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NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (0)
All Time Football Record: 413-526-32 (.442)

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 (4-4)
SEASON BOWL OPPONENT RESULT SCORE
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
Total (17 coaches)
95
971
413
526
32
.442
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS (through 2006 season)
STATISTIC CAREER SEASON GAME
PASSING Tommy Kramer
6,197 (1973-76)		 Tommy Kramer
3,317 (1976)		 Tommy Kramer
409 (Houston 1976)
RUSHING Trevor Cobb
4,948 (1989-92)		 Trevor Cobb
4,948 (1991)		 Dicky Maegle
265 (Alabama 1954)
RECEIVING YARDS David Houser
2,358 (1974, 1976-78)		 Jarett Dillard
1,247 (2006)		 David Houser
196 (Florida 1976)
RECEPTIONS Eric Henley
186 (1988-91)		 Jarett Dillard
91 (2006)		 David Houser
14 (Florida 1976)
SCORING Trevor Cobb
260 (1989-92)		 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)