aggy finished the regular season with 1 or 0 losses 10 times before today
year listed is the regular season not the new year's day date for that season
insights from the data:
1994: 10-0-1, but on probation
1993: 10-1, #7 new year's morning, no shot at natty
1992: #4 new year's morning, with a shot at the natty, worst aggy fail in history
1991: no swc luv @all: 34-35 loss @ tulsa week 2, wiped out entire swc slate, but only #9 new year's morning, no shot at natty
1975: #2 aggy beat #5 Texas, stayed #2, lost at #18 pig (went cotton), aggy #6 no shot at natty
1956: probation; bear's best year; 14-14 v Houston at Rice Stadium only blemish, finished #5 both AP & UPI
1943: entered sip game 7-0-1 ranked only #16, unranked at 7-1-1 new year's morning; tied North Texas Aggies (now UT Arlington) 0-0 @ pyle,
1941: were 8-0 ranked #2 before UT cost aggy a shot at the natty
1940: were 8-0 ranked #2 before UT cost aggy a shot at the natty
1939: only undefeated post-season aggy win evar
summary:
aggy have been in this situation 10 times
2 of 10: on probation so no post-season
6 of 10: lost the bowl game
2 of 10: won the bowl games, the 1940 Sugar and the 1941 Cotton
asides:
aggy lost in Austin and won their bowl games in 1990, 1978 and 1940
aggy lost in Austin and lost their bowl games in 2004, 2000, 1998 and 1950
this deepdive explains the ancient aggy fixation with our series during ww2
the junction boys went 1-9 in bear's 1st year (1954)