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1962 TCU

6–⁠4 (5–⁠2 Southwest Conference), coached by Abe Martin.

Schedule and results

TCU in 1962, game by game: won at Kansas 6–3; lost at Miami 20–21; lost vs. Arkansas 14–42; won vs. Texas Tech 35–13; won at Texas A&M 20–14; won vs. Baylor 28–26; lost at No. 9 LSU 0–5; lost vs. No. 5 Texas 0–14; won at Rice 30–7; won at SMU 14–9+23−28Won 6–3 at Kansas+3KansasLost 20–21 at Miami-1MiamiLost 14–42 vs. Arkansas-28ArkansasWon 35–13 vs. Texas Tech+22Texas TechWon 20–14 at Texas A&M+6Texas A&MWon 28–26 vs. Baylor+2BaylorLost 0–5 at No. 9 LSU-5No. 9 LSULost 0–14 vs. No. 5 Texas-14No. 5 TexasWon 30–7 at Rice+23RiceWon 14–9 at SMU+5SMU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22atKansasW 6–⁠324%
Sep 29atMiamiL 20–⁠2131%
Oct 6vsArkansasL 14–⁠4240%
Oct 13vsTexas TechW 35–⁠1368%
Oct 20atTexas A&MW 20–⁠1449%
Nov 3vsBaylorW 28–⁠2663%
Nov 10at9LSUL 0–⁠521%
Nov 17vs5TexasL 0–⁠1429%
Nov 24atRiceW 30–⁠741%
Dec 1atSMUW 14–⁠967%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat SMU 14–⁠9; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 47th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠2 3rd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
167–⁠154
Coach
Abe Martin
Elo
1556 +68 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.2 No. 31 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Meyer spread

All-Southwest Conference

2 second team

Second team

  • Tom MagoffinEAP-2; UPI-2
  • Robert MangumOGAP-2; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1962 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1962 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas6–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠14
Arkansas6–⁠19–⁠26
TCU5–⁠26–⁠4
Baylor3–⁠44–⁠6
Texas A&M3–⁠43–⁠7
Rice2–⁠4–⁠12–⁠6–⁠2
SMU2–⁠52–⁠8
Texas Tech0–⁠71–⁠9

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