1964 Texas A&M

1–⁠9 (1–⁠6 Southwest Conference), coached by Hank Foldberg.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1964, game by game: lost at LSU 6–9; lost at Houston 0–10; lost vs. Texas Tech 12–16; lost at USC 7–31; lost vs. TCU 9–14; lost at Baylor 16–20; lost vs. No. 4 Arkansas 0–17; won at SMU 23–0; lost at Rice 8–19; lost at No. 5 Texas 7–26+23−24Lost 6–9 at LSU-3LSULost 0–10 at Houston-10HoustonLost 12–16 vs. Texas Tech-4Texas TechLost 7–31 at USC-24USCLost 9–14 vs. TCU-5TCULost 16–20 at Baylor-4BaylorLost 0–17 vs. No. 4 Arkansas-17No. 4 ArkansasWon 23–0 at SMU+23SMULost 8–19 at Rice-11RiceLost 7–26 at No. 5 Texas-19No. 5 Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atLSUL 6–⁠924%
Sep 25atHoustonL 0–⁠1040%
Oct 3vsTexas TechL 12–⁠1653%
Oct 10atUSCL 7–⁠3117%
Oct 17vsTCUL 9–⁠1456%
Oct 24atBaylorL 16–⁠2023%
Oct 31vs4ArkansasL 0–⁠1722%
Nov 7atSMUW 23–⁠037%
Nov 14atRiceL 8–⁠1931%
Nov 26at5TexasL 7–⁠268%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas 26–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 121st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

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 1964.

Record
1–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠6 7th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
88–⁠162
Coach
Hank Foldberg
Elo
1385 −67 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.8 No. 62 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Mike PitmanB
  • Ray HinzeOTUPI-1

Second team

  • John BrothertonEUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1964 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas7–⁠011–⁠02
Texas6–⁠110–⁠15
Baylor4–⁠35–⁠5
Texas Tech3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Rice3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
TCU3–⁠44–⁠6
Texas A&M1–⁠61–⁠9
SMU0–⁠71–⁠9

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