1928 Texas A&M
5–4–1 (1–3–1 Southwest Conference), coached by Dana Bible. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Sewanee 69–0Oct 6
By 69 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | vsTrinity (Texas) | W 21–0 | 94% |
| Sep 29 | vsSouthwestern U | W 21–0 | 93% |
| Oct 6 | vsSewanee | W 69–0 | 81% |
| Oct 13 | vsCentenary (LA) | L 0–6 | 90% |
| Oct 20 | vs TCU | L 0–6 | 68% |
| Oct 29 | at Arkansas | L 12–27 | 50% |
| Nov 3 | vs North Texas | W 44–0 | 77% |
| Nov 10 | at SMU | T 19–19 | 32% |
| Nov 16 | vs Rice | W 19–0 | 87% |
| Nov 29 | at Texas | L 0–19 | 36% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Texas 19–0; 6th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 83rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).
- Record
- 5–4–1
- Conference
- 1–3–1 6th in Southwest Conference
- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 205–77
- Coach
- Dana Bible
- Elo
- 1544 −71 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −0.5 No. 50 of 100 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
All-Southwest Conference
4 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Herschel BurgessFBLegg-1- S.J. PettyEEm-1; FM; NR-1; FH-1; LG-1; GW-1; PC
- Charlie RichterOG
- Z.W. BartlettCNR-2; FH-1; LG-1; GW-1; PC; Em-2
Second team
- DorseyFBGW-2
From Wikipedia’s 1928 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1928 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 5–1 | 7–2 | |
| Arkansas | 2–1 | 7–2 | |
 Baylor | 3–2 | 8–2 | |
| TCU | 3–2 | 8–2 | |
| SMU | 2–2–1 | 6–3–1 | |
| Texas A&M | 1–3–1 | 5–4–1 | |
| Rice | 0–5 | 2–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.