Texas A&M football: 5 best seasons in program history

Ranking the five best Texas A&M football seasons in program history, including the magical 2012 season when Johnny Manziel made the impossible happen.

Texas A&M football fans are pretty proud of everything their program has accomplished. The Aggies have plenty of traditions and history, and there’s certainly plenty of great moments throughout the program’s history that are worth celebrating.

While it’s been a while since the Texas A&M Aggies have been able to clearly claim a national championship, there are still many great years in the history of the Texas A&M football team. Throughout the history of its football team, A&M has won 749 games, claimed three national titles, racked up 18 conference championships, and played in 41 bowl games.

While there are several years A&M fans will celebrate and be proud of, which years are the best years in A&M’s history? From Heisman winners to perfect regular seasons to Cotton Bowl victories, there’s plenty to consider when discussing the best seasons in program history.

Here are the five best years in Texas A&M’s history:

No. 5: 1992

The 1992 Texas A&M football season was so close to being absolutely perfect for A&M. This is the only year that Texas A&M had won 12 games. No other team of Aggies has won more in a single season. The Aggies were one game off of perfection, and if it weren’t for a dreadful bowl appearance, A&M’s 1992 season would be completely unblemished.

Texas A&M started off the season by heading out to Anaheim, California, where the Aggies met up with then-No. 17 Stanford. The Stanford Cardinal went toe-to-toe with A&M, but the Aggies were able to come away with a three-point win in what was technically a neutral site win over a ranked foe.

After winning out on the West Coast, A&M went down to Baton Rouge, where the Aggies beat the Tigers. A&M continued its winning ways, taking down Tulsa, Mizzou, and Texas Tech in relatively close contests.

The Aggies had been winning their games in large part thanks to their famed defense. But at this point in the season, A&M’s offense started clicking. Through its first five games of the season, Texas A&M scored an average of 21 points per game. In the next seven games, the Aggies averaged 34.9 points per game.

After a bye week, the Aggies kept on winning, defeating Rice and SMU in dominant fashion, with a close win against Baylor sandwiched between the two games. A&M’s explosive offense continued steamrolling through foes as Louisville, Houston, and TCU were beaten with relative ease, setting then No. 4 Texas A&M up for a road trip to Austin with a perfect regular season on the line.

While rivalry games are prime opportunities for weird games, A&M’s tilt against Texas that Thanksgiving night was straightforward. Texas was struggling that season, A&M was not. The Aggies pulled off a clear, definitive 21-point win over Texas that Thanksgiving.

Head coach R.C. Slocum guided the Aggies through a perfect season and to a Cotton Bowl berth. The Cotton Bowl didn’t go as planned, and the Aggies were beaten 28-3 by No. 5 Notre Dame. And while that blemish takes away from a near-perfect season, the Aggies still had a remarkable year.

A 12-1 record, finishing the year with a No. 7 ranking, and a perfect conference record are the trademarks of one of the best seasons in Texas A&M’s history.