1950 TCU
5–5 (3–3 Southwest Conference), coached by Dutch Meyer. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat SMU 27–13Dec 2
By 14 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 | at Kansas | W 14–7 | 42% |
| Sep 30 | at Oklahoma State | L 7–13 | 49% |
| Oct 7 | vs Arkansas | W 13–6 | 67% |
| Oct 14 | vs Texas Tech | W 19–6 | 74% |
| Oct 21 | at Texas A&M | L 23–42 | 53% |
| Oct 28 | vs Ole Miss | L 7–19 | 53% |
| Nov 4 | vs Baylor | L 14–20 | 47% |
| Nov 18 | vs 6Texas | L 7–21 | 26% |
| Nov 25 | at Rice | W 26–14 | 21% |
| Dec 2 | at SMU | W 27–13 | 26% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat SMU 27–13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 42nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).
- Record
- 5–5
- Conference
- 3–3 tied for 3rd in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 157–161
- Coach
- Dutch Meyer
- Elo
- 1573 +30 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 9.1 No. 30 of 120 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offense
- Meyer spread
All-Southwest Conference
2 second teamSecond team
Gil BartoshBAP-2- Clarence “Red” MarableOTAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1950 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 6–0 | 9–2 | 3 |
| Baylor | 4–2 | 7–3 | |
| Texas A&M | 3–3 | 7–4 | |
| TCU | 3–3 | 5–5 | |
| Rice | 2–4 | 6–4 | |
| SMU | 2–4 | 6–4 | |
| Arkansas | 1–5 | 2–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.