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1927 Texas A&M

8–⁠0–⁠1 (4–⁠0–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Dana Bible.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1927, game by game: won vs. Trinity (Texas) 45–0; won vs. Southwestern U 31–0; won vs. Sewanee 18–0; won vs. Arkansas 40–6; tied at TCU 0–0; won vs. Texas Tech 47–6; won at SMU 39–13; won at Rice 14–0; won vs. Texas 28–7+45Won 45–0 vs. Trinity (Texas)+45Trinity (Texas)Won 31–0 vs. Southwestern U+31Southwestern UWon 18–0 vs. Sewanee+18SewaneeWon 40–6 vs. Arkansas+34ArkansasTied 0–0 at TCU0TCUWon 47–6 vs. Texas Tech+41Texas TechWon 39–13 at SMU+26SMUWon 14–0 at Rice+14RiceWon 28–7 vs. Texas+21Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsTrinity (Texas)W 45–⁠089%
Oct 1vsSouthwestern UW 31–⁠089%
Oct 8vsSewaneeW 18–⁠075%
Oct 15vsArkansasW 40–⁠668%
Oct 22atTCUT 0–⁠046%
Oct 28vsTexas TechW 47–⁠673%
Nov 5atSMUW 39–⁠1341%
Nov 11atRiceW 14–⁠084%
Nov 24vsTexasW 28–⁠768%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Texas 28–⁠7; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 22nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1927.

National championsa title the school claims

Southwest Conference champions4–⁠0–⁠1 in the conference

Record
8–⁠0–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠0–⁠1 first in Southwest Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
262–⁠32
Coach
Dana Bible
Elo
1673 +135 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
28.4 No. 1 of 99 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Joel Hunt

All-Southwest Conference

7 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Joel HuntQB
  • Jules V. SikesEAP-1; ASR-1; MS-2
  • W.S. ListerOTAP-1; MS-1
  • A.C. SprottOTDM-1; ASR-1; WTH-1; AP-2
  • Klepto HolmesOGAP-1; MS-1
  • E.E. FigariOGDuby-1; DM-1; WTH-1; AP-2
  • Z.W. BartlettCMS-1; AP-2

Second team

  • Hershel BurgessRBAP-2; MS-2

From Wikipedia’s 1927 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1927 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M4–⁠0–⁠18–⁠0–⁠1
SMU4–⁠17–⁠2
Arkansas2–⁠18–⁠1
Texas2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
TCU1–⁠2–⁠24–⁠3–⁠2
Rice1–⁠32–⁠6–⁠1
Baylor0–⁠52–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.