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1977 Texas A&M Aggies football
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, L 28–47 vs. USC
Conference Southwest Conference
Record8–4 (6–2 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Tom Wilson (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator Melvin Robertson (6th season)
Home stadium Kyle Field
Seasons
←  1976
1978 →
1977 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Texas $ 8 0 0 11 1 0
No. 3 Arkansas 7 1 0 11 1 0
Texas A&M 6 2 0 8 4 0
Houston 4 4 0 6 5 0
Texas Tech 4 4 0 7 5 0
Baylor 3 5 0 5 6 0
SMU 3 5 0 4 7 0
TCU 1 7 0 2 9 0
Rice 0 8 0 1 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 10 Kansas*No. 9W 28–1451,494–53,585
September 17at Virginia Tech*No. 7W 27–633,500 [1]
September 24at No. 7 Texas TechNo. 6W 33–1755,008
October 1at No. 3 Michigan*No. 5 ABCL 3–41104,802
October 15at BaylorNo. 13W 38–3145,000
October 22at RiceNo. 12W 28–1457,500
October 29 SMUNo. 11
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
W 38–2153,932
November 12No. 8 ArkansasNo. 11
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX ( rivalry)
L 20–2655,028
November 19at TCUNo. 14W 52–2328,563
November 26No. 1 TexasNo. 12
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, Texas ( rivalry)
L 28–5757,443
December 3 HoustonNo. 17
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
ABC-RW 27–751,790
December 31vs. No. 20 USC*No. 17 MizlouL 28–4752,842
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1977 Texas A&M Aggies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 40 Adger Armstrong Jr
RB David Brothers
TE Chuck Carr
RB Jay Dale
C 68 Mark Dennard Sr
RB 22 Curtis Dickey So
OL Preston Dickson
OL Thomas Gregory
OL Zach Guthrie
RB Eddie Hardin
OL Doug Holmes
G 75 Kenny Kirk Jr
TE 81 Russell Mikeska Jr
QB 11 Mike Mosley Fr
OT 60 Frank Myers Sr
G 79 Ed Pustejovsky So
OT 70 Cody Risien Jr
TE Phillip Sampson
WR Darrell Smith
WR 84 Doug Teague Jr
QB David Walker
RB George Woodard
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 89 Phil Bennett Sr
LB 93 Doug Carr Fr
DB Gregory Clark
DL Johnnie Donahue
DE 77 Jacob Green So
DB Carl Grulich
DB Jimmy Hamilton
DL Eddie Heath
LB Frankie Lemmons
DL Gary Milligan
LB Kevin Monk
LB Floyd Randle
LB Roderick Reed
DT 91 Steve Spitzenberger Sr
DB Elroy Steen
DB Kenneth Taylor
DB 10 Mike Williams Sr
DL James Zachery
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 4 David Appleby So
K 1 Tony Franklin Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "Aggies march over Virginia Tech". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. September 18, 1977. Retrieved December 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ 2010 Texas A&M football media supplement