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1969 TCU

4–⁠6 (4–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by Fred Taylor.

Schedule and results

TCU in 1969, game by game: lost vs. No. 18 Purdue 35–42; lost at No. 1 Ohio State 0–62; lost at No. 3 Arkansas 6–24; lost at SMU 17–19; won vs. Texas A&M 16–6; lost at Miami 9–14; won at Baylor 31–14; won vs. Texas Tech 35–26; lost at No. 2 Texas 7–69; won vs. Rice 21–17+17−62Lost 35–42 vs. No. 18 Purdue-7No. 18 PurdueLost 0–62 at No. 1 Ohio State-62No. 1 Ohio StateLost 6–24 at No. 3 Arkansas-18No. 3 ArkansasLost 17–19 at SMU-2SMUWon 16–6 vs. Texas A&M+10Texas A&MLost 9–14 at Miami-5MiamiWon 31–14 at Baylor+17BaylorWon 35–26 vs. Texas Tech+9Texas TechLost 7–69 at No. 2 Texas-62No. 2 TexasWon 21–17 vs. Rice+4Rice
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vs18PurdueL 35–⁠4236%
Sep 27at1Ohio StateL 0–⁠6218%
Oct 4at3ArkansasL 6–⁠2416%
Oct 10atSMUL 17–⁠1930%
Oct 18vsTexas A&MW 16–⁠646%
Oct 24atMiamiL 9–⁠1433%
Nov 1atBaylorW 31–⁠1454%
Nov 8vsTexas TechW 35–⁠2650%
Nov 15at2TexasL 7–⁠6913%
Nov 22vsRiceW 21–⁠1775%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Rice 21–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 76th-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 1969.

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
177–⁠293
Coach
Fred Taylor
Elo
1473 +20 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.4 No. 43 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
TCU spread

Drafted in 1970

The 1970 draft
Rd 1Norman Bulaich RBBaltimore Colts

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • James RayOGAP-1

Second team

  • Norm BulaichRBAP-2
  • Andy DurrettLBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1969 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1969 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas7–⁠011–⁠01
Arkansas6–⁠19–⁠27
Texas Tech4–⁠35–⁠5
TCU4–⁠34–⁠6
SMU3–⁠43–⁠7
Rice2–⁠53–⁠7
Texas A&M2–⁠53–⁠7
Baylor0–⁠70–⁠10

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