1940 TCU
3–7 (2–4 Southwest Conference), coached by Dutch Meyer. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Centenary (LA) 41–6Sep 28
By 35 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28 | vsCentenary (LA) | W 41–6 | 75% |
| Oct 5 | vs Arkansas | W 20–0 | 64% |
| Oct 12 | at North Carolina | L 14–21 | 40% |
| Oct 19 | at 2Texas A&M | L 7–21 | 26% |
| Oct 26 | at Tulsa | L 0–7 | 48% |
| Nov 2 | vs Baylor | W 14–12 | 52% |
| Nov 9 | atDetroit Mercy | L 0–3 | 38% |
| Nov 16 | vs Texas | L 14–21 | 54% |
| Nov 23 | at Rice | L 6–14 | 39% |
| Nov 30 | at 16SMU | L 0–16 | 25% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to SMU 16–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 71st-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 1940.
- Record
- 3–7
- Conference
- 2–4 5th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 116–121
- Coach
- Dutch Meyer
- Elo
- 1481 −63 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 6.4 No. 36 of 121 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offense
- Meyer spread
All-Southwest Conference
3 first teamFirst team
Kyle GillespieB- Phil RoachEAP-2; UP-1
- Bobby SherrodOGAP-1; UP-1
From Wikipedia’s 1940 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1940 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M | 5–1 | 9–1 | 6 |
| SMU | 5–1 | 8–1–1 | 16 |
| Texas | 4–2 | 8–2 | |
| Rice | 4–2 | 7–3 | |
| TCU | 2–4 | 3–7 | |
| Arkansas | 1–5 | 4–6 | |
| Baylor | 0–6 | 4–6 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.