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1956 Texas A&M

9–⁠0–⁠1 (6–⁠0 Southwest Conference), coached by Bear Bryant, finished No. 5 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1956, game by game: won vs. Villanova 19–0; won at LSU 9–6; won vs. Texas Tech 40–7; tied at Houston 14–14; won vs. No. 4 TCU 7–6; won at No. 8 Baylor 19–13; won vs. Arkansas 27–0; won at SMU 33–7; won vs. Rice 21–7; won at Texas 34–21+33Won 19–0 vs. Villanova+19VillanovaWon 9–6 at LSU+3LSUWon 40–7 vs. Texas Tech+33Texas TechTied 14–14 at Houston0HoustonWon 7–6 vs. No. 4 TCU+1No. 4 TCUWon 19–13 at No. 8 Baylor+6No. 8 BaylorWon 27–0 vs. Arkansas+27ArkansasWon 33–7 at SMU+26SMUWon 21–7 vs. Rice+14RiceWon 34–21 at Texas+13Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vsVillanovaW 19–⁠082%
Sep 29atLSUW 9–⁠649%
Oct 6vsTexas TechW 40–⁠765%
Oct 13atHoustonT 14–⁠1453%
Oct 20vs4TCUW 7–⁠645%
Oct 27at8BaylorW 19–⁠1339%
Nov 3vsArkansasW 27–⁠062%
Nov 10atSMUW 33–⁠755%
Nov 17vsRiceW 21–⁠778%
Nov 29atTexasW 34–⁠2178%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Texas 34–⁠21; No. 5 in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 12th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 9
  2. Wk 2: 11
  3. Wk 3: 11
  4. Wk 4: 9
  5. Wk 5: 14
  6. Wk 6: 7
  7. Wk 7: 5
  8. Wk 8: 5
  9. Wk 9: 5
  10. Wk 10: 4
  11. Wk 11: 5
  12. Final: 5

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 1956.

Southwest Conference champions6–⁠0 in the conference

Record
9–⁠0–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠0 first in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 5 peak No. 4
Points
223–⁠81
Coach
Bear Bryant
Elo
1704 +154 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
21.0 No. 7 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1957

The 1957 draft
Rd 2Jack Pardee BLos Angeles Rams

All-Southwest Conference

6 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1956 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1956 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M6–⁠09–⁠0–⁠15
TCU5–⁠18–⁠314
Baylor4–⁠29–⁠211
Arkansas3–⁠36–⁠4
SMU2–⁠44–⁠6
Rice1–⁠54–⁠6
Texas0–⁠61–⁠9

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