1931 TCU
9–2–1 (4–1–1 Southwest Conference), coached by Francis Schmidt. The season’s Wikipedia article records 8–2–1, over 11 games to the 12 on file here. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Texas Military 40–0Sep 12
By 40 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | atTexas Military | W 40–0 | 87% |
| Sep 19 | vs North Texas | W 33–6 | 80% |
| Sep 26 | vs LSU | W 3–0 | 72% |
| Oct 3 | at Tulsa | L 0–13 | 91% |
| Oct 10 | vsAustin | W 38–0 | 92% |
| Oct 17 | vs Texas A&M | W 6–0 | 68% |
| Oct 24 | atHardin Simmons | W 6–0 | 87% |
| Oct 31 | at Arkansas | W 7–0 | 68% |
| Nov 7 | vs Rice | W 7–6 | 68% |
| Nov 14 | at Texas | L 0–10 | 44% |
| Nov 21 | at Baylor | W 19–6 | 53% |
| Nov 28 | vs SMU | T 0–0 | 46% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Tied SMU 0–0; 2nd in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 31st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).
- Record
- 9–2–1
- Conference
- 4–1–1 2nd in Southwest Conference
- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 159–41
- Coach
- Francis Schmidt
- Elo
- 1602 +12 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 5.0 No. 44 of 110 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
All-Southwest Conference
3 first teamFirst team
Blanchard SpearmanB- Madison PruittEAP-1; CP-1
- Johnny VaughtOGAP-1
From Wikipedia’s 1931 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1931 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMU | 5–0–1 | 9–1–1 | |
| TCU | 4–1–1 | 9–2–1 | |
| Texas A&M | 3–2 | 7–3 | |
| Rice | 3–3 | 6–4 | |
| Texas | 2–3 | 6–4 | |
| Baylor | 1–5 | 3–6 | |
| Arkansas | 0–4 | 3–5–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.