1999 Texas A&M Aggies football team

The 1999 Texas A&M Aggies football team completed the season with an 8–4 record. The Aggies had a Big 12 Conference record of 5–3.

1999 Texas A&M Aggies football
Alamo Bowl, L 0–24 vs. Penn State
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	South Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
AP	No. 23
Record	8–4 (5–3 Big 12)
Head coach	R. C. Slocum (11th season)
Offensive coordinator	Steve Kragthorpe (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Mike Hankwitz (3rd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kyle Field

1999 Big 12 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 3 Nebraska xy$		7	–	1					12	–	1
No. 6 Kansas State x		7	–	1					11	–	1
Colorado		5	–	3					7	–	5
Kansas		3	–	5					5	–	7
Iowa State		1	–	7					4	–	7
Missouri		1	–	7					4	–	7
South Division
No. 21 Texas xy		6	–	2					9	–	5
Oklahoma		5	–	3					7	–	5
Texas Tech		5	–	3					6	–	5
No. 23 Texas A&M		5	–	3					8	–	4
Oklahoma State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Baylor		0	–	8					1	–	10
Championship: Nebraska 22, Texas 6
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	7:00 pm	at Louisiana Tech*	No. 6	Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA		W 37–17	40,328
September 18	7:30 pm	Tulsa*	No. 7	Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 62–13	67,647
September 25	2:30 pm	Southern Miss*	No. 7	Kyle Field College Station, TX	ABC	W 23–6	65,264
October 2	6:00 pm	at Texas Tech	No. 5	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	FSN	L 19–21	53,513
October 9	1:00 pm	Baylor	No. 13	Kyle Field College Station, TX (Battle of the Brazos)		W 45–13	75,476
October 16	11:30 am	Kansas	No. 13	Kyle Field College Station, TX	FSN	W 34–17	70,232
October 23	6:00 pm	at Oklahoma	No. 13	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	FSN	L 6–51	74,552
October 30	2:30 pm	Oklahoma State	No. 22	Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 21–3	74,008
November 6	2:30 pm	at No. 9 Nebraska	No. 21	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	ABC	L 0–37	77,705
November 13	11:30 am	at Missouri	No. 24	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	FSN	W 51–14	57,472
November 25	10:00 am	No. 5 Texas	No. 24	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	ABC	W 20–16	86,128
December 28	6:30 pm	vs. No. 13 Penn State*	No. 18	Alamodome San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	L 0–24	65,380
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

1999 Texas A&M Aggies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL 95 Rocky Bernard So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 6 Shane Lechler Sr	Head coach R. C. Slocum Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Rankings

See also: 1999 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	7	6	7	7	5	5	13	13	13	22	21	—	24	24	18	18	23
Coaches Poll	8	8*	7	7	6	6	12	11	10	18	18	23	20	17	14	13	20
BCS	Not released									—	—	—	—	—	15	14	Not released

Game summaries

Louisiana Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Texas A&M	6	24	0	7	37
Louisiana Tech	0	10	7	0	17

Tulsa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulsa	7	0	6	0	13
#7 Texas A&M	3	28	7	24	62

Southern Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
Southern Miss	0	0	0	6	6
#7 Texas A&M	3	6	7	7	23

Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Texas A&M	10	0	6	3	19
Texas Tech	0	21	0	0	21

Baylor

	1	2	3	4	Total
Baylor	3	3	0	7	13
#13 Texas A&M	7	10	21	7	45

Kansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas	0	10	7	0	17
#13 Texas A&M	0	17	10	7	34

Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Texas A&M	0	6	0	0	6
Oklahoma	17	17	14	3	51

Oklahoma State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma State	0	0	0	3	3
#22 Texas A&M	0	7	7	7	21

Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Texas A&M	0	0	0	0	0
#9 Nebraska	0	6	17	14	37

Missouri

	1	2	3	4	Total
#24 Texas A&M	7	0	24	20	51
Missouri	0	0	0	14	14

Texas

This rivalry game would unite the two schools for the year, due to the tragic collapse of Texas A&M's bonfire the week prior to the game. A sellout crowd was met with an awe-inspiring halftime performance from both schools.

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Texas	2	14	0	0	16
#24 Texas A&M	6	0	7	7	20

Penn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#17 Penn State	7	7	0	10	24
#13 Texas A&M	0	0	0	0	0

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