1939 TCU
3–7 (1–5 Southwest Conference), coached by Dutch Meyer. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Centenary (LA) 21–0Oct 28
By 21 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29 | at UCLA | L 2–6 | 65% |
| Oct 7 | at Arkansas | L 13–14 | 69% |
| Oct 14 | at Temple | L 11–13 | 71% |
| Oct 21 | vs 9Texas A&M | L 6–20 | 58% |
| Oct 28 | atCentenary (LA) | W 21–0 | 74% |
| Nov 4 | at Baylor | L 0–27 | 51% |
| Nov 11 | vs Tulsa | W 16–0 | 75% |
| Nov 18 | at Texas | L 19–25 | 62% |
| Nov 25 | vs Rice | W 21–0 | 74% |
| Dec 2 | vs SMU | L 7–14 | 62% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to SMU 14–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 45th-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 1939.
- Record
- 3–7
- Conference
- 1–5 6th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 116–119
- Coach
- Dutch Meyer
- Elo
- 1566 −125 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 5.2 No. 40 of 124 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offense
- Meyer spread
All-Southwest Conference
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Don LooneyEAP-1; UP-2
Second team
- Durwood HornerEAP-2; UP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1939 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1939 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M | 6–0 | 11–0 | 1 |
| Baylor | 4–2 | 7–3 | |
| SMU | 4–2 | 6–3–1 | |
| Texas | 3–3 | 5–4 | |
| Arkansas | 2–3–1 | 4–5–1 | |
| TCU | 1–5 | 3–7 | |
| Rice | 0–5–1 | 1–9–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.