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1968 TCU

3–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Southwest Conference), coached by Fred Taylor.

Schedule and results

TCU in 1968, game by game: lost at Georgia Tech 7–17; won vs. Iowa 28–17; lost vs. No. 20 Arkansas 7–17; lost vs. SMU 14–21; lost at Texas A&M 7–27; lost at No. 18 LSU 7–10; won vs. Baylor 47–14; lost at Texas Tech 14–31; lost vs. No. 8 Texas 21–47; won at Rice 24–14+33−26Lost 7–17 at Georgia Tech-10Georgia TechWon 28–17 vs. Iowa+11IowaLost 7–17 vs. No. 20 Arkansas-10No. 20 ArkansasLost 14–21 vs. SMU-7SMULost 7–27 at Texas A&M-20Texas A&MLost 7–10 at No. 18 LSU-3No. 18 LSUWon 47–14 vs. Baylor+33BaylorLost 14–31 at Texas Tech-17Texas TechLost 21–47 vs. No. 8 Texas-26No. 8 TexasWon 24–14 at Rice+10Rice
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atGeorgia TechL 7–⁠1738%
Sep 28vsIowaW 28–⁠1766%
Oct 5vs20ArkansasL 7–⁠1740%
Oct 12vsSMUL 14–⁠2148%
Oct 19atTexas A&ML 7–⁠2726%
Oct 26at18LSUL 7–⁠1019%
Nov 2vsBaylorW 47–⁠1461%
Nov 9atTexas TechL 14–⁠3128%
Nov 16vs8TexasL 21–⁠4726%
Nov 23atRiceW 24–⁠1452%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Rice 24–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 87th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

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 1968.

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
176–⁠215
Coach
Fred Taylor
Elo
1430 −41 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.9 No. 47 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
TCU spread

Drafted in 1969

The 1969 draft
Rd 3Ross Montgomery RBChicago Bears
Rd 6Larry Adams DTCleveland Browns

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Charles BrightwellDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1968 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1968 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas6–⁠110–⁠16
Texas6–⁠19–⁠1–⁠13
SMU5–⁠28–⁠314
Texas Tech4–⁠35–⁠3–⁠2
Baylor3–⁠43–⁠7
Texas A&M2–⁠53–⁠7
TCU2–⁠53–⁠7
Rice0–⁠70–⁠9–⁠1

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