What is the worst and most disappointing moment/game in A&M football for y'all? I'll go out on a limb here and say when we lost to UCLA with Sumlin after leading 44-10 in the 3rd Quarter…..

Seriously, how in the **** did we lose that game?

77-0. Nothing will ever top that. It could have easily been 100 plus to nothing.

Hubert J. Farnsworth said:

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77-0. Nothing will ever top that. It could have easily been 100 plus to nothing.

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It was more so a thread about a game that we "Aggie'd up" the most. Fran's 77-0 OU game wasn't exactly the most disappointing as many were probably numb to it by halftime.

Sumlin's UCLA game was the most disappointing for me because we were blowing them out and then somehow **** the bed in typical A&M fashion. When you think about it, anything is possible with A&M Athletics whether it's good or bad.

2011 vs. Ok State

The day Todd Blythe ruled the world 10/29/05. The 42-14 loss to ISU

1975: #19 Arkansas 31, #2 Texas A&M 6

This horrific loss prevented our very legitimate chance of a national championship. This game was moved at the request of ABC Sports from early November to December 6th, 8 days after we beat tu 20-10 on Thanksgiving. We were undefeated going into the Arky game. I was at the tu game, and to lose the next week is still far worse than the 77-0… IMHO…

John317 said:

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1975: #19 Arkansas 31, #2 Texas A&M 6

This horrific loss prevented our very legitimate chance of a national championship. This game was moved at the request of ABC Sports from early November to December 6th, 8 days after we beat tu 20-10 on Thanksgiving. We were undefeated going into the Arky game. I was at the tu game, and to lose the next week is still far worse than the 77-0… IMHO…

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This, followed closely by CU in 1995. Both teams were serious contenders for the national championship and it went up in smoke with those losses.

I was there. Everything was going great until the QB was injured.

Honorable mention for Arkansas St 2008.

1995 Colorado
That was supposed to be "the year" and we let a backup qb torch us after we knocked out the starter

1991 Tulsa: kept us from an undefeated regular season and a chance to play for a natty

Auburn game this past season

gigemags-99 said:

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2011 vs. Ok State

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Still stings. What a collapse

A is A said:

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gigemags-99 said:

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2011 vs. Ok State

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Still stings. What a collapse

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And then to follow it up with the Arkansas game the next week and have them chant SEC SEC SEC at us

1991 tulsa gets a vote from me. We had no business losing that game.

Tie with SMU at the Alamo Bowl in the probation season in 1994 under Slocum was a WTF Slocum special. Especially after three straight SWC championships / coach of the year awards.

Greg Hill and others received compensation in a work program without doing work. Could have ended up with death penalty due to string of infractions by Texas A&M.

John317 said:

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1975: #19 Arkansas 31, #2 Texas A&M 6

This horrific loss prevented our very legitimate chance of a national championship. This game was moved at the request of ABC Sports from early November to December 6th, 8 days after we beat tu 20-10 on Thanksgiving. We were undefeated going into the Arky game. I was at the tu game, and to lose the next week is still far worse than the 77-0… IMHO…

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This is also my #1

Agree with Colorado 1995 and Oklahoma State 2011. In 1995 I truly believed we were going to play for and win a national title. And then we let the massive disappointment in Boulder beat us again a week later on the Plains at Tech. I also agree with Arkansas 1975, probably has to be the most disappointing loss in A&M football history, but I was 8 and not a college football fan at the time.

It's the games with the most on the line or the biggest match-ups that I tend to get most worked up over. 0-77 sucked ass, yes, but that game was so easy for me to forget. We had absolutely nothing that day. We weren't winning even with two more days worth of game to play.

One game that comes to mind is LSU 2021, when we lost on a last second TD pass by Max Johnson, who played for us the next year or two. And that came after a turnover was not awarded even though everyone saw it, the turnover would have sealed the game right there and no swamp kitty miracle.

