Fewest
Average Yards Allowed, Play: 1.71 (447-763) (NCAA record)
Fewest
Yards Allowed, Season: 763
Lowest
Average Allowed, Season: 76.3
Fewest
First Downs Allowed, Season: 54 (SWC record)
1939
A&M team allowed 1.8 points per game, 76.3 yards per game on defense
(41.5 rushing, 34.8 passing)
1939
Texas A&M Starting Lineup
1940
Sugar Bowl Program
1939
Texas A&M Championship Banner
Courtesy of Robert Guercio
This
page is also dedicated as a memorial to my first cousin, Howard Shelton,
who passed away at the age of 87
on February 14, 2006. He was a member
of the 1939 Texas A&M National Championship Team, and played for A&M
in
1939 and 1940. He was a catalyst with Texas A&M in the remembrance
of the 1939 team throughout the years,
including the special ring ceremony
for the team some 50+ years after they won the national championship in
1939 against Tulane, 14-13.
