1938 Texas A&M Aggies football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1938

| team = Texas A&M Aggies

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Southwest Conference

| short_conf = SWC

| record = 4–4–1

| conf_record = 2–3–1

| head_coach = Homer Norton

| hc_year = 5th

| captain =

| stadium = Kyle Field

}}

{{1938 Southwest Conference football standings}}

The 1938 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas—now known as Texas A&M University—in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1938 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Homer Norton, the team compiled an overall record of 4–4–1, with a mark of 2–3–1 in conference play, and finished fifth in the SWC.{{cite web|title=1938 Texas A&M Aggies Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=March 16, 2025|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas-am/1938-schedule.html}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1938

| poll = AP

| timezone = Central

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 24

| time = 3:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Texas A&I

| site_stadium = Kyle Field

| site_cityst = College Station, TX

| score = 52–0

| attend = 11,000

| source = {{cite news |author= | title=Aggies Open '38 Season on Saturday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-eagle/109104610/ |newspaper=The Bryan Eagle |location=Bryan, Texas | date=September 23, 1938 | page=5 |access-date=September 7, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 1

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| neutral = y

| opponent = Tulsa

| site_stadium = Lion Stadium

| site_cityst = Tyler, TX

| score = 20–0

| attend = 14,000

| source = {{cite news |last=Ratliff |first=Harold V. | title=Texas Aggies Gain Easy Win Over Tulsa U, 20-0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/longview-news-journal/109104170/ |newspaper=The Longview Daily News |location=Longview, Texas |agency=Associated Press | date=October 2, 1938 | page=8 |access-date=September 7, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 8

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Santa Clara

| site_stadium = Kyle Field

| site_cityst = College Station, TX

| score = 0–7

| attend = 35,000

| source = {{cite news|title=Broncs Repulse Todd and Texans, 7-0: McCarthy Scores on Dash Around Left End; Santa Clara Solves Foe's Tricky Plays|newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner|author=Prescott Sullivan|date=October 9, 1938|page=SF 3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99888570/broncs-repulse-todd-and-texans-7-0/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 15

| w/l = l

| opponent = TCU

| site_stadium = Kyle Field

| site_cityst = College Station, TX

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 6–34

| attend = 25,000

| source = {{cite news|title=Frogs Smash Aggie Gridders, 34 to 6: Aldrich Leads Inspired Team To Victory|newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|author=Flem Hall|date=October 16, 1938|page=Sports 1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98907334/frogs-smash-aggie-gridders-34-to-6/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 22

| w/l = t

| away = y

| opponent = Baylor

| opprank = 17

| site_stadium = Waco Stadium

| site_cityst = Waco, TX

| gamename = Battle of the Brazos

| score = 6–6

| attend = 15,000

| source = {{cite news |author= | title=Texas Aggies And Baylor In 6 To 6 Tie |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-knoxville-journal/109104199/ |newspaper=The Knoxville Journal |location=Knoxville, Tennessee |agency=Associated Press | date=October 23, 1938 | page=17 |access-date=September 7, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 29

| w/l = w

| opponent = Arkansas

| site_stadium = Kyle Field

| site_cityst = College Station, TX

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 13–7

| attend = 10,000

| source = {{cite news |author= | title=Arkansas Loses To Texas A.&M. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune/109104243/ |newspaper=Oakland Tribune |location=Oakland, California |agency=United Press | date=October 30, 1938 | page=11 |access-date=September 7, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 5

| w/l = l

| away = y

| rank = 19

| opponent = SMU

| site_stadium = Ownby Stadium

| site_cityst = University Park, TX

| score = 7–10

| attend = 22,000

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-field-goal-nets-mustangs/168103025/|work=The Nashville Tennessean|title=Field goal nets Mustangs victory|date=November 6, 1938|accessdate=March 16, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 12

| w/l = w

| opponent = Rice

| site_stadium = Kyle Field

| site_cityst = College Station, TX

| score = 27–0

| attend = 17,000

| source = {{cite news |author= | title=Texas Aggies Smother Rice, 27 To 0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-austin-american/109104301/ |newspaper=Sunday American-Statesman |location=Austin, Texas |agency=Associated Press | date=November 13, 1938 | page=13 |access-date=September 7, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 24

| w/l = l

| opponent = Texas

| site_stadium = War Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Austin, TX

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 6–7

| attend = 40,000

| source = {{cite book |last=Texas A&M University |date=1939 |title=1939 Long Horn (Yearbook) |url=https://bookreader.library.tamu.edu/book.php?id=yb1939&getbook=Go#page/n339/mode/1up |quote-page=340}}

}}

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