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1975 Texas A&M

10–⁠2 (6–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Emory Bellard, finished No. 11 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1975, game by game: won vs. Ole Miss 7–0; won at LSU 39–8; won vs. Illinois 43–13; won at Kansas State 10–0; won at Texas Tech 38–9; won at TCU 14–6; won vs. Baylor 19–10; won vs. SMU 36–3; won at Rice 33–14; won vs. No. 5 Texas 20–10; lost at No. 18 Arkansas 6–31; lost vs. USC 0–20+33−25Won 7–0 vs. Ole Miss+7Ole MissWon 39–8 at LSU+31LSUWon 43–13 vs. Illinois+30IllinoisWon 10–0 at Kansas State+10Kansas StateWon 38–9 at Texas Tech+29Texas TechWon 14–6 at TCU+8TCUWon 19–10 vs. Baylor+9BaylorWon 36–3 vs. SMU+33SMUWon 33–14 at Rice+19RiceWon 20–10 vs. No. 5 Texas+10No. 5 TexasLost 6–31 at No. 18 Arkansas-25No. 18 ArkansasLost 0–20 vs. USC-20USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsOle MissW 7–⁠072%
Sep 20atLSUW 39–⁠846%
Sep 27vsIllinoisW 43–⁠1372%
Oct 4atKansas StateW 10–⁠061%
Oct 11atTexas TechW 38–⁠958%
Oct 18atTCUW 14–⁠687%
Oct 25vsBaylorW 19–⁠1080%
Nov 8vsSMUW 36–⁠384%
Nov 15atRiceW 33–⁠1477%
Nov 28vs5TexasW 20–⁠1058%
Dec 6at18ArkansasL 6–⁠3152%
Dec 22Bowls & playoffvsUSCLiberty BowlL 0–⁠2057%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to USC 20–⁠0 in the Liberty Bowl; No. 11 in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 23rd-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: 8
  3. Wk 3: 11
  4. Wk 4: 8
  5. Wk 5: 6
  6. Wk 6: 6
  7. Wk 7: 5
  8. Wk 8: 5
  9. Wk 9: 5
  10. Wk 10: 4
  11. Wk 11: 3
  12. Wk 12: 3
  13. Wk 13: 2
  14. Wk 14: 2
  15. Final: 11

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 1975.

Southwest Conference champions6–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Arkansas and Texas

2 consensus All-AmericansEd Simonini, LB; Pat Thomas, DB

Record
10–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠1 shared first in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 11 peak No. 2
Points
265–⁠124
Coach
Emory Bellard
Elo
1667 +99 this season
SP+ rating
19.1 No. 15 of 132; offense No. 43, defense No. 4
SRS
20.0 No. 8 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Tom Wilson
Defensive coordinator
Melvin Robertson
Offense
Wishbone

Drafted in 1976

The 1976 draft
Rd 1Bubba Bean RBAtlanta Falcons
Rd 2Glenn Bujnoch OGCincinnati Bengals
Rd 2Pat Thomas DBLos Angeles Rams
Rd 3Ed Simonini LBBaltimore Colts
Rd 7Jackie Williams DBBuffalo Bills
Rd 7Garth Ten Napel LBDetroit Lions

All-Southwest Conference

8 first team, 6 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1975 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas6–⁠110–⁠27
Texas6–⁠110–⁠26
Texas A&M6–⁠110–⁠211
Texas Tech4–⁠36–⁠5
SMU2–⁠54–⁠7
Baylor2–⁠53–⁠6–⁠2
Rice1–⁠62–⁠9
TCU1–⁠61–⁠10

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