Yeah we were outscored but that's a game I'd like revisit. Can't find anything online video wise.
Any of you wizards able to help?


Thanks!

a 26 year old game we lost?

We didn't just lose, we went from dark horse title contender to roadkill in a single afternoon. I'm trying to forget that game ever happened.

Me too. Worst game day experience I have ever had in addition to the loss that should have never happened.

So.....no?

I was on the 50 yard line of that game. I remember Keith Mitchell and Larry Walker and Reggie Brown all looking like jacked up huge dudes on the bench in front of me.

I remember Corey Pullig hitting Chris Sanders in the numbers on a slant with nothing but 70 yards of open green in front and Sanders dropping the ball.

I remember our line collapsing and Leeland McElroy being hit by multiple guys in the backfield on every play.

I remember Koy Detmer of the Buffs going out with an injury only for his backup to drive the ball effectively.

I remember after we lost, the Colorado fans stormed the field and a big police line tried to stop them from pulling down the net behind the end-zone. The students overwhelmed the police and yanked down the net which resulted in a 20 foot tall pole dropping into a crowd and injuring people. Finally the police fired tear gas into the student section dispersing them.

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a 26 year old game we lost?

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This was indeed the very peak of the R.C./Sherrill era and it was all Visogths sacking Rome/Dark Ages thereafter until the late Sherman/Sumlin era.

I know R.C. had his 98 upset of K-State but the sheer dominance of A&M over the entire region basically collapsed early this season. This was the roll down to Fran losing 77-0 to the Sooners.

Good God why would you? Surely there must be a happier memory in your life.

the shame...the 95 defense only gave up an average of 14 points per game.

yet the team finished 9-3

Leeland, Leeland, Leeland, Punt.
Leeland, Leeland, Leeland, Punt.
Etc.

That's what I remember.

Couldn't find the '95 game anywhere on YouTube but did find the '97 game.


The introductory music abc played during this time makes me excited for a game all over again. Good memories.

wait! that '95 game really happened? i thiught i dreamt that, dammit

This game was the beginning of my understanding of BAS.

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I remember our line collapsing and Leeland McElroy being hit by multiple guys in the backfield on every play.

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Line didn't collapse, Neuheisel put 8 guys in the box and dared us to throw. We couldn't. He also got RC to burn not 1, but 2 timeouts by putting a fake formation on the field for a 2-point conversion that RC couldn't comprehend. That was the day you knew we were never going to win a title with RC.

Then we lost to Tech 14-7 the next game out.

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I was on the 50 yard line of that game. I remember Keith Mitchell and Larry Walker and Reggie Brown all looking like jacked up huge dudes on the bench in front of me.

I remember Corey Pullig hitting Chris Sanders in the numbers on a slant with nothing but 70 yards of open green in front and Sanders dropping the ball.

I remember our line collapsing and Leeland McElroy being hit by multiple guys in the backfield on every play.

I remember Koy Detmer of the Buffs going out with an injury only for his backup to drive the ball effectively.

I remember after we lost, the Colorado fans stormed the field and a big police line tried to stop them from pulling down the net behind the end-zone. The students overwhelmed the police and yanked down the net which resulted in a 20 foot tall pole dropping into a crowd and injuring people. Finally the police fired tear gas into the student section dispersing them.

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I will go to my grave saying that single play (Sanders drop) changed the entire trajectory of A&M football. He catches that we go up by double digits & end the "they can't win the big game" mantra. That dropped doomed us to second tier.

The drop was in the end zone. Tough day

That game was such a disappointment that we canceled our hotel reservation for that night and drive straight back to college Station. Worst game road trip in history

I found this old SI summary of the game.


https://vault.si.com/vault/1995/10/02/buffaloed-a-surprising-colorado-team-crushed-the-national-title-aspirations-of-texas-am-and-put-itself-in-the-middle-of-the-race

Painful read.

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We didn't just lose, we went from dark horse title contender to roadkill in a single afternoon. I'm trying to forget that game ever happened.

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How this got any stars I have no idea

We were not a " dark horse title contender" .. we entered that game ranked 3rd in the country so we were anything but a dark horse title contended

And yes that was one of many possible program shifting wins we lost in the 90's however an 8 point loss on the road to the 7th ranked team in country did not make us " roadkill"

The game that did us in 1995 was the next week at Tech.

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a 26 year old game we lost?

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This was indeed the very peak of the R.C./Sherrill era and it was all Visogths sacking Rome/Dark Ages thereafter until the late Sherman/Sumlin era.

I know R.C. had his 98 upset of K-State but the sheer dominance of A&M over the entire region basically collapsed early this season. This was the roll down to Fran losing 77-0 to the Sooners.

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So much this. RC also horribly managed the second half, which brought about the 'prevent the win' offense and defense moniker for his remaining years. Truly anemic, horrible play calling. The defense wouldn't have close to that talent level again for 20+ years.

I've always viewed that game as a turning point, and you can't even find a summary of it online any more. If anything, it was the final bookend of the Jackie era of excitement/talented defensive recruiting, perhaps, and the real beginning of the RC head coaching era.

It used to be on youtube. Beating the Buffs and overcoming the screwjob by the refs the following game in Lubbock would have set up an epic matchup with the rival for the final SWC title, but that would have been a tough game to win with McElroy not fully healthy. Nebraska was in a league of its own anyway that season, but the momentum would have been huge for A&M moving forward. Watch the Alamo Bowl win over Michigan if you haven't already.

