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1948 TCU

4–⁠5–⁠1 (1–⁠4–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Dutch Meyer.

Schedule and results

TCU in 1948, game by game: won at Kansas 14–13; won at Oklahoma State 21–14; lost vs. Arkansas 14–27; won at No. 17 Indiana 7–6; won at Texas A&M 27–14; lost vs. No. 18 Oklahoma 18–21; lost vs. No. 20 Baylor 3–6; lost vs. Texas 7–14; lost at Rice 7–21; tied at No. 8 SMU 7–7+13−14Won 14–13 at Kansas+1KansasWon 21–14 at Oklahoma State+7Oklahoma StateLost 14–27 vs. Arkansas-13ArkansasWon 7–6 at No. 17 Indiana+1No. 17 IndianaWon 27–14 at Texas A&M+13Texas A&MLost 18–21 vs. No. 18 Oklahoma-3No. 18 OklahomaLost 3–6 vs. No. 20 Baylor-3No. 20 BaylorLost 7–14 vs. Texas-7TexasLost 7–21 at Rice-14RiceTied 7–7 at No. 8 SMU0No. 8 SMU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18atKansasW 14–⁠1333%
Sep 25atOklahoma StateW 21–⁠1446%
Oct 2vsArkansasL 14–⁠2757%
Oct 9at17IndianaW 7–⁠629%
Oct 16atTexas A&MW 27–⁠1456%
Oct 23vs18OklahomaL 18–⁠2148%
Oct 30vs20BaylorL 3–⁠651%
Nov 13vsTexasL 7–⁠1436%
Nov 20atRiceL 7–⁠2130%
Nov 27at8SMUT 7–⁠715%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied SMU 7–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 66th-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 1948.

Record
4–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠4–⁠1 6th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
125–⁠143
Coach
Dutch Meyer
Elo
1488 −15 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.4 No. 42 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Pete Stout and George Brown
Offense
Meyer spread

Drafted in 1949

The 1949 draft
Rd 6Doug Brightwell CPittsburgh Steelers

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1948 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
SMU5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠110
Texas4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Baylor3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠2
Rice3–⁠2–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Arkansas2–⁠45–⁠5
TCU1–⁠4–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Texas A&M0–⁠5–⁠10–⁠9–⁠1

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