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1939 Texas A&M Aggies football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1939
team	Texas A&M Aggies
sport	football
conference	Southwest Conference
short_conf	SWC
APRank	1
record	11–0
conf_record	6–0
head_coach	Homer Norton
hc_year	6th
stadium	Kyle Field
champion	AP Poll national champion
SWC champion
Sugar Bowl champion
bowl	[Sugar Bowl](1940-sugar-bowl)
bowl_result	W 14–13 vs. [Tulane](1939-tulane-green-wave-football-team)

SWC champion Sugar Bowl champion The 1939 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas—now known as Texas A&M University—as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1939 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Homer Norton, the Aggies compiled a perfect 11-0 record for their first (and to date, only) consensus national championship, shut out six of eleven opponents, won the Southwest Conference championship, and outscored all opponents by a total of 212 to 31.

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). They went on to defeat No. 5 Tulane, 14–13, in the 1940 Sugar Bowl.

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

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.

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.

Schedule

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Rankings

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

References

"1939 Texas A&M Aggies Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
(December 13, 1939). "Aggies Finish on Top in Final U.S. Grid Poll". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
(2016). "Football Award Winners". National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
"John Kimbrough". National Football Hall of Fame.
(1939-12-09). "All America Is Picked By Colliers". Wisconsin State Journal.
(2005). "ESPN College Football Encyclopedia". ESPN Books.
(December 6, 1939). "United Press All-Southwest Team". The Corpus Christi Times.
(September 24, 1939). "Texas Aggies Trample Oklahoma A.& M. By 32-0 as Soph Derace Moser Excels; Arkansas' Passes Earn 32-6 Triumph". Austin American-Statesman.
(October 1, 1939). "Aggies crush Gents, 14–0". Austin American-Statesman.
(October 8, 1939). "Aggies Whip Broncos on Pugh Pass, 7-3". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
(October 7, 1939). "Texas Aggies Hand Broncs 7-3 Defeat". Oakland Tribune.
(October 15, 1939). "A. & M. Beats Villanova: Farmers Blast Wildcats, 33-7". Austin American-Statesman.
Flem Hall. (October 22, 1939). "Aggies Hand Frogs 20-6 Lacing, Remain Unbeaten! Conatser Intercepts Pass, Dashes 95 Yards for Score". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Flem Hall. (October 29, 1939). "Aggie Power Cracks Baylor in Last Half, 20-0: 'Freak' Play Gives Cadets Early Lead". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
(November 5, 1939). "Aggies' Timely Drives Sink Arkansas, 27-0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Gayle Talbot. (November 12, 1939). "Undefeated Aggies Squeeze By SMU Barrier, 6-2: Ponies Menace Cadets, Lead In Final Play". San Angelo Standard-Times.
(November 19, 1939). "Aggies Tramp On Rice, 19-0: Owls Gain Eight Yards; While Visitors Pass, Smash To Scores". El Paso Times.
Wilbur Evans. (December 1, 1939). "Tradition Upheld as Aggies Crush Steers, 20-0: Steers Gallantly Hold Ground For First 2 Periods". The Austin American.
Felix R. M'Knight. (January 2, 1940). "Kimbrough Powers Aggies To 14-13 Victory Over Tulane: Haskell All-American Leads Fine Comeback". Wichita Falls Record News.
"1939 Texas A&M Aggies National Championship".

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