1981 Texas A&M Aggies football team

American college football season

1981 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 SMU $	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
No. 2 Texas	6	–	1	–	1			10	–	1	–	1
Houston	5	–	2	–	1			7	–	4	–	1
Arkansas	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Texas A&M	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Rice	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Baylor	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
TCU	1	–	6	–	1			2	–	7	–	2
Texas Tech	0	–	7	–	1			1	–	9	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC). The Aggies were led by head coach Tom Wilson in his fourth season and finished with a record of seven wins and five losses (7–5 overall, 4–4 in the SWC) and with a victory in the Independence Bowl.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 5	at California*		W 29–28
September 19	at Boston College*		L 12–13
September 26	Louisiana Tech*		W 43–7	[1]
October 3	at Texas Tech		W 24–23
October 10	Houston	Kyle Field College Station, TX	W 7–6
October 17	at Baylor		L 17–19
October 24	at Rice		W 51–26
October 31	No. 13 SMU	Kyle Field College Station, TX	L 7–27
November 14	No. 16 Arkansas	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	L 7–10
November 21	at TCU		W 37–7
November 26	No. 7 Texas	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	L 13–21
December 12	vs. Oklahoma State*		W 33–16
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches’ Poll released prior to the game

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