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1969 Texas A&M

3–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Southwest Conference), coached by Gene Stallings.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1969, game by game: lost at LSU 6–35; lost at Nebraska 0–14; won at Army 20–13; lost at Texas Tech 9–13; lost at TCU 6–16; won vs. Baylor 24–0; lost at No. 4 Arkansas 13–35; won vs. SMU 20–10; lost at Rice 6–7; lost vs. No. 1 Texas 12–49+24−37Lost 6–35 at LSU-29LSULost 0–14 at Nebraska-14NebraskaWon 20–13 at Army+7ArmyLost 9–13 at Texas Tech-4Texas TechLost 6–16 at TCU-10TCUWon 24–0 vs. Baylor+24BaylorLost 13–35 at No. 4 Arkansas-22No. 4 ArkansasWon 20–10 vs. SMU+10SMULost 6–7 at Rice-1RiceLost 12–49 vs. No. 1 Texas-37No. 1 Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20atLSUL 6–⁠3533%
Sep 27atNebraskaL 0–⁠1439%
Oct 4atArmyW 20–⁠1325%
Oct 11atTexas TechL 9–⁠1344%
Oct 18atTCUL 6–⁠1654%
Oct 25vsBaylorW 24–⁠072%
Nov 1at4ArkansasL 13–⁠3519%
Nov 8vsSMUW 20–⁠1054%
Nov 15atRiceL 6–⁠766%
Nov 27vs1TexasL 12–⁠4922%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas 49–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 103rd-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 1969.

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
116–⁠192
Coach
Gene Stallings
Elo
1469 −43 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.2 No. 44 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1970

The 1970 draft
Rd 1Larry Stegent RBSt. Louis Cardinals
Rd 3Billy Bob Barnett DEKansas City Chiefs
Rd 4Ross Brupbacher LBChicago Bears

All-Southwest Conference

5 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1969 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1969 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas7–⁠011–⁠01
Arkansas6–⁠19–⁠27
Texas Tech4–⁠35–⁠5
TCU4–⁠34–⁠6
SMU3–⁠43–⁠7
Rice2–⁠53–⁠7
Texas A&M2–⁠53–⁠7
Baylor0–⁠70–⁠10

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