1930 Texas A&M

2–⁠7 (0–⁠5 Southwest Conference), coached by Madison Bell.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1930, game by game: won vs. Southwestern U 43–0; lost at Nebraska 0–13; lost vs. Tulane 9–19; lost vs. TCU 0–3; lost at Arkansas 0–13; won vs. Centenary (LA) 7–6; lost at SMU 7–13; lost vs. Rice 0–7; lost at Texas 0–26+43−26Won 43–0 vs. Southwestern U+43Southwestern ULost 0–13 at Nebraska-13NebraskaLost 9–19 vs. Tulane-10TulaneLost 0–3 vs. TCU-3TCULost 0–13 at Arkansas-13ArkansasWon 7–6 vs. Centenary (LA)+1Centenary (LA)Lost 7–13 at SMU-6SMULost 0–7 vs. Rice-7RiceLost 0–26 at Texas-26Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsSouthwestern UW 43–⁠091%
Oct 4atNebraskaL 0–⁠1335%
Oct 11vsTulaneL 9–⁠1952%
Oct 18vsTCUL 0–⁠337%
Oct 25atArkansasL 0–⁠1343%
Nov 1vsCentenary (LA)W 7–⁠670%
Nov 8atSMUL 7–⁠1329%
Nov 15vsRiceL 0–⁠762%
Nov 27atTexasL 0–⁠2617%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas 26–⁠0; 7th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 116th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
2–⁠7
Conference
0–⁠5 7th in Southwest Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
66–⁠100
Coach
Madison Bell
Elo
1423 −112 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−0.8 No. 54 of 106 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team

First team

  • Adrian TracyEAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1930 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1930 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas4–⁠18–⁠1–⁠1
Baylor3–⁠1–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
TCU4–⁠29–⁠2–⁠1
SMU2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Arkansas2–⁠23–⁠6
Rice2–⁠48–⁠4
Texas A&M0–⁠52–⁠7

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