1925 TCU

7–⁠1–⁠1 (2–⁠0–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Madison Bell.

Schedule and results

TCU in 1925, game by game: won vs. East Texas A&M 31–0; won vs. Daniel Baker 12–0; tied at Baylor 7–7; won vs. Hardin Simmons 28–16; lost at Oklahoma State 7–22; won vs. Abilene Christian 21–9; won vs. Texas A&M 3–0; won vs. Arkansas 3–0; won vs. Austin 21–0+31−15Won 31–0 vs. East Texas A&M+31East Texas A&MWon 12–0 vs. Daniel Baker+12Daniel BakerTied 7–7 at Baylor0BaylorWon 28–16 vs. Hardin Simmons+12Hardin SimmonsLost 7–22 at Oklahoma State-15Oklahoma StateWon 21–9 vs. Abilene Christian+12Abilene Christi…Won 3–0 vs. Texas A&M+3Texas A&MWon 3–0 vs. Arkansas+3ArkansasWon 21–0 vs. Austin+21Austin
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Austin 21–⁠0; first in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 84th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Record
7–⁠1–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠0–⁠1 first in Southwest Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
133–⁠54
Coach
Madison Bell
Elo
1446 +61 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.6 No. 67 of 104 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Herman Clark

All-Southwest Conference

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Herman ClarkQBAP-1; JH; JT
  • Rags MatthewsEAP-2; JT
  • Harold “Tubby” BrewsterOTAP-1; JH; JT

Second team

  • Johnny WashmonCAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1925 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1925 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
TCU2–⁠0–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
Texas A&M4–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
Texas2–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
SMU1–⁠1–⁠25–⁠2–⁠2
Rice1–⁠2–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
Baylor0–⁠3–⁠23–⁠5–⁠2
Arkansas0–⁠2–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.