I also note some disappointment in typical TexAg'ism, as there has been no mention of 2022's Appalachian State debacle.

2000, Colorado at home was a kick in the balls. Ended a very long home winning streak. I think home field advantage died for good that day.

0-77, we knew we sucked. Was kinda surreal.

Todd Blythe game was just comical after a while.

AggieNattie said:

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Hubert J. Farnsworth said:

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77-0. Nothing will ever top that. It could have easily been 100 plus to nothing.

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It was more so a thread about a game that we "Aggie'd up" the most. Fran's 77-0 OU game wasn't exactly the most disappointing as many were probably numb to it by halftime.

Sumlin's UCLA game was the most disappointing for me because we were blowing them out and then somehow **** the bed in typical A&M fashion. When you think about it, anything is possible with A&M Athletics whether it's good or bad.

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We actually won that game, 1-0. The NCAA declared ok a forfeit, after the fact, due to ineligible players. But, no one recognizes that. Such a nothing "penalty".

Most disappointing was probably Baylor '04. 77-0 sucked, ISU Blythe game sucked, all the Tech games of that era sucked. But that '04 Baylor game was still when Baylor sucked in their epically bad era. We hadn't lost to them in 19 years. And we still should have won that game easily. Losing in OT to such a bad Baylor team was a tough disappointing pill to swallow. We weren't that far removed at that point from when we were good, only 6 years since our last conference title, double digit wins, all that. Not like now where we are 30 years from anything good and perennially 8-4.

Great topic. Let's just collectively self loath ourselves into oblivion...

This is an Amazing idea for an offseason thread.

For me it was Colorado 1995…
We went up there with Leeland and a national championship on the mind and lost a hard fought game 29-21.

Could not and still cannot believe it.

Same for me. I was at this game in Waco and the lead switched back and forth multiple times. I had taken my young sons to this game and it was very exciting in Baylor's old stadium. Bears fans were so overjoyed they tore down the goalposts.

All above are worthy mentions. The 0-77 was more disgust than disappointment.

For me, personally, Jackie Sherrill's debut 16-38 loss to Boston College (9/4/82) was so deflating. Such high expectations for our million dollar coach.

TexanJeff said:

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This is an Amazing idea for an offseason thread.

For me it was Colorado 1995…
We went up there with Leeland and a national championship on the mind and lost a hard fought game 29-21.

Could not and still cannot believe it.

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Uh, no, that game was Rick Neuheisel making RC his personal bottom biatch.

They beat us with their backup quarterback and Neuheisel put in 2 BS formations that had RC use 2 different timeouts on a two-point conversion.

77-0 was the ultimate embarrassment, as OU literally could've scored 100+ without even trying hard that day. IN the 4th quarter, after yet another fumble by A&M, the Sooners had the ball on like the 5 yard line and Stoops decided to not score. So on first down, their 3rd or 4th string QB took a knee. But that looked terrible too, so he then just ordered the running back to dive into the fetal position after getting the ball from the QB on the next three downs, which of course, would finish with Johnny Jolly acting like we made some spectacular stop as he touched the RB on the ground. The single worst defeat I've ever seen a power team put on another power team that late in a season.

The 1995 loss to Colorado is brought up a lot, but the Slocum offense and the SWC competition was never going to lift the program past the tope programs that year. Nebraska in 1995 is possibly the greatest CFB team ever, based on how they played that season and killed everyone they played, including that same Colorado team that finished 5th. Nebraska, Florida, Tennessee, FSU, and Colorado were all way better teams.

So, to me, the most disappointing loss I saw from an A&M team was the LSU loss in 2012 at home. If you win this game, with Johnny Football and his Heisman season, A&M makes the national title game and probably cooks Notre Dame in the final. But missing XP's and FGs killed any chance that day of beating the Swamp Kittens.

