1948 Texas A&M

0–⁠9–⁠1 (0–⁠5–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Harry Stiteler.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1948, game by game: lost at Villanova 14–34; lost at Texas Tech 14–20; lost at Oklahoma 14–42; lost at LSU 13–14; lost vs. TCU 14–27; lost at Baylor 14–20; lost vs. Arkansas 6–28; lost at No. 8 SMU 14–20; lost vs. Rice 6–28; tied at Texas 14–14+7−28Lost 14–34 at Villanova-20VillanovaLost 14–20 at Texas Tech-6Texas TechLost 14–42 at Oklahoma-28OklahomaLost 13–14 at LSU-1LSULost 14–27 vs. TCU-13TCULost 14–20 at Baylor-6BaylorLost 6–28 vs. Arkansas-22ArkansasLost 14–20 at No. 8 SMU-6No. 8 SMULost 6–28 vs. Rice-22RiceTied 14–14 at Texas0Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18atVillanovaL 14–⁠3432%
Sep 25atTexas TechL 14–⁠2029%
Oct 2atOklahomaL 14–⁠4227%
Oct 9atLSUL 13–⁠1422%
Oct 16vsTCUL 14–⁠2744%
Oct 23atBaylorL 14–⁠2022%
Oct 30vsArkansasL 6–⁠2840%
Nov 6at8SMUL 14–⁠209%
Nov 13vsRiceL 6–⁠2829%
Nov 25atTexasT 14–⁠1410%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Texas 14–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 124th-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 1948.

Record
0–⁠9–⁠1
Conference
0–⁠5–⁠1 7th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
123–⁠247
Coach
Harry Stiteler
Elo
1353 −115 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−0.6 No. 63 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1949

The 1949 draft
Rd 1Rob Goode BWashington Redskins
Rd 3Jim Winkler OTLos Angeles Rams

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team

First team

  • Odell StautzenbergerOGUP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1948 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
SMU5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠110
Texas4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Baylor3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠2
Rice3–⁠2–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Arkansas2–⁠45–⁠5
TCU1–⁠4–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Texas A&M0–⁠5–⁠10–⁠9–⁠1

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