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1942 TCU

7–⁠3 (4–⁠2 Southwest Conference), coached by Dutch Meyer.

Schedule and results

TCU in 1942, game by game: won at UCLA 7–6; won vs. Arkansas 13–6; won vs. Kansas 41–6; won at Texas A&M 7–2; won at Pensacola NAS 21–0; lost vs. Baylor 7–10; lost at Texas Tech 6–13; won vs. No. 8 Texas 13–7; lost at Rice 0–26; won at SMU 14–6+35−26Won 7–6 at UCLA+1UCLAWon 13–6 vs. Arkansas+7ArkansasWon 41–6 vs. Kansas+35KansasWon 7–2 at Texas A&M+5Texas A&MWon 21–0 at Pensacola NAS+21Pensacola NASLost 7–10 vs. Baylor-3BaylorLost 6–13 at Texas Tech-7Texas TechWon 13–7 vs. No. 8 Texas+6No. 8 TexasLost 0–26 at Rice-26RiceWon 14–6 at SMU+8SMU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25atUCLAW 7–⁠655%
Oct 3vsArkansasW 13–⁠668%
Oct 10vsKansasW 41–⁠683%
Oct 17atTexas A&MW 7–⁠243%
Oct 24atPensacola NASW 21–⁠089%
Oct 31vsBaylorL 7–⁠1063%
Nov 7atTexas TechL 6–⁠1351%
Nov 14vs8TexasW 13–⁠735%
Nov 21atRiceL 0–⁠2644%
Nov 28atSMUW 14–⁠650%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat SMU 14–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 35th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 17
  2. Wk 2: 12
  3. Wk 3: 9
  4. Wk 6: 18

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 1942.

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠2 3rd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 9
Points
129–⁠82
Coach
Dutch Meyer
Elo
1586 +37 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.5 No. 41 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Meyer spread

Drafted in 1943

The 1943 draft
Rd 6Derrell Palmer OTChicago Bears

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1942 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1942 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas5–⁠19–⁠211
Rice4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
TCU4–⁠27–⁠3
Baylor3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Texas A&M2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
SMU1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠2
Arkansas0–⁠63–⁠7

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