1987 Texas A&M Aggies football team
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Southwest Conference Champions
Cotton Bowl Classic Champions |
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Cotton Bowl Classic vs. Notre Dame, W 35–10
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
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| Coaches | #9 |
| AP | #10 |
| 1987 record | 10–2 (6–1 SWC) |
| Head coach | Jackie Sherrill |
| Offensive coordinator | Lynn Amedee |
| Defensive coordinator | R. C. Slocum |
| Home stadium | Kyle Field (Capacity: 72,387) |
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #10 Texas A&M $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1987 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC). The team was led by head coach Jackie Sherrill, in his sixth year, and played their home games at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas. They finished the season with a record of ten wins and two losses (10–2, 6–1 SWC), as Southwest Conference champions and with a victory over Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl Classic.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |||
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| September 5 | #6 LSU* | #15 | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | ESPN | L 3–17 | 71,292 | |||
| September 19 | #10 Washington* | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | ESPN | W 29-12 | 58,178 | ||||
| September 26 | Southern Mississippi* | #16 | Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS | W 27-14 | 22,150 | ||||
| October 3 | at Texas Tech | #15 | Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX (Rivalry) | Raycom | L 21–27 | 42,625 | |||
| October 10 | Houston | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | W 22–17 | 64,415 | |||||
| October 17 | at Baylor | Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX (Battle of the Brazos) | Raycom | W 34-10 | 46,812 | ||||
| October 24 | at Rice | Rice Stadium • Houston, TX | W 34–21 | 32,500 | |||||
| October 31 | Louisiana Tech* | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | W 32–3 | 53,779 | |||||
| November 14 | #20 Arkansas | #19 | Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Rivalry) | ESPN | W 14–0 | 73,511 | |||
| November 21 | at TCU | #16 | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | Raycom | W 42-24 | 40,164 | |||
| November 26 | Texas | #15 | Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Lone Star Showdown) | ESPN | W 20-13 | 78,573 | |||
| January 1 | vs. #12 Notre Dame* | #13 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) | CBS | W 35–10 | 73,006 | |||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time. |
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Team players drafted into the NFL
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Keith Woodside | Running Back | 3 | 61 | Green Bay Packers |
| Louis Cheek | Offensive Tackle | 8 | 220 | Miami Dolphins |
| Kip Corrington | Defensive Back | 9 | 223 | Detroit Lions |
| Chet Brooks | Defensive Back | 11 | 303 | San Francisco 49ers |
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