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1944 Texas A&M

7–⁠4 (2–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by Homer Norton.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1944, game by game: won vs. Bryan Field 39–0; won vs. Texas Tech 27–14; lost at Oklahoma 14–21; won at LSU 7–0; lost vs. TCU 7–13; won vs. Texas–Arlington 61–0; lost vs. Arkansas 6–7; won at SMU 39–6; won at Rice 19–6; lost at Texas 0–6; won at Miami 70–14+61−7Won 39–0 vs. Bryan Field+39Bryan FieldWon 27–14 vs. Texas Tech+13Texas TechLost 14–21 at Oklahoma-7OklahomaWon 7–0 at LSU+7LSULost 7–13 vs. TCU-6TCUWon 61–0 vs. Texas–Arlington+61Texas–ArlingtonLost 6–7 vs. Arkansas-1ArkansasWon 39–6 at SMU+33SMUWon 19–6 at Rice+13RiceLost 0–6 at Texas-6TexasWon 70–14 at Miami+56Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsBryan FieldW 39–⁠093%
Sep 30vsTexas TechW 27–⁠1480%
Oct 7atOklahomaL 14–⁠2155%
Oct 14atLSUW 7–⁠047%
Oct 21vsTCUL 7–⁠1373%
Oct 28vsTexas–ArlingtonW 61–⁠091%
Nov 4vsArkansasL 6–⁠782%
Nov 11atSMUW 39–⁠667%
Nov 18atRiceW 19–⁠668%
Nov 30atTexasL 0–⁠648%
Dec 8atMiamiW 70–⁠1480%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Miami 70–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

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 1944.

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
2–⁠3 tied for 4th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
289–⁠87
Coach
Homer Norton
Elo
1592 +9 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.5 No. 32 of 95 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1945

The 1945 draft
Rd 3Damon Tassos OGBoston Yanks

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1944 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1944 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
TCU3–⁠1–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Texas3–⁠25–⁠4
Arkansas2–⁠2–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Texas A&M2–⁠37–⁠4
SMU2–⁠35–⁠5
Rice2–⁠35–⁠6

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