

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Legend

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

• Injured
• Redshirt

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Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
AP	7 (1)	7	16	14	14	14	11	10	10	8	7	13	10	8	13
Coaches	3 (5)	7	19	16	15	15	11	10	10	8	7	11	9	7	12

Game summaries

At LSU

1 2 3 4 Total Texas A&M 7 7 3 0 17 • LSU 7 7 14 7 35 Date: September 13 Location: Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Game attendance: 79,713 Game weather: 83 °F (28 °C), Clear, Wind W 9 mph (14 km/h) TV announcers (ESPN): Mike Patrick, Pat McInally, and Tim Brando

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North Texas State

Southern Miss

Texas Tech

At Houston

Baylor

1 2 3 4 Total Baylor 17 3 7 3 30 • Texas A&M 0 14 3 14 31 Date: October 18 Location: Kyle Field Game attendance: 74,739 TV announcers (ABC): Corey McPherrin, Lynn Swann, and Becky Dixon

Rice

At SMU

At Arkansas

TCU

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At Texas

Vs. Ohio State (Cotton Bowl)

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio State 0 7 14 7 28 Texas A&M 3 3 0 6 12 Date: January 1 Location: Cotton Bowl Game attendance: 74,188 TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist, Ara Parseghian, and Pat Haden

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1987 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Roger Vick	Running back	1	21	New York Jets
Rod Bernstine	Running back	1	24	San Diego Chargers
Johnny Holland	Linebacker	2	41	Green Bay Packers
Todd Howard	Linebacker	3	73	Kansas City Chiefs
Rod Saddler	Defensive tackle	4	90	St. Louis Cardinals
Larry Kelm	Linebacker	4	108	Los Angeles Rams
Steve Bullitt	Linebacker	8	220	Cleveland Browns
Ira Valentine	Running back	12	314	Houston Oilers

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References