West Texas A&M Buffaloes football

West Texas A&M Buffaloes
2017 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team
First season 1910
Head coach Hunter Hughes
1st season, 3–8 (.273)
Stadium Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 20,000)
Location Canyon, Texas
NCAA division Division II
Conference Lone Star Conference
Bowl record 6–0 (1.000)
Conference titles 11 (5 Lone Star Conference 3 Missouri Valley Conference, 2 Alamo Conference, 1 BIAA)
Division titles 4
Colors Maroon and White[1]
         
Website gobuffsgo.com

The West Texas A&M Buffaloes football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the West Texas A&M University located in the U.S. state of Texas. The team competes in Division II and are members of the Lone Star Conference. The school's first football team was fielded in 1910. [2] The team plays its home games at the 20,000 seat Kimbrough Memorial Stadium. They are coached by Hunter Hughes (American football)|

Notable former players

Notable alumni include:

Conference championships

Season Coach Conference Record
1939Alfred BaggettAlamo Conference (co-champions)5–3–1
1940Jack CurticeAlamo Conference7–3
1950Frank KimbroughBorder Intercollegiate Athletic Association10–1
1972Gene MayfieldMissouri Valley Conference (co-champions)5–5
1977Bill YungMissouri Valley Conference6–4–1
1979Bill YungMissouri Valley Conference5–5–1
1986Bill KellyLone Star Conference7–4
2005Don CarthelLone Star Conference10–2
2006Don CarthelLone Star Conference11–2
2007Don CarthelLone Star Conference12–1
2012Don CarthelLone Star Conference12–3

Classification history

  • 1910–1955 – NCAA
  • 1956–1972 – NCAA University Division (Major College)
  • 1973–1977 – NCAA Division I
  • 1978–1985 – NCAA Division I-A
  • 1986–present – NCAA Division II

Conference history

Bowl game appearances

West Texas A&M participated in four bowl games, all while during known as West Texas State. They went 4–0.

Season Coach Bowl Opponent Result
1950Frank KimbroughSun BowlCincinnatiW 14–13
1957Frank KimbroughTangerine BowlMississippi SouthernW 20–13
1962Joe KerbelSun BowlOhioW 15–14
1967Joe KerbelPasadena BowlSan Fernando Valley StateW 35–13

They have also competed in the Kanza Bowl, a Division II bowl between the Lone Star Conference and the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association from 2009–2012, going 2–0.

Season Coach Bowl Opponent Result
2009Don CarthelKanza BowlOmahaW 31–25
2011Don CarthelKanza BowlCentral MissouriW 26–7

Head coaches

Don Carthel has the most all-time wins for the Buffaloes, who have gone 496–491–23 as of 2014. [3]

  • Jim G. Miller (1910–1911): 5–5–0
  • Douglas A. Shirley (1913–1917): 14–16–1
  • Alonzo P. George (1918): 3–0–0
  • Walter Willy (1919): 5–1–0
  • Wayne McCorkle (1920): 0–6–1
  • Samuel D. Burton (1921–1924): 23–26–4
  • Ox Eckhardt (1925–1927): 14–13–1
  • W. Mitchell Jones (1928): 2–7–0
  • Claude Reeds (1929–1930): 12–6–2
  • Samuel D. Burton (1931–1932): 36–28–5
  • Alfred Baggett (1933–1939): 36–28–5
  • Jack Curtice (1940–1941): 15–5–0
  • Gus Miller (1944–1946): 16–15–0
  • Windy Nicklaus (1946): 2–1–0
  • Frank Kimbrough (1947–1957): 54–52–2
  • Clark Jarnagin (1958–1959): 2–18–0
  • Joe Kerbel (1960–1970): 68–42–1
  • Gene Mayfield (1971–1976): 24–39–2
  • Bill Yung (1977–1981): 26–27–2
  • Don Davis (1982–1984): 6–26–1
  • Bill Kelly (1985–1987): 18–13–1
  • Steve Graf (1988–1990): 6–26–0
  • Ron Steele (1992–1993): 4–15–0
  • Morris Stone (1994–1996): 4–15–0
  • Stan McGarvey (1997–2001): 25–30–0
  • Ronnie Jones (2002–2004): 5–27–0
  • Don Carthel (2005–2012): 79–22–0
  • Mike Nesbitt (2013–2016): 17–8–0
  • Hunter Hughes (2016–Present): 0–0

References

  1. ↑ "West Texas A&M University Graphic Standards". Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  2. ↑ http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/w/west_texas_a&m/index.php
  3. ↑ http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/w/west_texas_a&m/coaching_records.php
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