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West Texas AandM Buffaloes football

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Seating capacity
  
20,000

NCAA division
  
Division II

Website
  
gobuffsgo.com

First season
  
1910

Colors
  
Maroon, White

Location
  
Canyon, Texas

Bowl record
  
6–0 (1.000)

Conference
  
Lone Star Conference

Division titles
  
4

West Texas A&M Buffaloes football

Head coach
  
Mike Nesbitt 3rd year, 17–8 (.680)

Ground
  
Kimbrough Memorial Stadium

Conference titles
  
11 (5 Lone Star Conference 3 Missouri Valley Conference, 2 Alamo Conference, 1 BIAA)

The West Texas A&M Buffaloes football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the West Texas A&M University located in the U.S. state of Texas. The team competes in Division II and are members of the Lone Star Conference. The school's first football team was fielded in 1910. The team plays its home games at the 20,000 seat Kimbrough Memorial Stadium. They are coached by Mike Nesbitt.

Contents

Notable former players

Notable alumni include:

Classification history

  • 1941–1945 – NCAA College Division (Small College)
  • 1946–1947 – NCAA University Division (Major College)
  • 1948–1950 – NCAA College Division (Small College)
  • 1951–1953 – NCAA University Division (Major College)
  • 1952–1957 – NAIA
  • 1954–1957 – NCAA College Division (Small College)
  • 1958–1972 – NCAA University Division (Major College)
  • 1973–1977 – NCAA Division I
  • 1978–1980 – NCAA Division I-A
  • 1981–1981 – No Classification
  • 1982–1985 – NCAA Division I-AA
  • 1986–present – NCAA Division II

    • Conference history

  • 1910–1924 – Independent
  • 1925–1930 – Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association
  • 1931–1938 – Independent
  • 1939–1940 – Alamo Conference
  • 1941–1961 – Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association
  • 1962–1971 – Independent
  • 1972–1985 – Missouri Valley Conference
  • 1986–1990 – Lone Star Conference
  • 1992–1994 – Division II Independent
  • 1995–present – Lone Star Conference

    • Bowl game appearances

    They have also competed in the Kanza Bowl, a Division II bowl between the Lone Star Conference and the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association from 2009–2012.

    Coaches

    Joe Kerbel has the most all-time wins for the Buffaloes, who have gone 496–491–23 as of 2014.

  • Jim G. Miller (1910–1911): 5–5–0
  • Douglas A. Shirley (1913–1917): 14–16–1
  • Alonzo P. George (1918): 3–0–0
  • Walter Willy (1919): 5–1–0
  • Wayne McCorkle (1920): 0–6–1
  • Samuel D. Burton (1921–1924): 23–26–4
  • Ox Eckhardt (1925–1927): 14–13–1
  • W. Mitchell Jones (1928): 2–7–0
  • Claude Reeds (1929–1930): 12–6–2
  • Samuel D. Burton (1931–1932): 36–28–5
  • Alfred Baggett (1933–1939): 36–28–5
  • Jack Curtice (1940–1941): 15–5–0
  • Gus Miller (1944–1946): 16–15–0
  • Windy Nicklaus (1946): 2–1–0
  • Frank Kimbrough (1947–1957): 54–52–2
  • Clark Jarnagin (1958–1959): 2–18–0
  • Joe Kerbel (1960–1970): 68–42–1
  • Gene Mayfield (1971–1976): 24–39–2
  • Bill Yung (1977–1981): 26–27–2
  • Don Davis (1982–1984): 6–26–1
  • Bill Kelly (1985–1987): 18–13–1
  • Steve Graf (1988–1990): 6–26–0
  • Ron Steele (1992–1993): 4–15–0
  • Morris Stone (1994–1996): 4–15–0
  • Stan McGarvey (1997–2001): 25–30–0
  • Ronnie Jones (2002–2004): 5–27–0
  • Don Carthel (2005–2012): 79–22–0
  • Mike Nesbitt (2013–present): 17–8–0

    • References

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