1919 Texas A&M Aggies football team
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]
| 1919 Texas A&M Aggies football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| 1919 record | 10–0 (4–0 SWC) |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| October 3 | Sam Houston State* | College Station, TX | W 77–0 | |
| October 3 | Southwest Texas State* | College Station, TX | W 28–0 | [2] |
| October 11 | at SMU | W 16–0 | [3][4] | |
| October 18 | Howard Payne* | College Station, TX | W 12–0 | |
| October 24 | Trinity (TX)* | College Station, TX | W 42–0 | |
| October 31 | Oklahoma A&M | College Station, TX | W 28–0 | |
| November 8 | at Baylor | W 10–0 | ||
| November 15 | TCU* |
| W 48–0 | [5] |
| November 20 | Southwestern (TX)* | College Station, TX | W 7–0 | |
| November 27 | Texas | College Station, TX (rivalry) | W 7–0 | |
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References
- National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
- "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
. - "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 .
- "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 .
- 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 .
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