1977 Texas A&M Aggies football team

1977 Texas A&M Aggies football
1977 Texas A&M Aggies football
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, L 28–47 vs. USC
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	8–4 (6–2 SWC)
Head coach	Emory Bellard (6th season);
Offensive coordinator	Tom Wilson (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Melvin Robertson (6th season)
Home stadium	Kyle Field
	Seasons ← 1976 1978 →

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

1977 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	Kansas*	No. 9	Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 28–14	51,494–53,585
September 17	at Virginia Tech*	No. 7	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 27–6	33,500	^[1]
September 24	at No. 7 Texas Tech	No. 6	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)		W 33–17	55,008
October 1	at No. 3 Michigan*	No. 5	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ABC	L 3–41	104,802
October 15	at Baylor	No. 13	Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas (Battle of the Brazos)		W 38–31	45,000
October 22	at Rice	No. 12	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		W 28–14	57,500
October 29	SMU	No. 11	Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 38–21	53,932
November 12	No. 8 Arkansas	No. 11	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)		L 20–26	55,028
November 19	at TCU	No. 14	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)		W 52–23	28,563
November 26	No. 1 Texas	No. 12	Kyle Field College Station, Texas (rivalry)		L 28–57	57,443
December 3	Houston	No. 17	Kyle Field College Station, TX	ABC-R	W 27–7	51,790
December 31	vs. No. 20 USC*	No. 17	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX (Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl)	Mizlou	L 28–47	52,842
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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

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

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