1930 TCU
9–2–1 (4–2 Southwest Conference), coached by Francis Schmidt. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Abilene Christian 62–0Nov 1
By 62 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13 | vs East Texas A&M | W 40–0 | 94% |
| Sep 20 | at North Texas | W 47–0 | 69% |
| Sep 27 | vsAustin | W 33–7 | 94% |
| Oct 4 | atHardin Simmons | T 0–0 | 91% |
| Oct 11 | vs Arkansas | W 40–0 | 74% |
| Oct 18 | at Texas A&M | W 3–0 | 63% |
| Oct 25 | vs Texas Tech | W 26–0 | 82% |
| Nov 1 | vs Abilene Christian | W 62–0 | 97% |
| Nov 8 | at Rice | W 20–0 | 72% |
| Nov 15 | vs Texas | L 0–7 | 65% |
| Nov 22 | vs Baylor | L 14–35 | 76% |
| Nov 29 | at SMU | W 13–0 | 38% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat SMU 13–0; 3rd in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 28th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).
- Record
- 9–2–1
- Conference
- 4–2 3rd in Southwest Conference
- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 298–49
- Coach
- Francis Schmidt
- Elo
- 1635 +31 this season
- SP+ rating
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- SRS
- 13.0 No. 20 of 106 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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All-Southwest Conference
2 first teamFirst team
Ben BoswellOTAP-1- Noble AtkinsCAP-1
From Wikipedia’s 1930 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1930 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 4–1 | 8–1–1 | |
| Baylor | 3–1–1 | 6–3–1 | |
| TCU | 4–2 | 9–2–1 | |
| SMU | 2–2–1 | 6–3–1 | |
| Arkansas | 2–2 | 3–6 | |
| Rice | 2–4 | 8–4 | |
| Texas A&M | 0–5 | 2–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.