West Texas A&M Buffaloes football

West Texas A&M Buffaloes
First season 1910
Head coach Mike Nesbitt
3rd year, 178 (.680)
Stadium Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
Seating capacity 20,000
Location Canyon, Texas
NCAA division Division II
Conference Lone Star Conference
Bowl record 60 (1.000)
Conference titles 11 (5 Lone Star Conference 3 Missouri Valley Conference, 2 Alamo Conference, 1 BIAA)
Division titles 4
Colors Maroon and White[1]
         
Website gobuffsgo.com
For information on all West Texas A&M University sports, see West Texas A&M Buffaloes.

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. [2] The team plays its home games at the 20,000 seat Kimbrough Memorial Stadium. They are coached by Mike Nesbitt.

Notable former players

Notable alumni include:

Conference championships

Year Conference Record
1939 Alamo Conference (co-champions) 5–3–1
1940 Alamo Conference 7–3
1950 Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association 10–1
1972 Missouri Valley Conference (co-champions) 5–5
1977 Missouri Valley Conference 6–4–1
1979 Missouri Valley Conference 5–5–1
1986 Lone Star Conference 7–4
2005 Lone Star Conference 10–2
2006 Lone Star Conference 11–2
2007 Lone Star Conference 12–1
2012 Lone Star Conference 12–3

Classification history

Conference history

Bowl game appearances

Season Date Bowl W/L Opponent PF PA Coach Notes
1950 January 1, 1951 Sun Bowl W Cincinnati 14 13 Frank H. Kimbrough notes
1957 January 1, 1957 Tangerine Bowl W Southern Mississippi 20 13 Frank H. Kimbrough notes
1962 December 31, 1962 Sun Bowl W Ohio 15 14 Joe Kerbel notes
1967 December 2, 1967 Pasadena Bowl W San Fernando Valley State 35 13 Joe Kerbel notes
Total 4 bowl games 4–0 84 53

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.

Season Date Bowl W/L Opponent PF PA Coach Notes
2009 December 5, 2009 Kanza Bowl W Omaha 31 25 Don Carthel notes
2011 November 27, 2011 Kanza Bowl W Central Missouri 26 7 Don Carthel notes
Total 2 bowl games 2–0 57 33

Coaches

Joe Kerbel has the most all-time wins for the Buffaloes, who have gone 496–491–23 as of 2014. [3]

References

External links

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