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1923 Texas A&M Aggies football team

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1923 Texas A&M Aggies football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record5–3–1 (0–3–1 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumKyle Field
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
SMU $ 5 0 0 9 0 0
Texas 2 0 1 8 0 1
TCU 2 1 0 4 5 0
Baylor 1 1 2 5 1 2
Arkansas 2 2 0 6 2 1
Oklahoma A&M 1 3 0 2 8 0
Rice 1 4 0 3 5 0
Texas A&M 0 3 1 5 3 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1923 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 (SWC) during the 1923 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Dana X. Bible, the team compiled an overall record of 5–3–1, with a mark of 0–3–1 in conference play, and finished eighth in the SWC.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22Sam Houston State*W 53–0[1]
September 28Howard Payne*
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
W 21–0[2]
October 5Southwestern (TX)*
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
W 13–0[3]
October 13vs. Sewanee*W 14–0[4]
October 20at LSU*W 28–0[5]
October 26SMU
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
L 0–104,000[6]
November 3at BaylorT 0–0[7]
November 17at RiceL 6–7[8]
November 29Texas
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX (rivalry)
L 0–6[9]
  • *Non-conference game

References

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  1. ^ "Aggies crush Normal eleven in opening game of the season". The Austin Statesman. September 23, 1923. Retrieved February 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "A. & M. victor after a scare". The Waco Times-Herald. September 29, 1923. Retrieved March 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Aggies nose out Pirates". The Austin American. October 6, 1923. Retrieved March 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "A&M repulses Tiger invasion". The Austin American. October 14, 1923. Retrieved March 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Texas Aggies beat L.S.U. Tigers easily". The Houston Post. October 21, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Bible's Aggies Lose To S. M. U. Mustangs Ay College Station". Austin American. Austin, Texas. October 27, 1923. p. 3. Retrieved August 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Texas Aggies and Baylor fight to 0–0 deadlock". The Nashville Tennessean. November 4, 1923. Retrieved March 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Bible's Aggies bow before rush of screeching Owls". The Austin American. November 18, 1923. Retrieved March 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Texas Aggies forced to bow to Longhorns". The Shreveport Times. November 30, 1923. Retrieved April 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.