Alamo Conference

Alamo Conference
Conference	NCAA
Founded	1935; 89 years ago
Ceased	1941; 83 years ago
No. of teams	4 (Football)
Region	Southwest
Locations
	St. Mary's Sul Ross St. Texas A&I W. Texas St. class=notpageimage\| Schools of the 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.

Member schools

Final members

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Nickname	Joined	Left	Colors	Current conference
St. Mary's University	San Antonio, Texas	1852	Private (Roman Catholic)	Rattlers	1935–36	1941–42	Gold & Blue	Lone Star (NCAA Division II)
Sul Ross State Teachers College^[a]	Alpine, Texas	1917	Public	Lobos	1935–36	1939–40	Scarlet & Grey	American Southwest (NCAA Division III)
Texas College of Arts and Industries^[b]	Kingsville, Texas	1925	Public	Javelinas	1935–36	1941–42	Blue & Gold	Lone Star (NCAA Division II)
West Texas State Teachers College^[c]	Canyon, Texas	1910	Public	Buffaloes	1939–40	1941–42	Maroon & White	Lone Star (NCAA Division II)

Notes

^ Currently known as Sul Ross State University.
^ Currently known as Texas A&M University–Kingsville.
^ Currently known as West Texas A&M University.

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
1937 (co-champions)	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
1939 (co-champions)	West Texas State	2–0–1	5–3–1
1940	West Texas State	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

References

^ "Athletics Timeline". St. Mary's University Athletics. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
^ Alamo Conference Archived 2015-09-07 at the Wayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved October 22 2015.

[3] Currently known as Sul Ross State University.

[4] Currently known as Texas A&M University–Kingsville.

[5] Currently known as West Texas A&M University.

[founding-1] "Athletics Timeline". St. Mary's University Athletics. Retrieved March 30, 2016.

[champs-2] Alamo Conference Archived 2015-09-07 at the Wayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved October 22 2015.

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