Battle of Backbone Mountain

1990 Southwest Conference football standings

	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

The 1990 Texas A&M Aggies football team completed the season with a 9–3–1 record. The Aggies had a regular season Southwest Conference record of 5–2–1. The team was ranked #15 in the final AP Poll and #13 in the final Coaches Poll.

Schedule

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	37,237
September 15	6:00 p.m.	Southwestern Louisiana*	No. 12	Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 63–14	51,713
September 22	2:00 p.m.	No. 7 (I-AA) North Texas*	No. 12	Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 40–8	52,049	[1]
September 29	7:00 p.m.	at LSU*	No. 11	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)		L 8–17	77,703	[2]
October 6	2:00 p.m.	Texas Tech	No. 19	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)		W 28–24	68,593
October 13	4:00 p.m.	at No. 12 Houston	No. 20	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX		L 31–36	45,141
October 20	2:00 p.m.	Baylor	No. 25	Kyle Field College Station, TX (Battle of the Brazos)		T 20–20	61,017
October 27	2:00 p.m.	Rice		Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 41–15	52,158
November 3	1:00 p.m.	at SMU		Ownby Stadium Dallas, TX		W 38–17	23,783
November 17	1:00 p.m.	at Arkansas		Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)	PPV	W 20–16	46,418
November 24	12:00 p.m.	TCU		Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	Raycom	W 56–10	40,378
December 1	11:00 a.m.	at No. 5 Texas		Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	CBS	L 27–28	82,518
December 29	7:00 p.m.	vs. No. 13 BYU*		Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	ESPN	W 65–14	61,441
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

• T Brusinski
• J Gonzales
• M Kilmer
• D Lewis
• K McAfee
• D Patterson
• L Pavalas
• B Payne
• K Petty
• F Ransby
• QB Bucky Richardson
• G Salazar
• G Schorp
• R Simmons
• S Wood

Game summaries

Hawaii

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

Southwestern Louisiana

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

North Texas

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

Louisiana State

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

Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas Tech	10	7	7	0	24
#19 Texas A&M	0	14	7	7	28

At Houston

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Texas A&M	17	0	7	7	31
#12 Houston	16	10	10	0	36

Baylor

	1	2	3	4	Total
Baylor	6	0	7	7	20
#25 Texas A&M	6	0	7	7	20

Rice

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rice	8	7	0	0	15
Texas A&M	27	0	0	14	41

Southern Methodist

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	3	21	14	0	38
SMU	10	7	0	0	17

Arkansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Arkansas	16	0	0	0	16
Texas A&M	0	0	0	20	20

Texas Christian

	1	2	3	4	Total
TCU	3	7	0	0	10
Texas A&M	35	14	0	7	56

Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	7	7	0	13	27
#5 Texas	0	14	7	7	28

Brigham Young

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	14	23	7	21	65
#13 BYU	7	0	7	0	14

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