1973 TCU
3–8 (1–6 Southwest Conference), coached by Billy Tohill. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Texas–Arlington 49–13Sep 22
By 36 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | vsTexas–Arlington | W 49–13 | 71% |
| Sep 29 | at 3Ohio State | L 3–37 | 25% |
| Oct 6 | at Arkansas | L 5–13 | 39% |
| Oct 13 | vs Idaho | W 30–14 | 76% |
| Oct 20 | vs Texas A&M | L 16–35 | 59% |
| Oct 27 | at 14Tennessee | L 7–39 | 13% |
| Nov 3 | at Baylor | W 34–28 | 40% |
| Nov 10 | vs 12Texas Tech | L 10–24 | 30% |
| Nov 17 | at 11Texas | L 7–52 | 13% |
| Nov 24 | vs Rice | L 9–14 | 55% |
| Dec 1 | at SMU | L 19–21 | 28% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to SMU 21–19; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 99th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).
- Record
- 3–8
- Conference
- 1–6 7th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 189–290
- Coach
- Billy Tohill
- Elo
- 1397 −71 this season
- SP+ rating
- -6.2 No. 86 of 123; offense No. 81, defense No. 86
- SRS
- −1.1 No. 70 of 129 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offensive coordinator
- Russell Coffee
- Offense
- Spread
- Defense
- 5–2
All-Southwest Conference
3 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Mike LuttrellRBAP-2; UPI-1- Charlie DavisDE
- Dede TerveenLBAP-2; UPI-1
Second team
- Gene HernandezDBAP-2; UPI-2
From Wikipedia’s 1973 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1973 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 7–0 | 8–3 | 14 |
| Texas Tech | 6–1 | 11–1 | 11 |
| Rice | 4–3 | 5–6 | |
| SMU | 3–3–1 | 6–4–1 | |
| Arkansas | 3–3–1 | 5–5–1 | |
| Texas A&M | 3–4 | 5–6 | |
| TCU | 1–6 | 3–8 | |
| Baylor | 0–7 | 2–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.