# 1998 Texas A&M Aggies football team

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 |
| August 31 | 7:00 pm | vs. No. 2 Florida State* | No. 14 | Giants StadiumEast Rutherford, NJ (Kickoff Classic) | ABC | L 14–23 | 59,232 |
| September 12 | 7:30 pm | Louisiana Tech* | No. 18 | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX | | W 28–7 | 55,073 |
| September 19 | 1:00 pm | at Southern Miss* | No. 17 | M. M. Roberts StadiumHattiesburg, MS | FSNSW | W 24–6 | 33,233 |
| September 26 | 7:30 pm | North Texas* | No. 17 | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX | | W 28–9 | 56,072 |
| October 3 | 11:30 am | at Kansas | No. 18 | Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS | FSN | W 24–21 | 36,000 |
| October 10 | 2:30 pm | No. 2 Nebraska | No. 18 | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX | ABC | W 28–21 | 60,798 |
| October 17 | 6:00 pm | at Baylor | No. 10 | Floyd Casey StadiumWaco, TX (Battle of the Brazos) | FSN | W 35–14 | 42,333 |
| October 24 | 2:30 pm | No. 25 Texas Tech | No. 8 | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX (rivalry) | ABC | W 17–10 | 62,873 |
| October 31 | 6:00 pm | at Oklahoma State | No. 8 | Lewis FieldStillwater, OK | FSN | W 17–6 | 47,250 |
| November 7 | 6:00 pm | Oklahoma | No. 7 | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX | FX | W 29–0 | 54,506 |
| November 14 | 11:30 am | No. 13 Missouri | No. 6 | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX | FSN | W 17–14 | 60,433 |
| November 27 | 11:00 am | at Texas | No. 6 | Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX (rivalry) | ABC | L 24–26 | 83,687 |
| December 5 | 2:30 pm | vs. No. 2 Kansas State | No. 10 | Trans World DomeSt. Louis, MO (Big 12 Championship) | ABC | W 36–33 $^{2OT}$ | 60,798 |
| January 1 | 7:00 pm | vs. No. 3 Ohio State* | No. 8 | Louisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) | ABC | L 14–24 | 76,502 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||||
* ^A Win forfeited due to ineligible player.

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking :
| | 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 | 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 | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 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.

### 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. A&M scored a dramatic upset at home over undefeated Nebraska. Two 100-yard rushers for the Aggies in Dante Hall(113) and Ja’mar Toombs(110).

### 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

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
| Wildcats | 10 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 33 |
| • Aggies | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 36 |

### Ohio State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #3 Ohio State | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| #9 Texas A&M | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |