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^[a]	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined^[b]	Left^[c]	Colors	Current conference
St. Mary's University	San Antonio	1852	Catholic (Marianists)	3,253	Rattlers	1935	1942	Gold & Blue	Lone Star (LSC)^[d]
Texas College of Arts and Industries^[e]	Kingsville	1925	Public	6,092	Javelinas	1935	1942	Blue & Gold
West Texas State Teachers College^[f]	Canyon	1910	Public	9,241	Buffaloes	1939	1942	Maroon & White

Notes

^ All cities were located in the State of Texas.
^ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
^ Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
^ Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.
^ Currently known as Texas A&M University–Kingsville.
^ Currently known as West Texas A&M University.

Other members

Institution	Location^[a]	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined^[b]	Left^[c]	Colors	Current conference
Sul Ross State Teachers College^[d]	Alpine	1917	Public	1,987	Lobos	1935	1940	Scarlet & Grey	Lone Star (LSC)^[e]

Notes

^ All cities were located in the State of Texas.
^ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
^ Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
^ Currently known as Sul Ross State University.
^ Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.

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] All cities were located in the State of Texas.

[4] Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.

[5] Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.

[D2-6] Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.

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

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

[9] All cities were located in the State of Texas.

[10] Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.

[11] Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.

[12] Currently known as Sul Ross State University.

[D2-13] Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.

[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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