JWinTX said:

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So, to me, the most disappointing loss I saw from an A&M team was the LSU loss in 2012 at home. If you win this game, with Johnny Football and his Heisman season, A&M makes the national title game and probably cooks Notre Dame in the final. But missing XP's and FGs killed any chance that day of beating the Swamp Kittens.

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Retrospectively, yes. But at the time, we had no frickin' idea what was unfolding.

IchthusAg said:

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All above are worthy mentions. The 0-77 was more disgust than disappointment.

For me, personally, Jackie Sherrill's debut 16-38 loss to Boston College (9/4/82) was so deflating. Such high expectations for our million dollar coach.

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Flutie!

And it was 0-77 in the damn 3rd quarter! I'll always love Stoops for not letting OU again.

I agree with Ark 1975.
I remember planned kegger party to celebrate undefeated season and natty.
Instead we didn't show up and got drilled.
Then we got embarrassed by USC in bowl game.

OU 77-0. I watched that at a sports bar outside of Cleveland Ohio. The manager promised me a TV to watch the game. When it got ridiculous and the Michigan State folks wanted the TV he offered me a free pitcher of beer to give up the screen.

Tulsa game. I was there.

33-0 in the Dome. I was there.

'75 Arkansas. That morning i dropped and broke a 5th of Jim Beam coming out of Don's and Ben's. That was a bad omen.

Bad as these were, NOTHING will ever be worse than getting outscored by Army at Kyle Field when I was in the Army. That one is in a class by itself..

Queso1 said:

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I was there. Everything was going great until the QB was injured.

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Ain't it so! Detmer going down with a non-contact injury was a bad break. Since Hessler wasn't completely prepped, they started throwing deep which proved to be the Achilles heal of an otherwise great defense. Of course, it was still there for the taking if we could catch the damn ball.

John317 said:

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1975: #19 Arkansas 31, #2 Texas A&M 6

This horrific loss prevented our very legitimate chance of a national championship. This game was moved at the request of ABC Sports from early November to December 6th, 8 days after we beat tu 20-10 on Thanksgiving. We were undefeated going into the Arky game. I was at the tu game, and to lose the next week is still far worse than the 77-0… IMHO…

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CORRECT. Best chance we've had at a natty in the modern era. *POOF*

One thing about the 75 loss at Arkansas, we had lost our starting QB during the tu game and Shipman, coming back from an injury himself, was heavy, slow and barely functional. Virtually limited to straight handoffs, Arkansas' defense wasn't stressed at all. I had forgotten the details until it was discussed on here, but David Walker was supposedly available but Bellard wouldn't play him…he spent a lot time in Bellard's doghouse apparently. This continued through 5 games of the 76 season and after 3-2 start, Walker finally got the nod and lead us to 7 straight wins and #6 ranking.

Shades of Bear Bryant against Rice. Even the great ones let their arrogance get the best of them at times.

Historical standpoint……hard to top '75 Arkansas since it most directly cost us a shot at a natty

But man……actually being in the stadium at that UCLA debacle is the one that'll come to mind first. Wife and I were in the midst of a bunch of UCLA fans and when we went up 42-10 and we were just sitting there kinda like "meh" they were all over us. "Man! What's up Debbie Downers? Y'all are f***ing DESTROYING us"

We just looked at em and told em "we've seen this movie before. We know better. We'll get excited if we're still ahead when the clock says all zeros". They thought we were nuts.

And sure as ****…….

When I heard somebody did the research and said we could've won the game if we had literally run the clock down and taken a knee every snap after 42-10…….that should've been my sign to never, EVER get my hopes up again regarding A&M athletics.

BAS…….thy embodiment is dixichkn

NyAggie said:

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1995 Colorado
That was supposed to be "the year" and we let a backup qb torch us after we knocked out the starter

1991 Tulsa: kept us from an undefeated regular season and a chance to play for a natty

Auburn game this past season

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Attended that Colorado game, still stings.

Auburn 24' broke me. So I'm going with that one. It basically told me that Elko was no different than every coach and or team since 1940