1990 Texas A&M Aggies football team

The 1990 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach R. C. Slocum, the Aggies compiled an overall record of 9–3–1 with a mark of 5–2–1 in conference play, tying for third place in the SWC. Texas A&M was invited to Holiday Bowl, where the Aggies defeated BYU. The team was ranked No. 15 in the final AP poll and No. 13 in the final Coaches Poll. Texas A&M played home games at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas.

CoachesNo. 13

APNo. 15

Record9–3–1 (5–2–1 SWC)

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1990 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 12 Texas $	8	–	0	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 10 Houston	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 15 Texas A&M	5	–	2	–	1	9	–	3	–	1
Baylor	5	–	2	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Rice	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
TCU	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Texas Tech	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Arkansas	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
SMU	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	3:00 p.m.	at Hawaii*	No. 13	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	ESPN	W 28–13	38,237	^[1]
September 15	6:00 p.m.	Southwestern Louisiana*	No. 12	Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 63–14	51,713	^[2]
September 22	2:00 p.m.	No. 7 (I-AA) North Texas*	No. 12	Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 40–8	52,049	^[3]
September 29	7:00 p.m.	at LSU*	No. 11	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)		L 8–17	77,703	^[4]
October 6	2:00 p.m.	Texas Tech	No. 19	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)		W 28–24	68,593	^[5]
October 13	4:00 p.m.	at No. 12 Houston	No. 20	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX		L 31–36	45,141	^[6]
October 20	2:00 p.m.	Baylor	No. 25	Kyle Field College Station, TX (Battle of the Brazos)		T 20–20	61,017	^[7]
October 27	2:00 p.m.	Rice		Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 41–15	52,158	^[8]
November 3	1:00 p.m.	at SMU		Ownby Stadium University Park, TX		W 38–17	23,783	^[9]
November 17	1:00 p.m.	at Arkansas		Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)	PPV	W 20–16	46,418	^[10]
November 24	12:00 p.m.	TCU		Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	Raycom	W 56–10	40,378	^[11]
December 1	11:00 a.m.	at No. 5 Texas		Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	CBS	L 27–28	82,518	^[12]
December 29	7:00 p.m.	vs. No. 13 BYU*		Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	ESPN	W 65–14	61,441	^[13]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Texas A&M	7	7	7	7	28
Hawaii	10	0	3	0	13

	1	2	3	4	Total
SW LA	7	0	7	0	14
#12 Texas A&M	28	14	14	7	63

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	2	0	3	3	8
#12 Texas A&M	0	20	20	0	40

	1	2	3	4	Total
#11 Texas A&M	0	0	0	8	8
LSU	7	3	7	0	17

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