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1941 TCU

7–⁠3–⁠1 (4–⁠1–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Dutch Meyer.

Schedule and results

TCU in 1941, game by game: won vs. Tulsa 6–0; won at Arkansas 9–0; won at Indiana 20–14; lost vs. No. 14 Texas A&M 0–14; lost at No. 6 Fordham 14–28; won at Baylor 23–12; won vs. Centenary (LA) 35–7; won at No. 2 Texas 14–7; tied vs. Rice 0–0; won vs. SMU 15–13; lost vs. No. 20 Georgia 26–40+28−14Won 6–0 vs. Tulsa+6TulsaWon 9–0 at Arkansas+9ArkansasWon 20–14 at Indiana+6IndianaLost 0–14 vs. No. 14 Texas A&M-14No. 14 Texas A&MLost 14–28 at No. 6 Fordham-14No. 6 FordhamWon 23–12 at Baylor+11BaylorWon 35–7 vs. Centenary (LA)+28Centenary (LA)Won 14–7 at No. 2 Texas+7No. 2 TexasTied 0–0 vs. Rice0RiceWon 15–13 vs. SMU+2SMULost 26–40 vs. No. 20 Georgia-14No. 20 Georgia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsTulsaW 6–⁠053%
Oct 4atArkansasW 9–⁠044%
Oct 11atIndianaW 20–⁠1454%
Oct 18vs14Texas A&ML 0–⁠1438%
Oct 25at6FordhamL 14–⁠2825%
Nov 1atBaylorW 23–⁠1237%
Nov 8vsCentenary (LA)W 35–⁠788%
Nov 15at2TexasW 14–⁠721%
Nov 22vsRiceT 0–⁠068%
Nov 29vsSMUW 15–⁠1355%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs20GeorgiaOrange BowlL 26–⁠4048%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia 40–⁠26 in the Orange Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 41st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 19

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 1941.

Record
7–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠1–⁠1 tied for 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 19
Points
162–⁠135
Coach
Dutch Meyer
Elo
1573 +86 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
12.1 No. 23 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Meyer spread

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1941 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1941 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M5–⁠19–⁠29
Texas4–⁠1–⁠18–⁠1–⁠14
TCU4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Rice3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
SMU2–⁠45–⁠5
Baylor1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Arkansas0–⁠63–⁠7

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