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1950 Texas A&M

7–⁠4 (3–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by Harry Stiteler.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1950, game by game: won vs. Nevada 48–18; won vs. Texas Tech 34–13; lost at No. 5 Oklahoma 28–34; won vs. VMI 52–0; won vs. TCU 42–23; lost at Baylor 20–27; won vs. Arkansas 42–13; won at No. 7 SMU 25–20; lost vs. Rice 13–21; lost at Texas 0–17; won vs. Georgia 40–20+52−17Won 48–18 vs. Nevada+30NevadaWon 34–13 vs. Texas Tech+21Texas TechLost 28–34 at No. 5 Oklahoma-6No. 5 OklahomaWon 52–0 vs. VMI+52VMIWon 42–23 vs. TCU+19TCULost 20–27 at Baylor-7BaylorWon 42–13 vs. Arkansas+29ArkansasWon 25–20 at No. 7 SMU+5No. 7 SMULost 13–21 vs. Rice-8RiceLost 0–17 at Texas-17TexasWon 40–20 vs. Georgia+20Georgia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsNevadaW 48–⁠1839%
Sep 30vsTexas TechW 34–⁠1349%
Oct 7at5OklahomaL 28–⁠3415%
Oct 14vsVMIW 52–⁠055%
Oct 21vsTCUW 42–⁠2347%
Oct 28atBaylorL 20–⁠2736%
Nov 4vsArkansasW 42–⁠1362%
Nov 11at7SMUW 25–⁠2023%
Nov 18vsRiceL 13–⁠2149%
Nov 30atTexasL 0–⁠1720%
Dec 9Bowls & playoffvsGeorgiaPresidential Cup BowlW 40–⁠2047%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Georgia 40–⁠20 in the Presidential Cup Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 64th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 13
  2. Wk 8: 12

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 1950.

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
344–⁠206
Coach
Harry Stiteler
Elo
1575 +180 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.2 No. 9 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1951

The 1951 draft
Rd 4Bob Smith BCleveland Browns

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas6–⁠09–⁠23
Baylor4–⁠27–⁠3
Texas A&M3–⁠37–⁠4
TCU3–⁠35–⁠5
Rice2–⁠46–⁠4
SMU2–⁠46–⁠4
Arkansas1–⁠52–⁠8

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