1932 TCU

10–⁠0–⁠1 (6–⁠0 Southwest Conference), coached by Francis Schmidt.

Schedule and results

TCU in 1932, game by game: won vs. North Texas 14–2; tied at LSU 3–3; won vs. Daniel Baker 55–0; won vs. Arkansas 34–12; won at Texas A&M 17–0; won vs. Austin 68–0; won vs. Baylor 27–0; won at Hardin Simmons 27–0; won vs. Texas 14–0; won at Rice 16–6; won at SMU 8–0+68Won 14–2 vs. North Texas+12North TexasTied 3–3 at LSU0LSUWon 55–0 vs. Daniel Baker+55Daniel BakerWon 34–12 vs. Arkansas+22ArkansasWon 17–0 at Texas A&M+17Texas A&MWon 68–0 vs. Austin+68AustinWon 27–0 vs. Baylor+27BaylorWon 27–0 at Hardin Simmons+27Hardin SimmonsWon 14–0 vs. Texas+14TexasWon 16–6 at Rice+10RiceWon 8–0 at SMU+8SMU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsNorth TexasW 14–⁠275%
Sep 24atLSUT 3–⁠352%
Oct 1vsDaniel BakerW 55–⁠093%
Oct 8vsArkansasW 34–⁠1279%
Oct 15atTexas A&MW 17–⁠048%
Oct 22vsAustinW 68–⁠095%
Oct 29vsBaylorW 27–⁠078%
Nov 5atHardin SimmonsW 27–⁠091%
Nov 11vsTexasW 14–⁠058%
Nov 19atRiceW 16–⁠659%
Nov 26atSMUW 8–⁠070%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat SMU 8–⁠0; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 12th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1932.

Southwest Conference champions6–⁠0 in the conference

Record
10–⁠0–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠0 first in Southwest Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
283–⁠23
Coach
Francis Schmidt
Elo
1702 +134 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
18.3 No. 6 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southwest Conference

7 first team

First team

  • Blanard SpearmanB
  • Madison PruittEAP-1
  • Ben BoswellOTAP-1
  • Foster HowellOTAP-1
  • Lon EvansOGAP-1
  • Johnny VaughtOGAP-1
  • J.W. TownsendCAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1932 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1932 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
TCU6–⁠010–⁠0–⁠1
Texas5–⁠18–⁠2
Rice3–⁠37–⁠3
Texas A&M1–⁠2–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Baylor1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
SMU1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠2
Arkansas1–⁠41–⁠6–⁠2

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