1976 Texas A&M Aggies football team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 7

1976 Southwest Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Houston +	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 13 Texas Tech +	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Texas A&M	6	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Baylor	4	–	3	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
Texas	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	1
Arkansas	3	–	4	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Rice	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
SMU	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
TCU	0	–	8	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 11	Virginia Tech*	No. 14	Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 19–0	44,039
September 18	Kansas State*	No. 11	Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 34–14	50,027
September 25	at Houston	No. 9	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		L 10–21	70,001
October 2	at Illinois*		Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL		W 14–7	67,543
October 9	No. 15 Texas Tech	No. 17	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)		L 16–27	52,651
October 16	Baylor		Kyle Field College Station, TX (Battle of the Brazos)		W 24–0	52,241
October 23	Rice		Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 57–34	47,354
October 30	at SMU		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	ABC-R	W 36–0	35,123
November 13	at No. 13 Arkansas	No. 16	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR (rivalry)	ABC	W 31–10	47,000
November 20	TCU	No. 11	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)		W 59–10	44,055
November 25	at Texas	No. 11	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	ABC-R	W 27–3	70,000
January 2	vs. Florida	No. 10	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	W 37–14	33,250
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1976 Texas A&M Aggies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB Curtis Dickey Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Emory Bellard Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Season summary

Arkansas

1 2 3 4 Total • Texas A&M 0 24 0 7 31 Arkansas 3 0 0 7 10 Date: November 13 Location: War Memorial Stadium, Little Rock, Arkansas Game attendance: 47,000

Scoring summary 1 ARK Little 39 yard field goal Arkansas 3–0 2 TA&M Dickey 3 yard run (Franklin kick) Texas A&M 7–3 2 TA&M Teate 41 yard pass from Dickey (Franklin kick) Texas A&M 14–3 2 TA&M Franklin 32 yard field goal Texas A&M 17–3 2 TA&M Woodard 1 yard run (Franklin kick) Texas A&M 24–3 4 ARK Bobo 29 yard pass from Eckwood (Little kick) Texas A&M 24–10 4 TA&M Woodard 1 yard run (Franklin kick) Texas A&M 31–10