1939 Texas A&M Aggies football team

1939 Southwest Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1939 Texas A&M Aggies football
1939 Texas A&M Aggies football
AP Poll national champion; Southwest Conference champion; Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 14–13 vs. Tulane
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 1
1939 record	11–0 (6–0 SWC)
Head coach	Homer Norton (6th season);
Home stadium	Kyle Field
	Seasons ← 1938 1940 →

The 1939 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 1939 college football season.

Led by consensus All-American fullback John Kimbrough, the Aggies went undefeated at 11–0 and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 212 to 31. They finished the season ranked in the top spot in the final AP Poll and with a claim to the national championship.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Source
September 23	at Oklahoma A&M*		Lewis Field Stillwater OK	W 32–0
September 30	Centenary*		Kyle Field College Station, TX	W 14–0	^[3]
October 7	at Santa Clara*		Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 7–3
October 14	Villanova*		Tyler High School Tyler, TX (Rose Festival Classic)	W 33–7
October 21	at TCU	No. 9	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	W 20–6
October 28	Baylor	No. 5	Kyle Field College Station, TX (Battle of the Brazos)	W 20–0
November 4	at Arkansas	No. 5	Bailey Stadium Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)	W 27–0
November 11	No. 13 SMU	No. 2	Kyle Field College Station, TX	W 6–2
November 18	at Rice	No. 2	Rice Field Houston, TX	W 19–0
November 30	Texas	No. 1	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	W 20–0
January 1	vs. No. 5 Tulane*	No. 1	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	W 14–13
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

Starting lineup[]

Name	Number	Position
Sterling, James	67	REL
Boyd, Joe	64	RTL
Henke, Charles	38	RGL
Vaughn, Tommie	60	C
Robnett, Marshal Foch "Foxey"	43	LGR
Pannell, Ernest	54	LTR
Smith, Herbert	29	LER
Moser, Derace "Mose"	42	LHR
Thomason, James	47	RHL
Price, Walemon	45	Q
Kimbrough, John "Jarrin"	39	F

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References[]

^ "History – Past Champions". NCAA. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
^ "A Look Back at the Southwest Conference". Texas Almanac. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
^ "Aggies crush Gents, 14–0". Austin American-Statesman. October 1, 1939. Retrieved July 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1939 Texas A&M Aggies National Championship".

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[1] "History – Past Champions". NCAA. Retrieved 2007-12-12.

[2] "A Look Back at the Southwest Conference". Texas Almanac. Retrieved 2018-07-04.

[3] "Aggies crush Gents, 14–0". Austin American-Statesman. October 1, 1939. Retrieved July 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] "1939 Texas A&M Aggies National Championship".

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v t Texas A&M Aggies football
Venues	Kyle Field (1904–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas Baylor: Battle of the Brazos LSU TCU Texas Texas Tech
Culture & lore	Reveille "Aggie War Hymn" Aggie Band 12th man Aggie Bonfire Junction Boys film Sherman era 1998 Big 12 Championship Game Highest scoring Division I game
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
National championship seasons in bold

v t College football national champions (poll era)
1936–1949	1936: Minnesota (AP) 1937: Pittsburgh 1938: TCU 1939: Texas A&M 1940: Minnesota 1941: Minnesota 1942: Ohio State 1943: Notre Dame 1944: Army 1945: Army (AP) / Oklahoma A&M (Coaches) 1946: Notre Dame 1947: Notre Dame 1948: Michigan 1949: Notre Dame
1950s	1950: Oklahoma (AP, Coaches) 1951: Tennessee 1952: Michigan State 1953: Maryland 1954: Ohio State (AP) / UCLA (FWAA, Coaches) 1955: Oklahoma 1956: Oklahoma 1957: Auburn (AP) / Ohio State (Coaches, FWAA) 1958: LSU (AP, Coaches) / Iowa (FWAA) 1959: Syracuse (AP, Coaches, FWAA, NFF)
1960s	1960: Minnesota (AP, Coaches, NFF) / Ole Miss (FWAA) 1961: Alabama (AP, Coaches, NFF) / Ohio State (FWAA) 1962: USC 1963: Texas 1964: Alabama (AP, Coaches) / Arkansas (FWAA) / Notre Dame (NFF) 1965: Alabama (AP, FWAA) / Michigan State (Coaches, FWAA, NFF) 1966: Notre Dame (AP, Coaches, FWAA, NFF) / Michigan State (NFF) 1967: USC 1968: Ohio State 1969: Texas
1970s	1970: Nebraska (AP, FWAA) / Texas (NFF, Coaches) / Ohio State (NFF) 1971: Nebraska 1972: USC 1973: Notre Dame (AP, FWAA, NFF) / Alabama (Coaches) 1974: Oklahoma (AP) / USC (FWAA, NFF, Coaches) 1975: Oklahoma 1976: Pittsburgh 1977: Notre Dame 1978: Alabama (AP, FWAA, NFF) / USC (Coaches) 1979: Alabama
1980–1991	1980: Georgia 1981: Clemson 1982: Penn State 1983: Miami (FL) 1984: BYU 1985: Oklahoma 1986: Penn State 1987: Miami (FL) 1988: Notre Dame 1989: Miami (FL) 1990: Colorado (AP, FWAA, NFF, USAT/CNN) / Georgia Tech (Coaches) 1991: Miami (FL) (AP) / Washington (Coaches, FWAA, UPI/NFF)

1939 Texas A&M Aggies football
AP Poll national champion^[1] Southwest Conference champion^[2] Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 14–13 vs. Tulane
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 1
1939 record	11–0 (6–0 SWC)
Head coach	Homer Norton (6th season)
Home stadium	Kyle Field
Seasons ← 1938 1940 →

1939 Southwest Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Texas A&M $	6	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	0
Baylor	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
SMU	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
Texas	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Arkansas	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
TCU	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Rice	0	–	5	–	1	1	–	9	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll