1957 West Texas State Buffaloes football team

The 1957 West Texas State Buffaloes football team represented West Texas State College—now known as West Texas A&M University—as a member of the Border Conference during the 1957 college football season. Led by Frank Kimbrough in his 11th and final season as head coach, the Buffaloes compiled an overall record of 7–3 with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, placing second in the Border Conference.

1957 West Texas State Buffaloes football
Conference	Border Conference
Record	7–3 (3–1 Border)
Head coach	Frank Kimbrough (11th season)
Home stadium	Buffalo Stadium

1957 Border Conference football standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 12 Arizona State $	4	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
West Texas State	3	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Texas Western	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Hardin–Simmons	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
New Mexico A&M	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Arizona	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 14		McMurry*	Buffalo Stadium Canyon, TX	W 20–7	4,000
September 21		at Texas Tech*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 19–0	22,000
September 28		at Texas Western	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	L 12–20
October 5		vs. Mississippi Southern*	Amarillo Stadium Amarillo, TX	L 0–34	10,000
October 12	8:00 p.m.	at Trinity (TX)*	Alamo Stadium San Antonio, TX	W 27–20
October 19		at New Mexico A&M	Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	W 35–7
October 26		Hardin–Simmons	Buffalo Stadium Canyon, TX	W 39–19
November 2		at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	W 21–20	13,000
November 9		Abilene Christian*	Buffalo Stadium Canyon, TX	W 12–2	4,500
November 16	1:00 p.m.	at Drake*	Drake Stadium Des Moines, IA	L 19–20	2,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Central time