American college football season
The1919 Texas A&M Aggies football team was anAmerican football team that representedTexas A&M University in theSouthwest Conference during the1919 college football season . In their second season under head coachDana 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 inCollege Station and scored a combined 105 points.
There was no contemporaneous system in 1919 for determining anational champion . However, Texas A&M was retroactively named as the national champion for 1919 by theBillingsley Report (using its alternate "margin of victory" methodology) and as a co-national champion withHarvard andNotre Dame by theNational Championship Foundation .[ 2]
Alexander, E Anglin, C Askey, FB Ballard, E Barnett, E Carruthers, T Davis, T Drake, T Frazier, FB R. Henry Harrison, HB Roswell G. Higginbotham , HBKeen, T King Arthur B. Knickerbocker, QB Jack Mahan , FBMartin, HB Morris, QB Murgen, G William Murrah , GPattillo, G Jonnie Pierce, E Schudder, G Tom, T Touchstone, E Vandervoort, C Weir, HB Wendt, G Wilson, G ^ "1919 Texas A&M Aggies Schedule and Results" .SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. RetrievedMarch 31, 2022 .^ 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. RetrievedJanuary 12, 2021 .^a b "Farmers Beat Sam Houston and San Marcos Yesterday" .The Houston Post .Houston, Texas . October 4, 1919. p. 11. RetrievedAugust 2, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "S. M. U. Of Notion She Will Beat A. & M. Eleven" .The Eagle .Bryan, Texas . October 9, 1919. p. 1. RetrievedAugust 26, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Mustangs Put Up Tough Battle; Lose To Farmers" .Fort Worth Star-Telegram .Fort Worth, Texas . October 12, 1919. p. 22. RetrievedAugust 24, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Texas Farmers Hold Payners Scoreless; 12 to 0" .El Paso Times . October 19, 1919. p. 11 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Aggies Win Easily; Mahan Is Big Star; Players Feel Heat" .The Houston Post . October 25, 1919. p. 11 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Texas A. & M. Shuts Out Oklahoma 28-0; Prestige Growing" .The Houston Post . November 2, 1919. p. 8 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "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 – viaNewspapers.com .^ Dee, Billy (November 8, 1919)."Football Interest Focused Upon Rice and Texas Games" .Fort Worth Star-Telegram .Fort Worth, Texas . p. 7. RetrievedAugust 24, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com . ^ "Southwestern Men Beaten by A. and M. Machine, 7 to 0" .The Houston Post . November 21, 1919. p. 11 – viaNewspapers.com .^ William J. Weeg (November 28, 1919)."Aggies Win Football Championship; Defeat Longhorns by 7 to 0" .The Statesman . p. 3 – viaNewspapers.com .
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