
I am still searching for more information on the SWC Trophies from the 1920's, however this trophy from 1927 seems to be the year that the SWC Trophies changed in form from (just) a football to a player.
All of the other SWC Football Championship Trophies from the 1920's (that pre-date this 1927 trophy) are very simple. They are all the same color of silver, and have the same black wood base. However, all the trophies I have seen that pre-date this one from 1927 are shaped like "footballs" only.
Due to the make of the trophies, I believe they were all made by the same company. But, for some reason, the 1927 trophy (and I think the 1928 trophy - won by t.u.) seems to be the year when the manufacturer (or the conference) decided to change the trophies form to what is pictured here (a player carrying a football).
A&M also has SWC championships from 1925, 1921, 1919, and 1917. However, as far as I can tell, no one knows where these trophies are located. I am not really sure that there were any trophies given for the 1919 and 1917 season, but it is very possible that there were trophies for 1925 and 1921. Baylor has a couple of SWC Championship Trophies on display at Floyd-Casey that are from 1922 and 1924 (if I remember correctly). Baylor's trophies are just silver footballs (as I described) and if I remember correctly, at least one of them does not have a base at all. This leads me to believe that a 1925 trophy was given, but I am still lacking any kind of evidence that a trophy was given in 1921.
Seeing that the 1921 season is the same season that ended with the Dixie Classic (Jan. 1922), it would be interesting to find a SWC Championship Trophy from that year.