Homer H. Norton
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| Homer Norton | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Born | December 30, 1896 | |
| Place of birth | Birmingham, AL | |
| Died | May 26, 1965 | |
| Place of death | College Station, TX | |
| Career Highlights | ||
| Overall | 141-73-18 | |
| Bowls | 2-2 | |
| Coaching Stats | ||
| College Football DataWarehouse | ||
| Championships | ||
| 1939 National Championship 1939-41 Southwest Conference Championship |
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| Coaching positions | ||
| 1919, 1921, 1926-33 1934-47 |
Centenary Texas A&M |
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| College Football Hall of Fame, 1971 (Bio) | ||
Homer H. Norton (December 30, 1896 - May 26, 1965) was a highly successful college football head coach. He coached at Centenary College of Louisiana for 10 years total. From 1934 to 1947, he coached at Texas A&M University and compiled an 82-53-9 record. That number gives him the second most wins in Texas A&M history.[1] His 1939 Texas A&M team went undefeated at 11-0 and won the national championship. His career record stands at 141-73-18. He was fired in 1947, when his team went 3-8, and lost to Texas for the eighth straight year.
He played four different sports at Birmingham-Southern Conference, and played minor league baseball prior to becoming a head coach.
Norton was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.
[edit] Record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl Game | Bowl Opponent | Outcome | Rank# |
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| Centenary Gentlemen () (1919, 1921, 1926 — 1933) | ||||||||
| 1919 | Centenary | 0-2 | ||||||
| 1921 | Centenary | 2-3 | ||||||
| 1926 | Centenary | 6-3 | ||||||
| 1927 | Centenary | 10-0 | ||||||
| 1928 | Centenary | 6-3-2 | ||||||
| 1929 | Centenary | 6-3-1 | ||||||
| 1930 | Centenary | 8-1-1 | ||||||
| 1931 | Centenary | 5-5 | ||||||
| 1932 | Centenary | 8-0-1 | ||||||
| 1933 | Centenary | 8-0-4 | ||||||
| At Centenary: | 59-20-9 | |||||||
| Texas A&M Aggies (Southwest) (1934 — 1947) | ||||||||
| 1934 | Texas A&M | 2-7-2 | 1-4-1 | 6th | ||||
| 1935 | Texas A&M | 3-7 | 1-5 | 7th | ||||
| 1936 | Texas A&M | 8-3-1 | 3-2-1 | T-3rd | ||||
| 1937 | Texas A&M | 5-2-2 | 2-2-2 | 5th | ||||
| 1938 | Texas A&M | 4-4-1 | 2-3-1 | 5th | ||||
| 1939 | Texas A&M | 11-0 | 6-0 | 1st | Sugar Bowl | Tulane | W, 14-13 | #1 |
| 1940 | Texas A&M | 9-1 | 5-1 | T-1st | Cotton Bowl | Fordham | W, 13-12 | #6 |
| 1941 | Texas A&M | 9-2 | 5-1 | 1st | Cotton Bowl | Alabama | L, 29-21 | #9 |
| 1942 | Texas A&M | 4-5-1 | 2-3-1 | 5th | ||||
| 1943 | Texas A&M | 7-2-1 | 4-1 | 2nd | Orange Bowl | LSU | L, 19-14 | |
| 1944 | Texas A&M | 7-4 | 2-3 | T-4th | ||||
| 1945 | Texas A&M | 6-4 | 3-3 | T-3rd | ||||
| 1946 | Texas A&M | 4-6-0 | 3-3-0 | 4th | ||||
| 1947 | Texas A&M | 3-6-1 | 1-4-1 | T-5th | ||||
| At Texas A&M: | 82-53-9 | |||||||
| Career: | 141-73-18 | |||||||
| National Championship Conference Title | ||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. | ||||||||
| Preceded by Madison A. "Matty" Bell |
Texas A&M University Head Football Coach 1934–1947 |
Succeeded by Robert Harry Stiteler |
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[edit] References
- ^ All-Time Coaching Leaders (by wins) (English) (HTML). aggieathletics.com. Retrieved on January 4, 2007.
Norton • Parker • Young • Delaney • Mooty • Sigler • Little • Wallace • Canterbury • Vardeman • Johnson • Flaska
