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1919 Texas A&M Aggies football
National champion ( Billingsley MOV)
Co-national champion ( NCF)
SWC champion
TIAA champion
Conference Southwest Conference
Record10–0 (4–0 SWC)
Head coach
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
1919 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas A&M $ 7 0 0 10 0 0
Rice 6 1 0 8 1 0
Texas 4 1 0 6 4 0
Baylor 3 3 1 5 3 1
Howard Payne 2 3 0 6 3 0
Austin 2 3 0 4 3 1
SMU 2 4 1 5 4 1
Southwestern (TX) 2 5 0 3 5 0
TCU 1 4 0 1 7 0
Trinity (TX) 0 5 0 2 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1919 Texas A&M Aggies football team was an American football team that represented Texas A&M University in the Southwest Conference during the 1919 college football season. In their second season under head coach Dana X. Bible, the Aggies compiled a 10–0, won the Southwest Conference championship, did not allow a single point during the season, and outscored opponents by a total of 275 to 0. [1] Texas A&M began the season with a doubleheader in College Station and scored a combined 105 points.

There was no contemporaneous system in 1919 for determining a national champion. However, Texas A&M was retroactively named as the national champion for 1919 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. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3 Sam Houston Normal*W 77–0 [3]
October 3 Southwest Texas State*
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
W 28–0 [3]
October 11at SMUW 16–0 [4] [5]
October 18 Howard Payne*
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
W 12–0 [6]
October 24 Trinity (TX)*
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
W 42–0 [7]
November 1 Oklahoma A&M
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
W 28–0 [8]
November 8at BaylorW 10–0> 12,000 [9]
November 15 TCU*
W 48–0 [10]
November 20 Southwestern (TX)*
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
W 7–0 [11]
November 27 Texas
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX ( rivalry)
W 7–07,500 [12]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1919 Texas A&M Aggies Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  2. ^ 2020 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). Indianapolis: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. July 2020. pp. 112–114. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "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 icon.
  4. ^ "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 icon.
  5. ^ "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 icon.
  6. ^ "Texas Farmers Hold Payners Scoreless; 12 to 0". El Paso Times. October 19, 1919. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Aggies Win Easily; Mahan Is Big Star; Players Feel Heat". The Houston Post. October 25, 1919. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Texas A. & M. Shuts Out Oklahoma 28-0; Prestige Growing". The Houston Post. November 2, 1919. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Aggies Beat Bears Final Result 10-0; Big Crowd Attends: Cotton Palace Thronged While Farmers Win From Baylorites". The Houston Post. November 9, 1919. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ 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 icon.
  11. ^ "Southwestern Men Beaten by A. and M. Machine, 7 to 0". The Houston Post. November 21, 1919. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ William J. Weeg (November 28, 1919). "Aggies Win Football Championship; Defeat Longhorns by 7 to 0". The Statesman. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.