1938 Texas A&M
4–4–1 (2–3–1 Southwest Conference), coached by Homer Norton. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Texas A&M–Kingsville 52–0Sep 24
By 52 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | vsTexas A&M–Kingsville | W 52–0 | 92% |
| Oct 1 | vs Tulsa | W 20–0 | 54% |
| Oct 8 | vsSanta Clara | L 0–7 | 48% |
| Oct 15 | vs TCU | L 6–34 | 48% |
| Oct 22 | at 17Baylor | T 6–6 | 36% |
| Oct 29 | vs Arkansas | W 13–7 | 53% |
| Nov 5 | at SMU | L 7–10 | 49% |
| Nov 12 | vs Rice | W 27–0 | 53% |
| Nov 24 | at Texas | L 6–7 | 73% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Texas 7–6; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 67th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 3: 19
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 1938.
- Record
- 4–4–1
- Conference
- 2–3–1 5th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 19
- Points
- 137–71
- Coach
- Homer Norton
- Elo
- 1574 +8 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 4.6 No. 44 of 122 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
Drafted in 1939
The 1939 draft| Rd 5 | Zed Coston OG | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Rd 5 | Dick Todd B | Washington Redskins |
All-Southwest Conference
3 first teamFirst team
Dick ToddB
John KimbroughBNEA-1
Joe BoydOTAP-1; NEA-1
From Wikipedia’s 1938 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1938 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| TCU | 6–0 | 11–0 | 1 |
| SMU | 4–2 | 6–4 | |
| Baylor | 3–2–1 | 7–2–1 | |
| Rice | 3–3 | 4–6 | |
| Texas A&M | 2–3–1 | 4–4–1 | |
| Arkansas | 1–5 | 2–7–1 | |
| Texas | 1–5 | 1–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.