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1951 Texas A&M

5–⁠3–⁠2 (1–⁠3–⁠2 Southwest Conference), coached by Ray George.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1951, game by game: won at UCLA 21–14; won vs. Texas Tech 20–7; won vs. No. 4 Oklahoma 14–7; won at Trinity (Texas) 53–14; lost at TCU 14–20; tied vs. No. 7 Baylor 21–21; lost at Arkansas 21–33; tied vs. SMU 14–14; lost at No. 19 Rice 13–28; won vs. No. 16 Texas 22–21+39−15Won 21–14 at UCLA+7UCLAWon 20–7 vs. Texas Tech+13Texas TechWon 14–7 vs. No. 4 Oklahoma+7No. 4 OklahomaWon 53–14 at Trinity (Texas)+39Trinity (Texas)Lost 14–20 at TCU-6TCUTied 21–21 vs. No. 7 Baylor0No. 7 BaylorLost 21–33 at Arkansas-12ArkansasTied 14–14 vs. SMU0SMULost 13–28 at No. 19 Rice-15No. 19 RiceWon 22–21 vs. No. 16 Texas+1No. 16 Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atUCLAW 21–⁠1440%
Sep 29vsTexas TechW 20–⁠768%
Oct 6vs4OklahomaW 14–⁠743%
Oct 13atTrinity (Texas)W 53–⁠1486%
Oct 20atTCUL 14–⁠2053%
Oct 27vs7BaylorT 21–⁠2150%
Nov 3atArkansasL 21–⁠3360%
Nov 10vsSMUT 14–⁠1463%
Nov 17at19RiceL 13–⁠2839%
Nov 29vs16TexasW 22–⁠2138%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Texas 22–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 74th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 6
  2. Wk 2: 10
  3. Wk 3: 4
  4. Wk 4: 6
  5. Wk 5: 16
  6. Wk 6: 18

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 1951.

Record
5–⁠3–⁠2
Conference
1–⁠3–⁠2 tied for 5th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 4
Points
213–⁠179
Coach
Ray George
Elo
1558 +8 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
14.3 No. 15 of 116 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1952

The 1952 draft
Rd 3Billy Tidwell BSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 3Yale Lary SDetroit Lions

All-Southwest Conference

4 first team

First team

  • Glenn LippmanBUP-1
  • Jack LittleOTAP-1; UP-1
  • Hugh MeyerCAP-1; UP-2
  • Yale LaryDBAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1951 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1951 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
TCU5–⁠16–⁠511
Baylor4–⁠1–⁠18–⁠2–⁠19
Texas3–⁠37–⁠3
Rice3–⁠35–⁠5
Arkansas2–⁠45–⁠5
Texas A&M1–⁠3–⁠25–⁠3–⁠2
SMU1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1

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