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1957 Texas A&M

8–⁠3 (4–⁠2 Southwest Conference), coached by Bear Bryant, finished No. 9 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1957, game by game: won vs. Maryland 21–13; won at Texas Tech 21–0; won at Missouri 28–0; won vs. Houston 28–6; won at TCU 7–0; won vs. Baylor 14–0; won at No. 11 Arkansas 7–6; won vs. SMU 19–6; lost at No. 20 Rice 6–7; lost vs. Texas 7–9; lost vs. No. 18 Tennessee 0–3+28−3Won 21–13 vs. Maryland+8MarylandWon 21–0 at Texas Tech+21Texas TechWon 28–0 at Missouri+28MissouriWon 28–6 vs. Houston+22HoustonWon 7–0 at TCU+7TCUWon 14–0 vs. Baylor+14BaylorWon 7–6 at No. 11 Arkansas+1No. 11 ArkansasWon 19–6 vs. SMU+13SMULost 6–7 at No. 20 Rice-1No. 20 RiceLost 7–9 vs. Texas-2TexasLost 0–3 vs. No. 18 Tennessee-3No. 18 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsMarylandW 21–⁠1375%
Sep 28atTexas TechW 21–⁠071%
Oct 5atMissouriW 28–⁠067%
Oct 12vsHoustonW 28–⁠669%
Oct 19atTCUW 7–⁠056%
Oct 26vsBaylorW 14–⁠071%
Nov 2at11ArkansasW 7–⁠662%
Nov 9vsSMUW 19–⁠685%
Nov 16at20RiceL 6–⁠772%
Nov 28vsTexasL 7–⁠981%
Dec 28Bowls & playoffvs18TennesseeGator BowlL 0–⁠359%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 3–⁠0 in the Gator Bowl; No. 9 in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 13th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

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

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 1957.

Heisman TrophyJohn David Crow, RB

Consensus All-AmericanJohn David Crow, RB

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠2 3rd in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 9 peak No. 1
Points
158–⁠50
Coach
Bear Bryant
Elo
1700 +64 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.0 No. 12 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1958

The 1958 draft
Rd 1John David Crow RBChicago Cardinals
Rd 1Charlie Krueger DTSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 5Bobby Joe Conrad BNew York Giants

All-Southwest Conference

4 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Rice5–⁠17–⁠48
Texas4–⁠1–⁠16–⁠4–⁠111
Texas A&M4–⁠28–⁠39
SMU3–⁠34–⁠5–⁠1
Arkansas2–⁠46–⁠4
TCU2–⁠45–⁠4–⁠1
Baylor0–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1

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