1952 TCU
4–4–2 (2–2–2 Southwest Conference), coached by Dutch Meyer. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Trinity (Texas) 47–0Oct 11
By 47 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20 | at Kansas | L 0–13 | 40% |
| Sep 27 | at 18UCLA | L 0–14 | 36% |
| Oct 4 | vs Arkansas | W 13–7 | 65% |
| Oct 11 | atTrinity (Texas) | W 47–0 | 83% |
| Oct 18 | at Texas A&M | T 7–7 | 45% |
| Nov 1 | vs Baylor | T 20–20 | 43% |
| Nov 8 | vs Wake Forest | W 27–9 | 56% |
| Nov 15 | vs 9Texas | L 7–14 | 46% |
| Nov 22 | at Rice | L 6–12 | 52% |
| Nov 29 | at SMU | W 14–7 | 43% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat SMU 14–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 44th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 1: 9
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 1952.
- Record
- 4–4–2
- Conference
- 2–2–2 4th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 9
- Points
- 141–103
- Coach
- Dutch Meyer
- Elo
- 1569 −2 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 9.3 No. 30 of 113 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offense
- Meyer spread
All-Southwest Conference
4 first teamFirst team
Bob BlairEAP-1- Wayne MartinDEUP-1
- Morgan WilliamsDTAP-1
- Ronald FraleyRBAP-1
From Wikipedia’s 1952 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1952 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 6–0 | 9–2 | 10 |
| Rice | 4–2 | 5–5 | |
| SMU | 3–2–1 | 4–5–1 | |
| TCU | 2–2–2 | 4–4–2 | |
| Baylor | 1–3–2 | 4–4–2 | |
| Texas A&M | 1–4–1 | 3–6–1 | |
| Arkansas | 1–5 | 2–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.