1937 Texas A&M
5–2–2 (2–2–2 Southwest Conference), coached by Homer Norton. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat San Francisco 42–0Dec 4
By 42 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2 | atManhattan | W 14–7 | 64% |
| Oct 9 | vs Mississippi State | W 14–0 | 49% |
| Oct 16 | at TCU | T 7–7 | 35% |
| Oct 23 | vs 15Baylor | L 0–13 | 56% |
| Oct 30 | at 20Arkansas | L 13–26 | 34% |
| Nov 6 | vs SMU | W 14–0 | 59% |
| Nov 13 | at 15Rice | T 6–6 | 45% |
| Nov 25 | vs Texas | W 7–0 | 74% |
| Dec 4 | atSan Francisco | W 42–0 | 61% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat San Francisco 42–0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 54th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 1: 13
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 1937.
- Record
- 5–2–2
- Conference
- 2–2–2 tied for 4th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 13
- Points
- 117–59
- Coach
- Homer Norton
- Elo
- 1599 +59 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 11.3 No. 25 of 126 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1938
The 1938 draft| Rd 3 | Joe Routt OG | Cleveland Rams |
| Rd 7 | Roy Young OG | Washington Redskins |
All-Southwest Conference
3 first team, 1 second teamFrom Wikipedia’s 1937 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1937 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rice | 4–1–1 | 6–3–2 | 18 |
| TCU | 3–1–2 | 4–4–2 | 16 |
| Arkansas | 3–2–1 | 6–2–2 | 14 |
| Baylor | 3–3 | 7–3 | |
 Texas A&M | 2–2–2 | 5–2–2 | |
| SMU | 2–4 | 5–6 | |
| Texas | 1–5 | 2–6–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.