A&M was better in '94, but the BS television and bowl ban ruined another potentially great season.

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Windy City Ag said:

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I was on the 50 yard line of that game. I remember Keith Mitchell and Larry Walker and Reggie Brown all looking like jacked up huge dudes on the bench in front of me.

I remember Corey Pullig hitting Chris Sanders in the numbers on a slant with nothing but 70 yards of open green in front and Sanders dropping the ball.

I remember our line collapsing and Leeland McElroy being hit by multiple guys in the backfield on every play.

I remember Koy Detmer of the Buffs going out with an injury only for his backup to drive the ball effectively.

I remember after we lost, the Colorado fans stormed the field and a big police line tried to stop them from pulling down the net behind the end-zone. The students overwhelmed the police and yanked down the net which resulted in a 20 foot tall pole dropping into a crowd and injuring people. Finally the police fired tear gas into the student section dispersing them.

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I will go to my grave saying that single play (Sanders drop) changed the entire trajectory of A&M football. He catches that we go up by double digits & end the "they can't win the big game" mantra. That dropped doomed us to second tier.

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Maybe, and certainly you'd love for him to have made that catch, but I think it would have just delayed the inevitable and set us up for a similar loss down the road.

The offensive personnel and coaching weren't good enough to compete with elite defenses and coaching.

Jimbo can exorcise an aggie football demon in less than 2 months time.

A&M has played terrible in the Centennial State --- only win there was the aforementioned 1997 game.

in addition to the bitter 95 loss...there were also the 2001, 2005, and 2009 losses.

the 09 game was another Sheman special. Led 21-10 at halftime...even returned a kickoff for a touchdown...led by 10 points in the 4th quarter...and still lost

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The drop was in the end zone. Tough day

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It absolutely was not. It was a slant over the middle and there was nothing but green in front of him but it was a long way from the end zone.
This play is precisely the reason I want to revisit the game. I haven't seen it in 26 years but my memory of that play is still pretty vivid.

Like the poster above, in my mind, that game changed the trajectory of the program for years. It's always my answer to the "what if" threads that pop up in here from time to time.

May have been. I was in the end zone and remembered it being at or near there

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I remember after we lost, the Colorado fans stormed the field and a big police line tried to stop them from pulling down the net behind the end-zone. The students overwhelmed the police and yanked down the net which resulted in a 20 foot tall pole dropping into a crowd and injuring people. Finally the police fired tear gas into the student section dispersing them.

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I had forgotten about that. The students were actually coming down and fighting with the cops. Had never seen anything like it

SWC Ag said:

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Yeah we were outscored but that's a game I'd like revisit. Can't find anything online video wise.
Any of you wizards able to help?


Thanks!

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Let me help.

Hand off to Leland X 3, then punt. Repeat for 60 minutes.

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SWC Ag said:

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Yeah we were outscored but that's a game I'd like revisit. Can't find anything online video wise.
Any of you wizards able to help?





Thanks!

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Let me help.

Hand off to Leland X 3, then punt. Repeat for 60 minutes.

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644 yards all purpose yards in first two games from Leeland. Crazy

At the time it was only one of 6-10 stadiums in the nation that served beer - lots of Aggies in the beer line - not much to remember from the game playing wise - a&m started #3 in the nation and dropped to #18 by end of season - we were hyped to go to the fiesta bowl that year - I do remember the cops spraying mace on the student section at the end and remember walking to the bus getting pelted by students from their dorm room with oranges and batteries etc.

Not a fun trip and the next week was not fun trip either as I think Zach Thomas ran a touchdown back to seal the game at tech

I found the first half and second half two different videos on you tube - whoa nelly this is not a hot one today

Have a good one

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rootube said:

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We didn't just lose, we went from dark horse title contender to roadkill in a single afternoon. I'm trying to forget that game ever happened.

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How this got any stars I have no idea

We were not a " dark horse title contender" .. we entered that game ranked 3rd in the country so we were anything but a dark horse title contended

And yes that was one of many possible program shifting wins we lost in the 90's however an 8 point loss on the road to the 7th ranked team in country did not make us " roadkill"

The game that did us in 1995 was the next week at Tech.

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The damn Zach Thomas interception return game. Ugh.

Maybe I'm bored, but I found the Chris Sanders slant drop into the second quarter. First, I'm not certain he gets a touchdown on the play. There were two defenders that might have had the angle.

That said, if he does score, it makes it 14-10 A&M at that point, with over 2 1/2 quarters of football left. I don't see how it was that big of a turning point in a game where they ended up losing 29-21.

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a 26 year old game we lost?

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This was indeed the very peak of the R.C./Sherrill era and it was all Visogths sacking Rome/Dark Ages thereafter until the late Sherman/Sumlin era.

I know R.C. had his 98 upset of K-State but the sheer dominance of A&M over the entire region basically collapsed early this season. This was the roll down to Fran losing 77-0 to the Sooners.

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I remember this game. This was back when the Wrecking Crew was dominate over UT and the rest of the South West Conference.
In the early to mid 90's A&M would finish in first place almost every year, but would always lose to the elite out of state teams like Colorado, UCLA, Florida St, Ohio St...etc

Going into this game I felt that Colorado was overated and that A&M would hand out a solid Texas azz whupping.
Needles to say I was wrong.

And no other away game is even close

I'd like to see it. I was with Rev on the sideline that game. I'd like to see if I was on tv.