1954 TCU
4–6 (1–5 Southwest Conference), coached by Abe Martin. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 9 USC 20–7Oct 8
USC was ranked No. 9, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18 | at Kansas | W 27–6 | 50% |
| Sep 25 | at 1Oklahoma | L 16–21 | 22% |
| Oct 2 | vs Arkansas | L 13–20 | 63% |
| Oct 8 | at 9USC | W 20–7 | 26% |
| Oct 16 | at Texas A&M | W 21–20 | 56% |
| Oct 23 | vs Penn State | W 20–7 | 48% |
| Oct 30 | vs Baylor | L 7–12 | 54% |
| Nov 13 | vs Texas | L 34–35 | 60% |
| Nov 20 | at Rice | L 0–6 | 33% |
| Nov 27 | at SMU | L 6–21 | 33% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to SMU 21–6; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 55th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 2: 20
- Wk 6: 20
- Wk 7: 17
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 1954.
- Record
- 4–6
- Conference
- 1–5 6th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 17
- Points
- 164–155
- Coach
- Abe Martin
- Elo
- 1522 +15 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 11.0 No. 25 of 111 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offense
- Meyer spread
All-Southwest Conference
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Hugh PittsCAP-1; UP-1
Second team
Jim SwinkBUP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1954 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1954 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 5–1 | 8–3 | 10 |
| SMU | 4–1–1 | 6–3–1 | |
| Rice | 4–2 | 7–3 | 19 |
| Baylor | 4–2 | 7–4 | 18 |
| Texas | 2–3–1 | 4–5–1 | |
| TCU | 1–5 | 4–6 | |
| Texas A&M | 0–6 | 1–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.