1941 Texas A&M Aggies football team

The 1941 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 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
SWC champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 21–29 vs. Alabama
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 9
Record	9–2 (5–1 SWC)
Head coach	Homer Norton (8th season)
Home stadium	Kyle Field
Seasons ← 1940 1942 →

1941 Southwest Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		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

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Sam Houston State*		Kyle Field College Station, TX	W 54–0	10,000	[4]
October 4	vs. Texas A&I*		Alamo Stadium San Antonio, TX	W 41–0	16,955	[5]
October 11	at NYU*		Yankee Stadium New York, NY	W 49–7	18,000	[6]
October 18	at TCU	No. 14	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	W 14–0	25,000	[7]
October 25	Baylor	No. 9	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	W 48–0		[8]
November 1	vs. Arkansas	No. 5	Quigley Stadium Little Rock, AR (rivalry)	W 7–0	9,762	[9]
November 8	SMU	No. 5	Kyle Field College Station, TX	W 21–10	20,000	[10]
November 15	at Rice	No. 4	Rice Field Houston, TX	W 19–6		[11]
November 27	No. 10 Texas	No. 2	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	L 0–23	40,000	[12]
December 6	vs. No. 19 Washington State*	No. 9	Tacoma Stadium Tacoma, WA (Evergreen Bowl)	W 7–0	26,000	[13][14]
January 1	vs. No. 20 Alabama*	No. 9	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	L 21–29	38,000	[15]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1941 college football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Final
AP	14	9	5	5	4 (6)	2 (5)	2 (2)	9