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1915 Southwest Conference football season
SportFootball
DurationSeptember 25 – November 27, 1915 (1915-09-25 – 1915-11-27)
Number of teams8
ChampionOklahoma
SWC seasons
1916 →
1915 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Oklahoma $ 3 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
Baylor 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Texas 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Texas A&M 1 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Arkansas 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 1
Rice 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Oklahoma A&M 0 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Southwestern (TX) 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
  • Baylor forfeited claim to co-champion for using ineligible player.[1]

The 1915 Southwest Conference football season was the first season of college football played by the member schools of the Southwest Conference (SWC) and was a part of the 1915 college football season. Oklahoma compiled a 10–0–0 record, with a conference record of 3–0–0, and was the inaugural SWC champion. Baylor finished in second place with an overall record of 7–1–0, and a conference record of 3–0–0, they would have been crowned co-champion but forfeited the claim due to the use of an ineligible player.

Results and team statistics

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Conf. rank Team Head coach Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
1 Oklahoma Bennie Owen 10–0–0 (1.000) 3–0–0 (1.000) 37.0 5.4
2 Baylor Charles Mosley 7–1–0 (.875) 3–0–0 (1.000) 23.5 2.8
3 Texas Dave Allerdice 6–3–0 (.667) 2–2–0 (.500) 37.2 7.7
4 Texas A&M Edwin Harlan 6–2–0 (.750) 1–1–0 (.500) 22.8 4.3
5 Arkansas T. T. McConnell 4–2–1 (.643) 1–1–0 (.500) 17.3 7.9
6 Rice Philip Arbuckle 5–3–0 (.625) 1–2–0 (.333) 15.3 17.9
7 Oklahoma A&M John G. Griffith 4–5–1 (.450) 0–3–0 (.000) 16.1 9.3
8 Southwestern J. Burton Rix 4–3–0 (.571) 0–2–0 (.000) 7.2 13.7

Key
PPG = Average of points scored per game[2]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[2]

Schedules

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Index to colors and formatting
Non-conference matchup; SWC member won
Non-conference matchup; SWC member lost
Non-conference matchup; tie
SWC teams in bold

Week One

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
September 25 Kingfisher Oklahoma Boyd Field • Norman, OK W 67–0 [3]

Week Two

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 1 Austin College Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX W 40–0 [4]
October 2 Oklahoma Southwestern Oklahoma Weatherford, OK W 55–0 [5]
October 2 Howard Payne Baylor Carroll Field • Waco, TX W 3–0 [6][7]
October 2 TCU Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 72–0 [8]
October 2 Hendrix Arkansas The Hill • Fayetteville, AR W 41–0 [9]
October 2 Trinity (TX) Rice Rice Field • Houston, TX W 46–0 [10]
October 2 Oklahoma A&M Missouri Rollins Field • Columbia, MO L 6–13 [11]

Week Three

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 8 Baylor Rice Rice Field • Houston, TX BAY 26–0 [12]
October 8 Trinity (TX) Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX W 62–0 [13]
October 8 Friends Oklahoma A&M Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK W 6–0 [14]
October 9 Northwestern Oklahoma State Oklahoma Boyd Field • Norman, OK W 102–0 [15]
October 9 Daniel Baker Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 92–0 [16]
October 9 Ouachita Baptist Arkansas The Hill • Fayetteville, AR W 12–7 [17]

Week Four

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 12 Hendrix Southwestern Snyder Field • Georgetown, TX W 3–0 [18]
October 15 Texas A&M TCU Y. M. C. A. Athletic Park • Fort Worth, TX W 13–10 [19]
October 15 Kendall Oklahoma A&M Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK T 0–0 [20]
October 16 Oklahoma Missouri Rollins Field • Columbia, MO W 24–0 [21]
October 16 Trinity (TX) Baylor Fair Park • Dallas, TX W 49–0 [22]
October 16 Rice Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX UT 59–0 [23]

Week Five

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 22 Missouri Mines Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX W 33–3 [24]
October 23 Oklahoma Texas Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX OU 14–13 12,000 [25]
October 23 Baylor Southwestern Snyder Field • Georgetown, TX BAY 10–0 [26]
October 23 Daniel Baker Rice West End Park • Houston, TX W 28–0 [27]
October 23 Oklahoma A&M Arkansas League Park • Fort Smith, AR ARK 14–9 3,500 [28]

Week Six

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 29 Baker Oklahoma A&M Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK W 30–7 [29]
October 30 Kansas Oklahoma Boyd Field • Norman, OK W 23–14 [30]
October 30 Southwestern Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX UT 45–0 [31]
October 30 Haskell Texas A&M Fair Park • Dallas, TX W 21–7 8,000 [32]
October 30 Arkansas Saint Louis Sportsman's Park • St. Louis, MO T 0–0 [33]
October 30 TCU Rice Rice Field • Houston, TX W 33–3 [34]

Week Seven

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 5 Northwestern Territorial Normal Oklahoma A&M Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK W 77–0 [35]
November 6 Oklahoma Kendall Association Park • Tulsa, OK W 14–13 [36]
November 6 Sewanee Texas West End Park • Houston, TX W 27–6 [37]
November 6 Arkansas LSU State Fair Grounds • Shreveport, LA L 7–13 [38]
November 6 Daniel Baker Southwestern Snyder Field • Georgetown, TX W 15–0 [39]
November 8 Sewanee Baylor Cotton Palace • Waco, TX L 3–16 [40]
November 8 Texas A&M Rice West End Park • Houston, TX RICE 7–0 [41]

Week Eight

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 12 Southwestern TCU Y. M. C. A. Athletic Park • Fort Worth, TX L 0–21 [42]
November 13 Oklahoma Arkansas The Hill • Fayetteville, AR OU 23–0 [43][44]
November 13 Oklahoma A&M Baylor Cotton Palace • Waco, TX BAY 12–6 [45]
November 13 Alabama Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 20–0 [46]

Week Nine

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 16 Oklahoma A&M TCU Y. M. C. A. Athletic Park • Fort Worth, TX W 13–0 [47][48]
November 17 LSU Rice West End Park • Houston, TX W 6–0 [49]
November 19 Texas Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX TAMU 13–0 8,000 [50]
November 19 Oklahoma A&M Haskell Haskell Field • Lawrence, KS L 7–21 [51]
November 19 Southwestern SMU Dallas, TX W 21–0 [52]
November 19 Oklahoma Kansas State Ahearn Field • Manhattan, KS W 21–7 [53]
November 20 Daniel Baker Baylor Cotton Palace • Waco, TX W 34–0 [54]

Week Ten

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 25 Oklahoma A&M Oklahoma Oklahoma City, OK OU 26–7 7,000 [55]
November 25 TCU Baylor Carroll Field • Waco, TX W 51–0 [56][57]
November 25 Notre Dame Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX L 7–36 [58]
November 25 Mississippi A&M Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX L 0–7 [59]
November 25 Oklahoma Mines Arkansas The Hill • Fayetteville, AR W 45–0 [60][61]
November 25 Southwestern Austin College Sherman, TX W 7–6 [62]
November 27 Notre Dame Rice West End Park • Houston, TX W 2–55 [63]

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