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1931 Texas A&M

7–⁠3 (3–⁠2 Southwest Conference), coached by Madison Bell.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1931, game by game: won vs. Southwestern U 33–0; won vs. Tarleton State 21–0; lost at Tulane 0–7; won vs. Iowa 29–0; lost at TCU 0–6; won vs. Baylor 33–7; won at Centenary (LA) 7–0; lost vs. SMU 0–8; won at Rice 7–0; won vs. Texas 7–6+33−8Won 33–0 vs. Southwestern U+33Southwestern UWon 21–0 vs. Tarleton State+21Tarleton StateLost 0–7 at Tulane-7TulaneWon 29–0 vs. Iowa+29IowaLost 0–6 at TCU-6TCUWon 33–7 vs. Baylor+26BaylorWon 7–0 at Centenary (LA)+7Centenary (LA)Lost 0–8 vs. SMU-8SMUWon 7–0 at Rice+7RiceWon 7–6 vs. Texas+1Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsSouthwestern UW 33–⁠086%
Sep 26vsTarleton StateW 21–⁠086%
Oct 3atTulaneL 0–⁠722%
Oct 10vsIowaW 29–⁠054%
Oct 17atTCUL 0–⁠632%
Oct 24vsBaylorW 33–⁠749%
Oct 31atCentenary (LA)W 7–⁠047%
Nov 7vsSMUL 0–⁠841%
Nov 14atRiceW 7–⁠042%
Nov 26vsTexasW 7–⁠647%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Texas 7–⁠6; 3rd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The tied 81st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
3–⁠2 3rd in Southwest Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
137–⁠34
Coach
Madison Bell
Elo
1546 +97 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.6 No. 31 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team

First team

  • Cliff DomingueBCP-1
  • Carl MouldenOTAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1931 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1931 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
SMU5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠1
TCU4–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠1
Texas A&M3–⁠27–⁠3
Rice3–⁠36–⁠4
Texas2–⁠36–⁠4
Baylor1–⁠53–⁠6
Arkansas0–⁠43–⁠5–⁠1

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