1941 Texas A&M Aggies football team

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
Southwest Conference champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
APNo. 9
1941 record9–2 (5–1 SWC)
Head coachHomer Norton (8th season)
Home stadiumKyle Field
1941 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Sam Houston State*
W 54–010,000[4]
October 4vs. Texas A&I*
W 41–016,955[5]
October 11at NYU*
W 49–718,000[6]
October 18at TCUNo. 14
W 14–025,000[7]
October 25BaylorNo. 9
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX (rivalry)
W 48–0[8]
November 1vs. ArkansasNo. 5
W 7–09,762[9]
November 8SMUNo. 5
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
W 21–1020,000[10]
November 15at RiceNo. 4
W 19–6[11]
November 27No. 10 TexasNo. 2
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX (rivalry)
L 0–2340,000[12]
December 6at No. 19 Washington State*No. 9
W 7–026,000[13][14]
January 1at No. 20 Alabama*No. 9
L 21–2938,000[15]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. "1941 Texas A&M Aggies Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  2. "All-Southwest Selections". The Paris News. December 10, 1941. p. 4.
  3. "United Press All-S'West '11". The Abilene Reporter-News. December 2, 1941. p. 6.
  4. "Ags Show Speed, Passes and Power In 54-0 Victory". Sunday American-Statesman. September 28, 1941. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Aggies Crush A. & I." Sunday American-Statesman. October 5, 1941. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Texans' Second Half Drive Crushes NYU, 49-17". New York Daily News. October 12, 1941. p. 92 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Harold V. Ratliff (October 19, 1941). "Aggies Triumph Over Horned Frogs, 14 to 0". Sunday American-Statesman. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. William T. Rives (October 26, 1941). "Aggies Blast Baylor 48-0". The Austin American – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Razorback Rise To Heights But Aggies Nose Ahead, 7-0". Sunday American-Statesman. November 2, 1941. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. 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.
  11. William T. Rives (November 16, 1941). "Ags Clinch Tie for Title". Sunday American-Statesman. pp. 13–14 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Wilbur Evans (November 28, 1941). "Longhorns Click To Smash Aggies' Jinx". The Austin American. pp. 1, 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. Craig Hill (December 12, 2018). "Remembering the 1941 Evergreen Bowl: One Day It Was Football, and the Next It Was War". The Daily Chronicle.
  14. "Washington State loses "Evergreen Bowl" to Texas A. and M." Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 7, 1941. p. 2, sports.
  15. "Aggies Won Statistics, But Alabama Won Game!". The Austin Statesman. January 2, 1942. p. 17.
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