West Texas A&M Buffaloes football

West Texas A&M Buffaloes football
First season	1910; 114 years ago (1910)
Head coach	Josh Lynn 2nd season, 8–13 (.381)
Stadium	Bain–Schaeffer Buffalo Stadium (capacity: 8,500–12,000)
Location	Canyon, Texas
NCAA division	Division II
Conference	Lone Star Conference
Bowl record	6–0 (1.000)
Conference titles	11 (5 Lone Star Conference 3 Missouri Valley Conference, 2 Alamo Conference, 1 Border)
Division titles	4
Colors	Maroon and white[1]
Website	gobuffsgo.com

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 alumni include:

• 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

• 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

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.

The Wagon Wheel is a traveling trophy that is given to the winner of the Eastern New Mexico–West Texas A&M football game.^[2][3] 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.^[4] Following the 2023 meeting, ENMU leads the overall series 23–19 and the trophy series 18–17.^[5]

East Texas vs. West Texas is the name given to the Texas A&M–Commerce–West Texas A&M football rivalry game. The intensity of the rivalry grew during 2013 through 2018 as the head coach for TAMUC at the time was Colby Carthel, who previously served as the defensive coordinator at WT under head coach Don Carthel, Colby's father.^[6] A&M–Commerce leads the all-time series 21–14.^[7] The rivalry has become largely defunct as A&M–Commerce moved to the Southland Conference, which competes at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level, beginning with the 2022 season.^[8][9]

Don Carthel has the most all-time wins for the Buffaloes, who have gone 541–536–21 through the 2023 season. ^[10]

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