1929 TCU
9–0–1 (4–0–1 Southwest Conference), coached by Francis Schmidt. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Daniel Baker 61–0Sep 28
By 61 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28 | vsDaniel Baker | W 61–0 | 91% |
| Oct 5 | atHardin Simmons | W 20–0 | 85% |
| Oct 12 | atCentenary (LA) | W 28–0 | 77% |
| Oct 19 | vs Texas A&M | W 13–7 | 60% |
| Oct 26 | at Texas Tech | W 22–0 | 59% |
| Nov 2 | vs North Texas | W 25–0 | 83% |
| Nov 9 | vs Rice | W 24–0 | 90% |
| Nov 16 | at Texas | W 15–12 | 37% |
| Nov 23 | at Baylor | W 34–7 | 59% |
| Nov 30 | vs SMU | T 7–7 | 61% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Tied SMU 7–7; Southwest Conference champions.
In program history: The 22nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).
Southwest Conference champions4–0–1 in the conference
- Record
- 9–0–1
- Conference
- 4–0–1 first in Southwest Conference
- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 249–33
- Coach
- Francis Schmidt
- Elo
- 1656 +127 this season
- SP+ rating
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- SRS
- 25.1 No. 2 of 100 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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All-Southwest Conference
4 first teamFirst team
Howard GrubbsB- LelandB
- Mike BrumbelowOTAP-1
- Noble AtkinsCAP-1
From Wikipedia’s 1929 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1929 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| TCU | 4–0–1 | 9–0–1 | |
| SMU | 3–0–2 | 6–0–4 | |
| Baylor | 2–2–1 | 7–3–1 | |
| Texas | 2–2–2 | 5–2–2 | |
| Texas A&M | 2–3 | 5–4 | |
 Arkansas | 1–2 | 7–2 | |
| Rice | 0–5 | 2–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.