1996 Texas A&M Aggies football team

The 1996 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University as a member of the South Division of the newly-formed Big 12 Conference during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by eighth-year head coach R. C. Slocum, the Aggies compiled an overall record of 6–6 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, placing third in the Big 12's South Division. Texas A&M played home games at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 24	11:00 am	at BYU*	No. 13	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT (Pigskin Classic)	ABC	L 37–41	55,229
September 14	7:00 pm	at Southwestern Louisiana*	No. 25	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA		L 22–29	38,783
September 21	4:00 pm	North Texas*		Kyle Field College Station, TX		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		Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	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		Lewis Field Stillwater, OK		W 38–19	41,250
November 9	2:30 pm	at Baylor		Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX (Battle of the Brazos)	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		Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	ABC	L 15–51	81,887
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	10	10	14	3	37
BYU	6	14	6	15	41

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	7	6	9	0	22
Southwestern Louisiana	14	7	0	8	29

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	0	0	0	0	0
Texas A&M	3	25	20	7	55

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Colorado	7	14	3	0	24
Texas A&M	0	7	0	3	10

Schedule

1996 Big 12 Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 6 Nebraska x%	8	–	0	11	–	2
No. 8 Colorado	7	–	1	10	–	2
No. 17 Kansas State	6	–	2	9	–	3
Missouri	3	–	5	5	–	6
Kansas	2	–	6	4	–	7
Iowa State	1	–	7	2	–	9
South Division
No. 23 Texas x$	6	–	2	8	–	5
Texas Tech	5	–	3	7	–	5
Texas A&M	4	–	4	6	–	6
Oklahoma	3	–	5	3	–	8
Oklahoma State	2	–	6	5	–	6
Baylor	1	–	7	4	–	7
Championship: Texas 37, Nebraska 27
x – Division champion/co-champions $ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion % – Bowl Alliance at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll