1939 Texas A&M Aggies football team

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1939 Texas A&M Aggies football
Consensus national champion
SWC champion
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 14–13 vs. Tulane
Conference Southwest Conference
Ranking
APNo. 1
Record11–0 (6–0 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadium Kyle Field
Seasons
←  1938
1940  →
1939 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Texas A&M $ 6 –0 –011 –0 –0
Baylor 4 –2 –07 –3 –0
SMU 4 –2 –06 –3 –1
Texas 3 –3 –05 –4 –0
Arkansas 2 –3 –14 –5 –1
TCU 1 –5 –03 –7 –0
Rice 0 –5 –11 –9 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Texas A&M Aggies football team was an American football team that represented Texas A&M University in the Southwest Conference during the 1939 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Homer Norton, the Aggies compiled a perfect 11-0 record, shut out six of eleven opponents, won the Southwest Conference championship, and outscored all opponents by a total of 212 to 31. [1]

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In the final AP Poll released on December 12, the Aggies were ranked No 1 with 1,091 points, edging out Tennessee (970 points), USC (891 points), and Cornell (889 points). [2] They went on to defeat No. 5 Tulane, 14–13, in the 1940 Sugar Bowl. [3]

Fullback John Kimbrough was a consensus pick on the 1939 All-America college football team. [4] Kimbrough was inducted in 1954 into the College Football Hall of Fame. [5]

Tackle Joe Boyd was the team captain. He was also chosen as a first-team All-American by, among others, Grantland Rice for Collier's Weekly and the Sporting News . [6] [7]

Four Texas A&M players were selected by the United Press as first-team players on the 1939 All-Southwest Conference football team: Kimbrough; Boyd; end Herbert Smith; and guard Marshall Robnett. [8]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23at Oklahoma A&M *
W 32–06,000 [9]
September 30 Centenary *
W 14–010,000 [10]
October 6at Santa Clara *
W 7–316,000 [11] [12]
October 14 Villanova *
  • Tyler High School
  • Tyler, TX (Rose Festival Classic)
W 33–714,000 [13]
October 21at TCU No. 9
W 20–625,000 [14]
October 28 Baylor No. 5
W 20–020,000 [15]
November 4at Arkansas No. 5
W 27–011,000 [16]
November 11No. 13 SMU No. 2
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
W 6–230,000 [17]
November 18at Rice No. 2
W 19–025,000 [18]
November 30 Texas No. 1
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX (rivalry)
W 20–040,000 [19]
January 1vs. No. 5 Tulane *No. 1
W 14–1373,000 [3]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Starting lineup

NameNumberPosition
Sterling, James67REL
Boyd, Joe64RTL
Henke, Charles38RGL
Vaughn, Tommie60C
Robnett, Marshal Foch "Foxey"43LGR
Pannell, Ernest54LTR
Smith, Herbert29LER
Moser, Derace "Mose"42LHR
Thomason, James47RHL
Price, Walemon45Q
Kimbrough, John "Jarrin"39F

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  6. ↑ "All America Is Picked By Colliers". Wisconsin State Journal. December 9, 1939.
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  18. ↑ "Aggies Tramp On Rice, 19-0: Owls Gain Eight Yards; While Visitors Pass, Smash To Scores". El Paso Times. November 19, 1939. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
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