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1955 TCU

9–⁠2 (5–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Abe Martin, finished No. 6 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

TCU in 1955, game by game: won vs. Kansas 47–14; won at Texas Tech 32–0; won at Arkansas 26–0; won at Alabama 21–0; lost vs. Texas A&M 16–19; won at Miami 21–19; won at Baylor 28–6; won at Texas 47–20; won vs. Rice 35–0; won vs. No. 16 SMU 20–13; lost vs. No. 15 Ole Miss 13–14+35−3Won 47–14 vs. Kansas+33KansasWon 32–0 at Texas Tech+32Texas TechWon 26–0 at Arkansas+26ArkansasWon 21–0 at Alabama+21AlabamaLost 16–19 vs. Texas A&M-3Texas A&MWon 21–19 at Miami+2MiamiWon 28–6 at Baylor+22BaylorWon 47–20 at Texas+27TexasWon 35–0 vs. Rice+35RiceWon 20–13 vs. No. 16 SMU+7No. 16 SMULost 13–14 vs. No. 15 Ole Miss-1No. 15 Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsKansasW 47–⁠1477%
Sep 24atTexas TechW 32–⁠028%
Oct 1atArkansasW 26–⁠040%
Oct 8atAlabamaW 21–⁠063%
Oct 15vsTexas A&ML 16–⁠1973%
Oct 21atMiamiW 21–⁠1949%
Oct 29atBaylorW 28–⁠649%
Nov 12atTexasW 47–⁠2059%
Nov 19vsRiceW 35–⁠081%
Nov 26vs16SMUW 20–⁠1374%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvs15Ole MissCotton BowlL 13–⁠1450%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Ole Miss 14–⁠13 in the Cotton Bowl; No. 6 in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 11th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 10
  2. Wk 4: 8
  3. Wk 5: 7
  4. Wk 6: 18
  5. Wk 7: 14
  6. Wk 8: 10
  7. Wk 9: 8
  8. Wk 10: 7
  9. Wk 11: 7
  10. Final: 6

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 1955.

Southwest Conference champions5–⁠1 in the conference

Heisman voteJim Swink, second

Led the nationJim Swink: points (125 pts)

Consensus All-AmericanJim Swink, RB

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠1 first in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 6 peak No. 6
Points
306–⁠105
Coach
Abe Martin
Elo
1709 +194 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
25.8 No. 1 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Meyer spread

Drafted in 1956

The 1956 draft
Rd 2Hugh Pitts CLos Angeles Rams
Rd 6Ray Taylor BPittsburgh Steelers

All-Southwest Conference

4 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bryan EngramEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1955 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1955 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
TCU5–⁠19–⁠26
Texas A&M4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠117
Texas4–⁠25–⁠5
Arkansas3–⁠2–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Baylor2–⁠45–⁠5
SMU2–⁠44–⁠6
Rice0–⁠62–⁠7–⁠1

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