1943 TCU
2–6 (1–4 Southwest Conference), coached by Dutch Meyer. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Oklahoma State 25–0Oct 23
By 25 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2 | at Arkansas | W 13–0 | 58% |
| Oct 16 | vs 18Texas A&M | L 0–13 | 52% |
| Oct 23 | at Oklahoma State | W 25–0 | 52% |
| Oct 30 | at LSU | L 0–14 | 39% |
| Nov 6 | vs Texas Tech | L 20–40 | 74% |
| Nov 13 | at 16Texas | L 7–46 | 24% |
| Nov 20 | vs Rice | L 6–13 | 63% |
| Nov 27 | vs SMU | L 0–20 | 69% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to SMU 20–0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 88th-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 1943.
- Record
- 2–6
- Conference
- 1–4 tied for 5th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 71–146
- Coach
- Dutch Meyer
- Elo
- 1425 −132 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −12.5 No. 58 of 76 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Clyde Flowers
- Offense
- Meyer spread
Drafted in 1944
The 1944 draft| Rd 3 | Clyde Flowers OT | New York Giants |
All-Southwest Conference
2 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Clyde FlowersOTAP-1- Billy HaleCAP-1
Second team
- Jim LucasBAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1943 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1943 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 5–0 | 7–1–1 | 14 |
| Texas A&M | 4–1 | 7–2–1 | |
| Rice | 2–3 | 3–7 | |
| SMU | 2–3 | 2–7 | |
| TCU | 1–4 | 2–6 | |
| Arkansas | 1–4 | 2–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.