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NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (0)
All Time Football Record: 432-556-32 (.439)

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS (7)
1934 Southwest Conference Champions
1937 Southwest Conference Champions
1946 Southwest Conference Co-Champions
1949 Southwest Conference Champions
1953 Southwest Conference Co-Champions
1957 Southwest Conference Champions
1994 Southwest Conference Co-Champions

CONFERENCE AFFILIATIONS
1912: Independent

1913-1917: Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association

1915-1995: Southwest Conference

1996-2004: Western Athletic Conference

2005-Current: Conference USA

BOWL GAMES (5-4)
SEASON BOWL OPPONENT RESULT SCORE
2008 Texas Western Michigan W 38-14
2006 New Orleans Troy L 17-41
1961 Bluebonnet Kansas L 7-33
1960 Sugar Mississippi L 6-14
1957 Cotton Navy L 7-20
1953 Cotton Alabama W 28-6
1949 Cotton North Carolina W 27-13
1946 Orange Tennessee W 8-0
1937 Cotton Colorado W 28-14
COACHES

COACH

YEARS
#YEARS
GAMES
WON
LOST
TIED
PCT.

John A. Anderson

1918

1

7

1
5
1
.214

Phillip H. Arbuckle

1912-1923

11

84

51
25
8
.655

John W. Heisman

1924-1927

4

35

14
18
3
.443

Claude J. Rothgeb

1928

1

9

2
7
0
.222

John F. Meagher

1929-1933

5

52

26
26
0
.500

James R. Kitts

1934-1939

6

66

33
29
4
.530

Jess C. Neely

1940-1966

27

278

144
124
10
.536

Harold "Bo" Hagan

1967-1970

4

40

12
27
1
.312

Bill Peterson

1971

1

11

3
7
1
.318

Al Conover

1972-1975

4

44

15
27
2
.364

Homer Rice

1976-1977

2

22

4
18
0
.182

Ray Alborn

1978-1983

6

66

13
53
0
.197

Watson Brown

1984-1985

2

22

4
18
0
.182

Jerry Berndt

1986-1988

3

33

6
27
0
.182

Fred Goldsmith

1989-1993

5

55

23
31
1
.427

Ken Hatfield

1994-2005

12

134

55
78
1
.414

Todd Graham

2006

1

13

7
6
0
.538

David Bailiff

2007-Current

4

49

19
30
0
.388
Totals
99
1020
432
556
32
.439
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS (through 2009 season)
STATISTIC CAREER SEASON GAME
PASSING Chase Clement
9,785 (2005-08)
Chase Clement
4,119 (2008)
Chase Clement
541 (Tulsa 2007)
RUSHING Trevor Cobb
4,948 (1989-92)
Trevor Cobb
4,948 (1991)
Dicky Maegle
265 (Alabama 1954)
RECEIVING YARDS Jarett Dillard
4,138 (2005-08)
James Casey
1,329 (2008)
James Casey
208 (Memphis 2008)
RECEPTIONS Jarett Dillard
292 (2005-08)
Jarett Dillard
111 (2008)
David Houser
14 (Florida 1976)
SCORING Jarett Dillard
360 (2005-08)
Jarett Dillard
126 (2006)
Griff Vance
36 (SMU 1916)
INTERCEPTIONS Bruce Henley
15 (1971-73)
Bruce Henley - 7 (1972)
Dan Dawson - 7 (2000)
TACKLES O.J. Brigance
367 (1987-90)
Robert Williamson
196 (1980)
SACKS Brandon Green
24 (1999-2002)
Brandon Green
12 (2001)