# 1997 Texas A&M Aggies football team

The 1997 Texas A&M Aggies football team completed the season with a 9–4 record. The Aggies had a regular season Big 12 record of 6–2.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 6 | 4:00 pm | Sam Houston State* | | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX | | W 59–6 | 58,619 |
| September 20 | 11:30 am | Southwestern Louisiana* | | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX | FSN | W 66–0 | 61,081 |
| September 27 | 2:30 pm | vs. North Texas* | No. 22 | Texas StadiumIrving, TX | | W 36–10 | 42,224 |
| October 4 | 2:30 pm | at No. 16 Colorado | No. 21 | Folsom FieldBoulder, CO | ABC | W 16–10 | 50,877 |
| October 11 | 1:00 pm | Iowa State | No. 15 | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX | | W 56–17 | 58,159 |
| October 18 | 2:30 pm | at No. 20 Kansas State | No. 14 | KSU StadiumManhattan, KS | ABC | L 17–36 | 43,601 |
| October 25 | 1:00 pm | at Texas Tech | No. 20 | Jones StadiumLubbock, TX (rivalry) | | L 13–16 | 50,513 |
| November 1 | 6:00 pm | No. 19 Oklahoma State | No. 25 | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX | FSN | W 28–25 $^{OT}$ | 60,776 |
| November 8 | 1:00 pm | Baylor | No. 21 | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX (Battle of the Brazos) | | W 38–10 | 64,006 |
| November 15 | 6:00 pm | at Oklahoma | No. 18 | Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK | FSN | W 51–7 | 64,929 |
| November 28 | 10:00 am | Texas | No. 15 | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX (rivalry) | ABC | W 27–16 | 75,349 |
| December 6 | 3:30 pm | vs. No. 2 Nebraska | No. 14 | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX (Big 12 Championship Game) | ABC | L 15–54 | 64,824 |
| January 1 | 1:30 pm | vs. No. 5 UCLA* | No. 20 | Cotton BowlDallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) | CBS | L 23–29 | 59,215 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time ||||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 20 |
| Coaches | — | | — | — | 22 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 21 | — | 21 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 21 |

## Game summaries
### Sam Houston State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Sam Houston St | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Texas A&M | 7 | 10 | 28 | 14 | 59 |

### Southwestern Louisiana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Southwestern Louisiana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| #22 Texas A&M | 24 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 66 |

### North Texas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #18 Texas A&M | 10 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 36 |
| North Texas | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

### Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #17 Texas A&M | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| #16 Colorado | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |

### Iowa State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Iowa State | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| #13 Texas A&M | 21 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 56 |

### Kansas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #14 Texas A&M | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| #20 Kansas State | 13 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 36 |

### Texas Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #20 Texas A&M | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Texas Tech | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 |

### Oklahoma State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| #19 Oklahoma State | 13 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 |
| #25 Texas A&M | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 28 |

### Baylor

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Baylor | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| #21 Texas A&M | 10 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 38 |

### Oklahoma

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #18 Texas A&M | 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 51 |
| Oklahoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |

### Texas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Texas | 0 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| #15 Texas A&M | 0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 27 |

### Nebraska

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #14 Texas A&M | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 15 |
| #2 Nebraska | 16 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 54 |

### UCLA (Cotton Bowl Classic)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #5 UCLA | 0 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 29 |
| #19 Texas A&M | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
1st quarter scoring: Texas A&M – Brandon Jennings 64-yard interception return after 19-yard return and lateral from Dat Nguyen (Kyle Bryant kick)
2nd quarter scoring: Texas A&M – Zerek Rollins tackled Cade McNown in end zone for safety; Texas A&M – Dante Hall 74-yard run (Bryant kick); UCLA – Jim McElroy 22-yard pass from McNown (Chris Sailer kick)
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Skip Hicks 41-yard pass from McNown (Sailer kick); Texas A&M – Chris Cole 43 run (Bryant kick); UCLA – McNown 20-yard run (Sailer kick)
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Ryan Neufeld 5-yard run (McNown run)