1919 Texas A&M Aggies football team

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1919 Texas A&M Aggies football
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National champion (Billingsley MOV)
Co-national champion (NCF)
Southwest Conference champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
1919 record10–0 (4–0 SWC)
Head coach
  • Dana X. Bible (2nd season)
Seasons
← 1918
1920 →
1919 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas A&M $ 4 0 0 10 0 0
Rice 3 1 0 8 1 0
Oklahoma 2 1 0 5 2 3
Texas 3 2 0 6 3 0
Arkansas 1 2 0 3 4 0
SMU 0 2 1 5 4 1
Oklahoma A&M 0 2 0 3 3 2
Baylor 0 3 1 5 3 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1919 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M during the 1919 college football season. Texas A&M began the season with a doubleheader in College Station, scored a combined 105 points, and never looked back on their way to an undefeated 1919 season. The team was retroactively recognized as the 1919 national champion by the Billingsley Report (using its alternate "margin of victory" methodology) and as a co-national champion with Harvard and Notre Dame by the National Championship Foundation.[1]

Overall, Texas A&M won 79.8% of their games played in the decade, with 77.4% of all games being at home for the Aggies.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3Sam Houston State*College Station, TXW 77–0
October 3Southwest Texas State*College Station, TXW 28–0[2]
October 11at SMU
  • Gardner Park
  • Dallas, TX
W 16–0[3][4]
October 18Howard Payne*College Station, TXW 12–0
October 24Trinity (TX)*College Station, TXW 42–0
October 31Oklahoma A&MCollege Station, TXW 28–0
November 8at Baylor
W 10–0
November 15TCU*
  • Y. M. C. A. Park
  • Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)
W 48–0[5]
November 20Southwestern (TX)*College Station, TXW 7–0
November 27TexasCollege Station, TX (rivalry)W 7–0
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  2. ^ "Farmers Beat Sam Houston and San Marcos Yesterday". The Houston Post. Houston, Texas. October 4, 1919. p. 11. Retrieved August 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  3. ^ "S. M. U. Of Notion She Will Beat A. & M. Eleven". The Eagle. Bryan, Texas. October 9, 1919. p. 1. Retrieved August 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. ^ "Mustangs Put Up Tough Battle; Lose To Farmers". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. October 12, 1919. p. 22. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. ^ Dee, Billy (November 8, 1919). "Football Interest Focused Upon Rice and Texas Games". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. p. 7. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
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