Centenary (LA) vs. Texas A&M

Centenary (LA) and Texas A&M first met in 1928 and have played 9 times; Centenary (LA) leads the series 6–⁠3. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Centenary (LA) 6–⁠3.

Centenary (LA) wins
6
Texas A&M wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1928
Longest streak
5 Centenary (LA)
Current streak
1 Texas A&M
Last 10 meetings
Centenary (LA) 6–⁠3
Most recent
1939

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s1–⁠0
1930s5–⁠3
Average margin
8 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Centenary (LA)
5–⁠1 Centenary (LA)‘s record at home
At Texas A&M
2–⁠1 Texas A&M’s record at home
Shutouts
7

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Centenary (LA)‘s biggest win1933: Centenary (LA) 20, Texas A&M 0by 20 points
  2. Texas A&M’s biggest win1939: Texas A&M 14, Centenary (LA) 0by 14 points
  3. Upset1928: Centenary (LA) 6, Texas A&M 0Centenary (LA) had a 10% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsCentenary (LA)SeriesTexas A&M
1930–⁠1933Homer Norton2–⁠2Madison Bell

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Centenary (LA)‘s side (Norton 2–⁠2 against Bell). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Centenary (LA) and Texas A&M, 1928 on1300150017001930193519401945

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1934 game: CENTENARY WINS LATE Beats Texas Aggies, Coached by Own Former Mentor, 1910. l.

    1934 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 14, 1934

  • The Evening star's story of the 1939 game

    1939 · Evening star, Oct 1, 1939

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Sep 30, 1939Texas A&M 14, Centenary (LA) 0at Texas A&M
Nov 21, 1936Centenary (LA) 3, 14Texas A&M 0at Centenary (LA)
Oct 12, 1935Centenary (LA) 7, Texas A&M 6at Centenary (LA)
Oct 13, 1934Centenary (LA) 13, Texas A&M 0at Centenary (LA)
Nov 4, 1933Centenary (LA) 20, Texas A&M 0at Centenary (LA)
Oct 29, 1932Centenary (LA) 7, Texas A&M 0at Centenary (LA)
Oct 31, 1931Texas A&M 7, Centenary (LA) 0at Centenary (LA)
Nov 1, 1930Texas A&M 7, Centenary (LA) 6at Texas A&M
Oct 13, 1928Centenary (LA) 6, Texas A&M 0at Texas A&M

Every game is listed as played on the field.