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. Since 2019, the Buffaloes have played their home games at the 8,500 seat on-campus Bain–Schaeffer Buffalo Stadium. The team formerly played at the 20,000 seat Kimbrough Memorial Stadium. They are coached by Josh Lynn.

Notable former players

Notable alumni include:

Ralph Anderson Anthony Armstrong John Ayres Grady Benton Carl Birdsong Tully Blanchard Cloyce Box Bryan Braman Stephen Burton Eric Collins Ted DiBiase Bobby Duncum Sr. Dory Funk Jr. Terry Funk Frank Goodish Stan Hansen Kareem Larrimore Jerry Logan Ron Mayo Reggie McElroy Mercury Morris Jesse Powell Bo Robinson Khiry Robinson Virgil Runnels Eugene Sims Merced Solis Duane Thomas Chaun Thompson Rocky Thompson J'Marcus Webb Ethan Westbrooks

Conference championships 1939 Alfred Baggett Alamo Conference (co-champions) 5–3–1 1940 Jack Curtice Alamo Conference 7–3 1950 Frank Kimbrough Border Conference 10–1 1977 Bill Yung Missouri Valley Conference 6–4–1 1979 5–5–1 1986 Bill Kelly Lone Star Conference 7–4 2005 Don Carthel 10–2 2006 11–2 2007 12–1 2012 12–3

Classification history 1910–1955 – NCAA 1956–1972 – NCAA University Division (Major College) 1973–1977 – NCAA Division I 1978–1981 – NCAA Division I-A 1982–1985 – NCAA Division I-AA 1986–1990 – NCAA Division II 1991 – No team 1992–present – NCAA Division II

Conference history 1910–1924 – Independent 1925–1930 – Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1931–1938 – Independent 1939–1940 – Alamo Conference 1941–1961 – Border Conference 1962–1971 – Independent 1972–1985 – Missouri Valley Conference 1986–1990 – Lone Star Conference 1992–1994 – Division II Independent 1995–present – Lone Star Conference

Postseason Bowl appearances West Texas A&M participated in four bowl games, all while during known as West Texas State. They went 4–0. 1950 Frank Kimbrough Sun Bowl Cincinnati W 14–13 1956 Frank Kimbrough Tangerine Bowl Mississippi Southern W 20–13 1962 Joe Kerbel Sun Bowl Ohio W 15–141967 Joe Kerbel Pasadena Bowl Valley State W 35–13

They have also competed in three Division II bowls. The Kanza Bowl was a bowl game between the Lone Star Conference and the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association from 2009–2012, with the Buffs going 2–0. The Buffs have also played in the Heritage Bowl against the Great American Conference. 2009 Don Carthel Kanza Bowl W 31–252011 Don Carthel Kanza Bowl W 26–72025 Josh Lynn Heritage Bowl (Corsicana) W 28–27

NCAA Division II playoffs 2012 2012, 2013 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013

Rivalries Eastern New Mexico: Wagon Wheel The Wagon Wheel is a traveling trophy that is given to the winner of the Eastern New Mexico–West Texas A&M football game. The trophy was introduced in 1986 by Dallan Sanders, the Housing Director at ENMU. The wheel is placed on the stadium hill of the host team with the winning team running up the hill to take possession of the wheel. Following the 2023 meeting, ENMU leads the overall series 23–19 and the trophy series 18–17.

East Texas A&M University: East Texas vs. West Texas East Texas vs. West Texas is the name given to the East Texas A&M–West Texas A&M football rivalry game. The intensity of the rivalry grew during 2013 through 2018 as the head coach for ETAMU at the time was Colby Carthel, who previously served as the defensive coordinator at WT under head coach Don Carthel, Colby's father. East Texas A&M leads the all-time series 21–14. The rivalry has become largely defunct as East Texas A&M moved to the Southland Conference, which competes at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level, beginning with the 2022 season.

Head coaches Don Carthel has the most all-time wins for the Buffaloes, who have gone 541–536–21 through the 2023 season.

Josh Lynn 8–13 2023–present Hunter Hughes 32–28 2017–2022 Mike Nesbitt 25–17 2013–2016 Don Carthel 79–22 2005–2012 Ronnie Jones 5–27 2002–2004 Stan McGarvey 25–30 1997–2001 Morris Stone 15–17 1994–1996 Ron Steele 4–15 1992–1993 Football Not Fielded N/A 1991 Steve Graf 6–26 1988–1990 Bill Kelly 18–13–1 1985–1987 Don Davis 6–26–1 1982–1984 Bill Yung 26–27–2 1977–1981 Gene Mayfield 24–39–2 1971–1976 Joe Kerbel 68–42–1 1960–1970 Clark Jarnagin 2–18 1958–1959 Frank Kimbrough 54–52–2 1947–1957 Windy Nicklaus 2–1 1946 Gus Miller 9–13 1944–1946 World War II N/A 1943 Gus Miller 7–2 1942 Jack Curtice 15–5 1940–1941 Alfred Baggett 36–28–4 1933–1939 Samuel D. Burton 10–5–2 1931–1932 Claude Reeds 12–6–1 1929–1930 W. Mitchell Jones 3–6 1928 Ox Eckhardt 12–13–1 1925–1927 Samuel D. Burton 13–21–2 1921–1924 Wayne McCorkle 1–5–1 1920 Walter Willy 4–2 1919 Lt. Alonzo P. George 3–0 1918 Douglas A. Shirley 14–16–1 1913–1917 Jim G. Miller 8–6 1910–1911

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