Alamo Conference

The Alamo Conference was a short-lived intercollegiate athletic conference composed of member schools located in the state of Texas. The league was established in 1935 with St. Mary's, Sul Ross State, and Texas A&I as charter members. Competition began in 1936 continuing to 1941. Most of the conference's members eventually joined the Lone Star Conference.

Alamo Conference

Conference	NCAA
Founded	1935 (1935)
Ceased	1941 (1941)
No. of teams	4 (Football)
Region	Southwest
Locations
St. Mary's Sul Ross St. Texas A&I W. Texas St. class=notpageimage| Schools of the Alamo Conference

Member schools

Final members

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Nickname	Joined	Left	Colors	Current conference
St. Mary's University	San Antonio, Texas	1852	Private (Roman Catholic)	Rattlers	1935–36	1941–42	Gold & Blue	Lone Star (NCAA Division II)
Sul Ross State Teachers College	Alpine, Texas	1917	Public	Lobos	1935–36	1939–40	Scarlet & Grey	American Southwest (NCAA Division III)
Texas College of Arts and Industries	Kingsville, Texas	1925	Public	Javelinas	1935–36	1941–42	Blue & Gold	Lone Star (NCAA Division II)
West Texas State Teachers College	Canyon, Texas	1910	Public	Buffaloes	1939–40	1941–42	Maroon & White	Lone Star (NCAA Division II)

Notes

Membership timeline

Alamo members

Football championships

Alamo Conference football championships

Season	Champion	Conference record	Overall record
1936 (co-champions)	St. Mary's (TX)	1–1	7–3–2
	Sul Ross	1–1	4–3–1
	Texas A&I	1–1	6–4
1937 (co-champions)	St. Mary's (TX)	1–0–1	7–2–2
	Texas A&I	1–0–1	4–3–1
1938	Texas A&I	2–0	6–3
1939 (co-champions)	Texas A&I	2–0–1	6–1–3
	West Texas State	2–0–1	5–3–1
1940	West Texas State	2–0	7–3
1941	Texas A&I	1–0	8–2

Yearly football standings

1936 Alamo Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T St. Mary's (TX) + 1 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 2 Texas A&I + 1 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Sul Ross + 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 1 + – Conference co-champions	1937 Alamo Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T St. Mary's (TX) + 1 – 0 – 1 7 – 2 – 2 Texas A&I + 1 – 0 – 1 4 – 3 – 1 Sul Ross 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 4 – 0 + – Conference co-champions	1938 Alamo Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Texas A&I $ 2 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Sul Ross 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 1 St. Mary's (TX) 0 – 2 – 0 6 – 9 – 0 $ – Conference champion
1939 Alamo Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Texas A&I + 2 – 0 – 1 6 – 1 – 3 West Texas State + 2 – 0 – 1 5 – 3 – 1 St. Mary's (TX) 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 2 Sul Ross 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 7 – 1 + – Conference co-champions	1940 Alamo Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T West Texas State $ 2 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 0 Texas A&I 1 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 St. Mary's (TX) 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 1 $ – Conference champion	1941 Alamo Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Texas A&I $ 1 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 St. Mary's (TX) 0 – 1 – 0 7 – 4 – 1 $ – Conference champion