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1939 Texas A&M

11–⁠0 (6–⁠0 Southwest Conference), coached by Homer Norton, finished No. 1 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1939, game by game: won at Oklahoma State 32–0; won vs. Centenary (LA) 14–0; won at Santa Clara 7–3; won vs. Villanova 33–7; won at TCU 20–6; won vs. Baylor 20–0; won at Arkansas 27–0; won vs. No. 13 SMU 6–2; won at Rice 19–0; won vs. Texas 20–0; won vs. No. 5 Tulane 14–13+32Won 32–0 at Oklahoma State+32Oklahoma StateWon 14–0 vs. Centenary (LA)+14Centenary (LA)Won 7–3 at Santa Clara+4Santa ClaraWon 33–7 vs. Villanova+26VillanovaWon 20–6 at TCU+14TCUWon 20–0 vs. Baylor+20BaylorWon 27–0 at Arkansas+27ArkansasWon 6–2 vs. No. 13 SMU+4No. 13 SMUWon 19–0 at Rice+19RiceWon 20–0 vs. Texas+20TexasWon 14–13 vs. No. 5 Tulane+1No. 5 Tulane
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23atOklahoma StateW 32–⁠071%
Sep 30vsCentenary (LA)W 14–⁠075%
Oct 7atSanta ClaraW 7–⁠335%
Oct 14vsVillanovaW 33–⁠744%
Oct 21atTCUW 20–⁠642%
Oct 28vsBaylorW 20–⁠070%
Nov 4atArkansasW 27–⁠073%
Nov 11vs13SMUW 6–⁠275%
Nov 18atRiceW 19–⁠075%
Nov 30vsTexasW 20–⁠085%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs5TulaneSugar BowlW 14–⁠1354%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tulane 14–⁠13 in the Sugar Bowl; No. 1 in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 6th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 9
  2. Wk 2: 5
  3. Wk 3: 5
  4. Wk 4: 2
  5. Wk 5: 2
  6. Wk 6: 1
  7. Wk 7: 1
  8. Wk 8: 1
  9. Final: 1

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 1939.

National championsNo. 1 in the final AP poll, and a title the school claims

Southwest Conference champions6–⁠0 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanJohn Kimbrough, FB

Record
11–⁠0
Conference
6–⁠0 first in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 1 peak No. 1
Points
212–⁠31
Coach
Homer Norton
Elo
1742 +193 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
21.8 No. 1 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1940

The 1940 draft
Rd 6Joe Boyd OTWashington Redskins

All-Southwest Conference

5 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bill ConatserBAP-2
  • Ernie PannellOTAP-2; UP-2
  • Charles HenkeOGUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1939 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1939 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M6–⁠011–⁠01
Baylor4–⁠27–⁠3
SMU4–⁠26–⁠3–⁠1
Texas3–⁠35–⁠4
Arkansas2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
TCU1–⁠53–⁠7
Rice0–⁠5–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1

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