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1936 Texas A&M

8–⁠3–⁠1 (3–⁠2–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Homer Norton.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1936, game by game: won vs. Sam Houston 39–6; won at Hardin Simmons 3–0; won at Rice 3–0; won vs. TCU 18–7; tied at Baylor 0–0; lost vs. Arkansas 0–18; won at No. 12 SMU 22–6; won at Utah 20–7; lost at Centenary (LA) 0–3; lost at Texas 0–7; won vs. Manhattan 13–6; won at San Francisco 38–14+33−18Won 39–6 vs. Sam Houston+33Sam HoustonWon 3–0 at Hardin Simmons+3Hardin SimmonsWon 3–0 at Rice+3RiceWon 18–7 vs. TCU+11TCUTied 0–0 at Baylor0BaylorLost 0–18 vs. Arkansas-18ArkansasWon 22–6 at No. 12 SMU+16No. 12 SMUWon 20–7 at Utah+13UtahLost 0–3 at Centenary (LA)-3Centenary (LA)Lost 0–7 at Texas-7TexasWon 13–6 vs. Manhattan+7ManhattanWon 38–14 at San Francisco+24San Francisco
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsSam HoustonW 39–⁠683%
Oct 3atHardin SimmonsW 3–⁠074%
Oct 10atRiceW 3–⁠031%
Oct 17vsTCUW 18–⁠735%
Oct 24atBaylorT 0–⁠043%
Oct 31vsArkansasL 0–⁠1861%
Nov 7at12SMUW 22–⁠621%
Nov 14atUtahW 20–⁠735%
Nov 21atCentenary (LA)L 0–⁠358%
Nov 26atTexasL 0–⁠757%
Dec 5vsManhattanW 13–⁠682%
Dec 12atSan FranciscoW 38–⁠1455%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat San Francisco 38–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 73rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 14
  2. Wk 4: 15
  3. Wk 5: 14

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 1936.

Record
8–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠2–⁠1 tied for 3rd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 14
Points
156–⁠74
Coach
Homer Norton
Elo
1560 +116 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
11.2 No. 23 of 131 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southwest Conference

3 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Richard VitekBAP-2
  • Jim ShockeyBAP-2
  • John MorrowEAP-2
  • John WhitfieldOTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1936 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1936 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas5–⁠17–⁠318
TCU4–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠216
Texas A&M3–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠1
Baylor3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
SMU2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Rice1–⁠55–⁠7
Texas1–⁠52–⁠6–⁠1

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