In 1939 the aggies slowly moved up in the polls by beating teams like Baylor, SMU, and Rice. With those wins the aggies moved to number 1 in the AP poll. They went undefeated in the regular season. The aggies were scheduled to play number 2 Tennessee in the Cotton Bowl, but the team voted to accept a bid to the Sugar Bowl to play number 5 Tulane. Before the game John Kimbrough and Joe Boyd were added to the All-America team. The aggies were down early in the fourth quarter then John Kimbrough took a pitch and ran it all they way to the end zone to win it for the aggies. The aggies had help from head coach Homer Norton in guiding them to the National Championship.
