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1970 TCU

4–⁠6–⁠1 (3–⁠4 Southwest Conference), coached by Fred Taylor.

Schedule and results

TCU in 1970, game by game: won vs. Texas–Arlington 31–7; lost at Purdue 0–15; tied at Wisconsin 14–14; lost vs. No. 11 Arkansas 14–49; lost at Oklahoma State 20–34; won at Texas A&M 31–15; won vs. Baylor 24–17; lost at Texas Tech 14–22; lost vs. No. 2 Texas 0–58; lost at Rice 15–17; won vs. SMU 26–17+24−58Won 31–7 vs. Texas–Arlington+24Texas–ArlingtonLost 0–15 at Purdue-15PurdueTied 14–14 at Wisconsin0WisconsinLost 14–49 vs. No. 11 Arkansas-35No. 11 ArkansasLost 20–34 at Oklahoma State-14Oklahoma StateWon 31–15 at Texas A&M+16Texas A&MWon 24–17 vs. Baylor+7BaylorLost 14–22 at Texas Tech-8Texas TechLost 0–58 vs. No. 2 Texas-58No. 2 TexasLost 15–17 at Rice-2RiceWon 26–17 vs. SMU+9SMU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12vsTexas–ArlingtonW 31–⁠789%
Sep 19atPurdueL 0–⁠1527%
Sep 26atWisconsinT 14–⁠1457%
Oct 3vs11ArkansasL 14–⁠4935%
Oct 10atOklahoma StateL 20–⁠3435%
Oct 17atTexas A&MW 31–⁠1538%
Oct 31vsBaylorW 24–⁠1773%
Nov 7atTexas TechL 14–⁠2231%
Nov 14vs2TexasL 0–⁠5819%
Nov 21atRiceL 15–⁠1748%
Nov 28vsSMUW 26–⁠1752%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat SMU 26–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 77th-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 1970.

Record
4–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 4th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
189–⁠265
Coach
Fred Taylor
Elo
1462 −20 this season
SP+ rating
-2.7 No. 77 of 117; offense No. 69, defense No. 71
SRS
4.9 No. 49 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
TCU spread

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • John RuthstromCAP-1

Second team

  • Larry DibblesDTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1970 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas7–⁠010–⁠13
Arkansas6–⁠19–⁠211
Texas Tech5–⁠28–⁠4
Rice3–⁠45–⁠5
SMU3–⁠45–⁠6
TCU3–⁠44–⁠6–⁠1
Baylor1–⁠62–⁠9
Texas A&M0–⁠72–⁠9

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