West Texas A&M Buffaloes football

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
 * 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, better known as Bruiser Brody
 * Stan Hansen
 * Kareem Larrimore
 * Chaun Thompson
 * Jerry Logan
 * Ron Mayo
 * Reggie McElroy
 * Mercury Morris
 * Jesse Powell
 * Bo Robinson
 * Khiry Robinson
 * Virgil Runnels, better known as Dusty Rhodes
 * Eugene Sims
 * Merced Solis, better known as Tito Santana
 * Duane Thomas
 * Rocky Thompson
 * J'Marcus Webb
 * Ethan Westbrooks

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

Bowl appearances
West Texas A&M participated in four bowl games, all while during known as West Texas State. They went 4–0.

They have also competed in the Kanza Bowl, a Division II bowl between the Lone Star Conference and the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association from 2009–2012, going 2–0.

Head coaches
Don Carthel has the most all-time wins for the Buffaloes, who have gone 521–516–23 as of 2019.