Alamo Conference

The Alamo Conference was a short-lived intercollegiate athletic conference composed of member schools located in the state of Texas. The league was established in 1935 with St. Mary's, Sul Ross State, and Texas A&I as charter members.^[1] Competition began in 1936 continuing to 1941.^[2] Most of the conference's members eventually joined the Lone Star Conference.

Alamo Conference

Conference	NCAA
Founded	1935; 90 years ago (1935)
Ceased	1941; 84 years ago (1941)
No. of teams	4 (Football)
Region	Southwest
Locations
St. Mary's Sul Ross St. Texas A&I W. Texas St. Schools of the Alamo Conference

Member schools

Final members

Institution	Location[a]	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined[b]	Left[c]	Colors	Current conference
St. Mary's University	San Antonio	1852	Catholic (Marianists)	3,253	Rattlers	1935	1942	Gold & Blue	Lone Star (LSC)[d]
Texas College of Arts and Industries[e]	Kingsville	1925	Public	6,092	Javelinas	1935	1942	Blue & Gold
West Texas State Teachers College[f]	Canyon	1910	Public	9,241	Buffaloes	1939	1942	Maroon & White

Notes

1. All cities were located in the State of Texas.
2. Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
3. Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
4. Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.
5. Currently known as Texas A&M University–Kingsville.
6. Currently known as West Texas A&M University.

Other members

Institution	Location[a]	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined[b]	Left[c]	Colors	Current conference
Sul Ross State Teachers College[d]	Alpine	1917	Public	1,987	Lobos	1935	1940	Scarlet & Grey	Lone Star (LSC)[e]

Notes

1. All cities were located in the State of Texas.
2. Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
3. Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
4. Currently known as Sul Ross State University.
5. Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.

Membership timeline

Alamo members

Football championships

Alamo Conference football championships

Season	Champion	Conference record	Overall record
1936 (co-champions)	St. Mary's (TX)	1–1	7–3–2
	Sul Ross	1–1	4–3–1
	Texas A&I	1–1	6–4
1937 (co-champions)	St. Mary's (TX)	1–0–1	7–2–2
	Texas A&I	1–0–1	4–3–1
1938	Texas A&I	2–0	6–3
1939 (co-champions)	Texas A&I	2–0–1	6–1–3
	West Texas State[3]	2–0–1	5–3–1
1940	West Texas State[4]	2–0	7–3
1941	Texas A&I	1–0	8–2

Yearly football standings

1936 Alamo Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T St. Mary's (TX) + 1 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 2 Texas A&I + 1 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Sul Ross + 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 1 + – Conference co-champions	1937 Alamo Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T St. Mary's (TX) + 1 – 0 – 1 7 – 2 – 2 Texas A&I + 1 – 0 – 1 4 – 3 – 1 Sul Ross 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 4 – 0 + – Conference co-champions	1938 Alamo Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Texas A&I $ 2 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Sul Ross 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 1 St. Mary's (TX) 0 – 2 – 0 6 – 9 – 0 $ – Conference champion
1939 Alamo Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Texas A&I + 2 – 0 – 1 6 – 1 – 3 West Texas State + 2 – 0 – 1 5 – 3 – 1 St. Mary's (TX) 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 2 Sul Ross 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 7 – 1 + – Conference co-champions	1940 Alamo Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T West Texas State $ 2 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 0 Texas A&I 1 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 St. Mary's (TX) 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 1 $ – Conference champion	1941 Alamo Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Texas A&I $ 1 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 St. Mary's (TX) 0 – 1 – 0 7 – 4 – 1 $ – Conference champion