1952 Texas A&M

3–⁠6–⁠1 (1–⁠4–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Ray George.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1952, game by game: won at Houston 21–13; won vs. Oklahoma State 14–7; lost vs. Kentucky 7–10; lost at No. 2 Michigan State 6–48; tied vs. TCU 7–7; lost at Baylor 20–21; won vs. Arkansas 31–12; lost at SMU 13–21; lost vs. Rice 6–16; lost at No. 10 Texas 12–32+19−42Won 21–13 at Houston+8HoustonWon 14–7 vs. Oklahoma State+7Oklahoma StateLost 7–10 vs. Kentucky-3KentuckyLost 6–48 at No. 2 Michigan State-42No. 2 Michigan StateTied 7–7 vs. TCU0TCULost 20–21 at Baylor-1BaylorWon 31–12 vs. Arkansas+19ArkansasLost 13–21 at SMU-8SMULost 6–16 vs. Rice-10RiceLost 12–32 at No. 10 Texas-20No. 10 Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20atHoustonW 21–⁠1353%
Sep 27vsOklahoma StateW 14–⁠775%
Oct 4vsKentuckyL 7–⁠1055%
Oct 11at2Michigan StateL 6–⁠4823%
Oct 18vsTCUT 7–⁠755%
Oct 25atBaylorL 20–⁠2127%
Nov 1vsArkansasW 31–⁠1270%
Nov 8atSMUL 13–⁠2149%
Nov 15vsRiceL 6–⁠1667%
Nov 27at10TexasL 12–⁠3219%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas 32–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 101st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
3–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠4–⁠1 6th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
137–⁠187
Coach
Ray George
Elo
1484 −55 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.3 No. 39 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southwest Conference

3 first team

First team

  • Ray GravesBUP-1
  • Jack LittleDTAP-1
  • Joe BoringSAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1952 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1952 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas6–⁠09–⁠210
Rice4–⁠25–⁠5
SMU3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
TCU2–⁠2–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Baylor1–⁠3–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Texas A&M1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Arkansas1–⁠52–⁠8

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