The 1941 Texas A&M Aggies football team was an American football team that represented Texas A&M University as a member of the Southwest Conference during the 1941 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Homer Norton, the Aggies compiled a 9–1 record in the regular season, won the conference championship, and were ranked No. 9 in the final AP Poll. The team then lost to Alabama in the 1942 Cotton Bowl Classic. The team outscored all opponents by a total of 281 to 75.[1] The team played its home games at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas.
| 1941 Texas A&M Aggies football | |
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SWC champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 21–29 vs. Alabama | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 9 |
| Record | 9–2 (5–1 SWC) |
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| Home stadium | Kyle Field |
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| No. 9 Texas A&M $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Texas | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Four Texas A&M players were selected by the Associated Press (AP) or United Press (UP) on the 1941 All-Southwest Conference football team: back Derace Moser (AP-1, UP-1); end James Sterling (AP-1, UP-1); tackle Martin Ruby (AP-1, UP-1); and center Bill Sibley (AP-1, UP-1).[2][3] Moser was also selected as the most valuable player in the Southwest Conference.
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 27 | Sam Houston State* | W 54–0 | 10,000 | [4] | ||
| October 4 | vs. Texas A&I* | W 41–0 | 16,955 | [5] | ||
| October 11 | at NYU* | W 49–7 | 18,000 | [6] | ||
| October 18 | at TCU | No. 14 | W 14–0 | 25,000 | [7] | |
| October 25 | Baylor | No. 9 |
| W 48–0 | [8] | |
| November 1 | vs. Arkansas | No. 5 | W 7–0 | 9,762 | [9] | |
| November 8 | SMU | No. 5 |
| W 21–10 | 20,000 | [10] |
| November 15 | at Rice | No. 4 | W 19–6 | [11] | ||
| November 27 | No. 10 Texas | No. 2 |
| L 0–23 | 40,000 | [12] |
| December 6 | vs. No. 19 Washington State* | No. 9 |
| W 7–0 | 26,000 | [13][14] |
| January 1 | at No. 20 Alabama* | No. 9 | L 21–29 | 38,000 | [15] | |
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Rankings
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| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Final |
| AP | 14 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 (6) | 2 (5) | 2 (2) | 9 |
References
edit- ^ "1941 Texas A&M Aggies Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
- ^ "All-Southwest Selections". The Paris News. December 10, 1941. p. 4.
- ^ "United Press All-S'West '11". The Abilene Reporter-News. December 2, 1941. p. 6.
- ^ "Ags Show Speed, Passes and Power In 54-0 Victory". Sunday American-Statesman. September 28, 1941. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Aggies Crush A. & I." Sunday American-Statesman. October 5, 1941. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texans' Second Half Drive Crushes NYU, 49-17". New York Daily News. October 12, 1941. p. 92 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Harold V. Ratliff (October 19, 1941). "Aggies Triumph Over Horned Frogs, 14 to 0". Sunday American-Statesman. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ William T. Rives (October 26, 1941). "Aggies Blast Baylor 48-0". The Austin American – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Razorback Rise To Heights But Aggies Nose Ahead, 7-0". Sunday American-Statesman. November 2, 1941. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Harold V. Ratliff (November 9, 1941). "Texas Aggies Come From Behind To Beat SMU 21-10 And Take Southwest Conference Lead". Valley Sunday Star-Monitor-Herald. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ William T. Rives (November 16, 1941). "Ags Clinch Tie for Title". Sunday American-Statesman. pp. 13–14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wilbur Evans (November 28, 1941). "Longhorns Click To Smash Aggies' Jinx". The Austin American. pp. 1, 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Craig Hill (December 12, 2018). "Remembering the 1941 Evergreen Bowl: One Day It Was Football, and the Next It Was War". The Daily Chronicle.
- ^ "Washington State loses "Evergreen Bowl" to Texas A. and M." Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 7, 1941. p. 2, sports.
- ^ "Aggies Won Statistics, But Alabama Won Game!". The Austin Statesman. January 2, 1942. p. 17.