1938 Texas A&M Aggies vs. Santa Clara Broncos gameday football program featuring Aggie running back stars Jack Kimbrough and All-American Dick Todd in excellent vintage condition! The "gridiron crossword puzzle" was completed long ago in pen. Program cover has "1938" year and end result score (7-0 for Santa Clara).
This was the debut season of Aggies legend John ("Jack") Kimbrough. Hometown favorite Santa Clara under head coach Buck Shaw would get the hard-fought 7-0 win at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco. However, rising Texas A&M would win the National Championship the following year (1939).
Background Notes: Kimbrough would become the workhorse of the '39 Texas A&M team, playing 550 out of a possible 600 minutes in 10 regular-season games. He punished defenders with his rugged running style, finishing fifth in the Heisman Trophy race in 1939 and second in '40.
“John Kimbrough is legendary not only because of what he did individually, but also because he was the leader of the '39 team that accomplished something no other team at A&M has ever done,” said John David Crow, A&M's first Heisman Trophy winner in 1957. “Some sportswriters used to compare me to him when we were No. 1 in 1957, but to me, there's no comparison.”