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Oklahoma Sooners |
Texas A&M Aggies © |
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Played November 7, 1998 at Kyle Field College Station, Texas |
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Teams' Belt Records
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Belt Reigns |
Overall Record |
Home Record |
Away Record |
Neutral Record |
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PCT |
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PCT |
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| Oklahoma | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .417 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 | ||||
| Texas A&M © | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
Previous Belt Meetings: None
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Oklahoma |
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0 |
0 |
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Texas A&M |
7 |
6 |
3 |
13 |
29 |
The 3-5 Oklahoma Sooners with coach John Blake traveled to College Station to meet the 7th ranked, 8-1 Texas A&M Aggies of coach R.C. Slocum. The Aggies played without QB Randy McCown out due to injury & senior back-up QB Branndon Stewart filled in. It didn’t seem to matter who played quarterback for the Aggies as the Wrecking Crew defense, led by All-American LB Dat Nguyen, completely dominated the Sooners in a 29-0 win. After stopping Oklahoma’s opening drive, Texas A&M took the lead with a 55-yard punt returned for a touchdown by CB Jason Webster. In the 2nd quarter, Stewart hit WR Chris Cole for a touchdown from 24 yards to give the Aggies a 13-0 lead at intermission. The 2nd half was more of the same stifling defense from Texas A&M. Midway through the 3rd quarter, Aggies' All-American LB Dat Nguyen recovered a fumble by the Sooners' RB Jermaine Fazande at the Oklahoma 47-yard line. The drive stalled at the Sooners' 26-yard line before Texas A&M's PK Ryssell Bynum kicked a 43-yard field goal pushing the Aggies' lead to 16-0. In the 4th quarter, Stewart ran for a 6-yard touchdown & hit Cole from 47 yards for another score. The Aggies defense held the Sooners to 124 yards in total offense & held Oklahoma to just 5 first downs for the game. Stewart finished with 234 yards passing with 2 touchdowns but was sacked 4 times & Cole added 118 yards receiving to his 2 touchdowns. Oklahoma's QB Jake Sills threw for 81 yards with an interception & was sacked twice in the loss. Texas A&M finished the season 11-3; Big XII Champions, ranked 11th nationally while the Sooners finished 5-6 in Blake’s final season. Oklahoma would play for The Belt again in 2005.
