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Dutch Meyer, head coach at TCU
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Dutch Meyer

Dutch Meyer went 109–⁠79–⁠13 as a head coach, 1934–⁠1952, at TCU. His teams claim two national titles: TCU in 1935 and 1938.

Record
109–⁠79–⁠13 career
Seasons
19
Schools
1
National titles
2 claimed: 1935 and 1938
Hall of Fame
1956 inducted
Best season
1938 11–⁠0, No. 1

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1786 in 1938
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1934TCU8–⁠44th
1935TCU12–⁠12ndSugar Bowl W
1936TCU9–⁠2–⁠22ndCotton Bowl W16
1937TCU4–⁠4–⁠22nd16
1938TCU11–⁠01stSugar Bowl W1
1939TCU3–⁠76th
1940TCU3–⁠75th
1941TCU7–⁠3–⁠1T–2ndOrange Bowl L
1942TCU7–⁠33rd
1943TCU2–⁠6T–5th
1944TCU7–⁠3–⁠11stCotton Bowl L
1945TCU5–⁠5T–3rd
1946TCU2–⁠7–⁠1T–5th
1947TCU4–⁠5–⁠24thDelta Bowl L
1948TCU4–⁠5–⁠16th
1949TCU6–⁠3–⁠1T–3rd
1950TCU5–⁠5T–3rd
1951TCU6–⁠51stCotton Bowl L11
1952TCU4–⁠4–⁠24th

Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.

Players he coached

Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against ranked teams4313–⁠28–⁠2
Against top-10 teams196–⁠11–⁠2
Against rivals8139–⁠36–⁠6
Conference games11257–⁠46–⁠9
Bowls and playoffs73–⁠4
Decided by 8 points or fewer9748–⁠36–⁠13
At home7946–⁠27–⁠6
On the road10958–⁠47–⁠4
At neutral sites135–⁠5–⁠3
As our Elo’s favorite11676–⁠33–⁠7
As our Elo’s underdog8533–⁠46–⁠6

His own 201 games on file, 1934–⁠1952, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.

Against other head coaches

CoachRecordTheir schoolsGames
Homer Norton 1934–⁠19477–⁠6–⁠1Texas A&M14
Jess Neely 1940–⁠19524–⁠8–⁠1Rice13
Madison Bell 1935–⁠19494–⁠5–⁠3SMU12
Dana Bible 1937–⁠19466–⁠4Texas10
Fred Thomsen 1934–⁠19415–⁠2–⁠1Arkansas8
Morley Jennings 1934–⁠19405–⁠2Baylor7
Jim Lookabaugh 1943–⁠19492–⁠4–⁠1Oklahoma State7
Jimmy Kitts 1934–⁠19396–⁠0Rice6
Jules Sikes 1948–⁠19523–⁠2Kansas5
Dell Morgan 1942–⁠19502–⁠3Texas Tech5

Dutch Meyer’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
Arkansasseries1910–⁠7–⁠2
Riceseries1910–⁠8–⁠1
Texas A&Mseries1910–⁠7–⁠2
Texasseries199–⁠10
SMUseries198–⁠8–⁠3
Baylorseries1710–⁠6–⁠1
Kansasseries106–⁠2–⁠2
Tulsaseries87–⁠1

Career

YearsTeamJob
1922Polytechnic HS (TX) high schoolHead coach
1923–⁠33TCUAssistant coach
1934–⁠52TCUHead coach

Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.

Coaching tree

Worked under

Dutch Meyer

Assistants who became head coaches

Worked under (2)
Head coachTeamYearsHis job
Madison BellTCU1923–⁠28Assistant coach
Francis SchmidtTCU1929–⁠33Assistant coach
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
CoachWith himHead coach at
Raymond WolfTCU, 1934–⁠35: line coachNorth Carolina, Georgia Pre-Flight, Florida, Tulane
Abe MartinTCU, 1945–⁠52: assistant coachTCU

From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.