1939 Texas A&M Aggies football team

1939 Southwest Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

Texas A&M Aggies football
1939 Texas A&M Aggies football
National Champions; Southwest Conference Champions
Sugar Bowl, W 14–13 vs. Tulane
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
AP	#1
1939 record	11–0 (6–0 SWC)
Head coach	Homer H. Norton
Home stadium	Kyle Field
« 1938	1940 »

The 1939 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M in the 1939 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 23	at Oklahoma A&M*		Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK	W 32–0
September 30	Centenary*		Kyle Field • College Station, TX	W 14–0
October 7	at Santa Clara*		Kezar Stadium • San Francisco, CA	W 7–3
October 14	Villanova*		Kyle Field • College Station, TX	W 33–7
October 21	at TCU	#9	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Ft. Worth, TX	W 20–6
October 28	Baylor	#5	Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Battle of the Brazos)	W 20–0
November 4	at Arkansas	#5	Bailey Stadium • Fayetteville, AR (Rivalry)	W 27–0
November 11	#13 SMU	#2	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	W 6–2
November 18	at Rice	#2	Rice Field • Houston, TX	W 19–0
November 30	Texas	#1	Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Rivalry)	W 20–0
January 1, 1940	vs. #5 Tulane*	#1	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	W 14–13
*Non-conference game.

Starting lineup

Name	Number	Position
Sterling, James	67	REL
Boyd, Joe	64	RTL
Henke, Charles	38	RGL
Vaughn, Tommie	60	C
Robnett, Marshal Foch "Foxey"	43	LGR
Pannell, Ernest	54	LTR
Smith, Herbert	29	LER
Moser, Derace "Mose"	42	LHR
Thomason, James	47	RHL
Price, Walemon	45	Q
Kimbrough, John "Jarrin"	39	F

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References

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v t e Texas A&M Aggies football
Venues	Kyle Field (1927–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas Baylor: Battle of the Brazos LSU TCU Texas Texas Tech
Culture & lore	Reveille "Aggie War Hymn" Aggie Band 2005 Texas game "Manziel beats Bama" 12th man Aggie Bonfire Junction Boys Series Records Sherman era
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
National championship seasons in bold

v t e College football national champions (poll era)
1936–1949	1936: Minnesota (AP, DS) / Pittsburgh (BS, HS) 1937: Pittsburgh (AP, BS, DS, HS) / California 1938: TCU (AP) / Tennessee (BS, HS) / Notre Dame (DS) 1939: Texas A&M (AP, BS, HS) / USC (DS) 1940: Minnesota (AP, BS, DS, HS) / Stanford 1941: Minnesota (AP, BS) / Alabama (HS) 1942: Ohio State (AP, BS) / Georgia (HS) 1943: Notre Dame 1944: Army (AP, BS, HS) / Ohio State 1945: Army 1946: Notre Dame (AP) / Army (BS, HS) 1947: Notre Dame (AP) / Michigan (AP [post-bowl], BS, HS) 1948: Michigan 1949: Notre Dame
1950s	1950: Oklahoma 1951: Tennessee (AP, Coaches) / Michigan State / Maryland / Georgia Tech (BS) / Illinois (BS) 1952: Michigan State (AP, Coaches, BS) / Georgia Tech (INS) 1953: Maryland (AP, Coaches, INS) / Notre Dame (BS) 1954: Ohio State (AP, BS, INS) / UCLA (FWAA, Coaches) 1955: Oklahoma 1956: Oklahoma 1957: Auburn (AP) / Ohio State (Coaches, BS, FWAA, INS) 1958: LSU (AP, Coaches, BS, FN) / Iowa (FWAA) 1959: Syracuse
1960s	1960: Minnesota (AP, Coaches, FN, NFF) / Ole Miss (FWAA) / Iowa BS) 1961: Alabama (AP, Coaches, FN, NFF) / Ohio State (FWAA) 1962: USC 1963: Texas 1964: Alabama (AP, Coaches) / Arkansas (FWAA) / Notre Dame (FN, NFF) 1965: Alabama (AP, FWAA) / Michigan State (Coaches, FN, FWAA, NFF) 1966: Notre Dame (AP, Coaches, FN, FWAA, NFF) / Michigan State (NFF) 1967: USC 1968: Ohio State 1969: Texas
1970s	1970: Nebraska (AP, FN, FWAA) / Texas (NFF, Coaches) / Ohio State (NFF) 1971: Nebraska 1972: USC 1973: Notre Dame (AP, FN, FWAA, NFF) / Alabama (Coaches) 1974: Oklahoma (AP, FN) / USC (FWAA, NFF, Coaches) 1975: Oklahoma 1976: Pittsburgh 1977: Notre Dame 1978: Alabama (AP, FWAA, NFF) / USC (Coaches, FN) 1979: Alabama
1980–1991	1980: Georgia 1981: Clemson 1982: Penn State 1983: Miami 1984: BYU 1985: Oklahoma 1986: Penn State 1987: Miami 1988: Notre Dame 1989: Miami 1990: Colorado (AP, FN, FWAA, NFF, USAT/CNN) / Georgia Tech (Coaches) 1991: Miami (AP) / Washington (Coaches, FN, FWAA, UPI/NFF)

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1939 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1 Texas A&M $	6	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	0
Baylor	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
SMU	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
Texas	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Arkansas	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
TCU	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Rice	0	–	5	–	1	1	–	9	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll