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1972 TCU

5–⁠6 (2–⁠5 Southwest Conference), coached by Billy Tohill.

Schedule and results

TCU in 1972, game by game: won at Indiana 31–28; won vs. Texas–Arlington 38–14; lost vs. Arkansas 13–27; won at Tulsa 35–9; won at Texas A&M 13–10; lost at No. 13 Notre Dame 0–21; lost vs. Baylor 9–42; won at No. 15 Texas Tech 31–7; lost vs. No. 7 Texas 0–27; lost at Rice 21–25; lost vs. SMU 22–35+26−33Won 31–28 at Indiana+3IndianaWon 38–14 vs. Texas–Arlington+24Texas–ArlingtonLost 13–27 vs. Arkansas-14ArkansasWon 35–9 at Tulsa+26TulsaWon 13–10 at Texas A&M+3Texas A&MLost 0–21 at No. 13 Notre Dame-21No. 13 Notre DameLost 9–42 vs. Baylor-33BaylorWon 31–7 at No. 15 Texas Tech+24No. 15 Texas TechLost 0–27 vs. No. 7 Texas-27No. 7 TexasLost 21–25 at Rice-4RiceLost 22–35 vs. SMU-13SMU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23atIndianaW 31–⁠2854%
Sep 30vsTexas–ArlingtonW 38–⁠1488%
Oct 7vsArkansasL 13–⁠2749%
Oct 14atTulsaW 35–⁠958%
Oct 21atTexas A&MW 13–⁠1056%
Oct 28at13Notre DameL 0–⁠2126%
Nov 4vsBaylorL 9–⁠4274%
Nov 11at15Texas TechW 31–⁠722%
Nov 18vs7TexasL 0–⁠2732%
Nov 25atRiceL 21–⁠2546%
Dec 2vsSMUL 22–⁠3553%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to SMU 35–⁠22; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 83rd-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 1972.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 7th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
213–⁠245
Coach
Billy Tohill
Elo
1452 −46 this season
SP+ rating
2.4 No. 60 of 121; offense No. 57, defense No. 60
SRS
4.5 No. 48 of 127 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Russell Coffee
Offense
Spread
Defense
5–⁠2

Drafted in 1973

The 1973 draft
Rd 2Guy Morriss CPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Southwest Conference

4 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Mike LuttrellRBAP-1; UPI-2
  • Guy MorrissOGAP-1; UPI-2
  • Charlie DavisDTAP-1; UPI-1
  • Lyle BlackwoodDBAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Dede TerveenLBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1972 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1972 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas7–⁠010–⁠13
Texas Tech4–⁠38–⁠4
SMU4–⁠37–⁠4
Arkansas3–⁠46–⁠5
Rice3–⁠45–⁠5–⁠1
Baylor3–⁠45–⁠6
TCU2–⁠55–⁠6
Texas A&M2–⁠53–⁠8

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