1975 TCU
1–10 (1–6 Southwest Conference), coached by Jim Shofner. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Rice 28–21Nov 22
By 7 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13 | vsTexas–Arlington | L 7–24 | 70% |
| Sep 20 | vs 18Arizona State | L 10–33 | 24% |
| Sep 27 | at 4Nebraska | L 14–56 | 8% |
| Oct 4 | at Arkansas | L 8–19 | 13% |
| Oct 10 | at SMU | L 13–28 | 18% |
| Oct 18 | vs 5Texas A&M | L 6–14 | 13% |
| Oct 25 | at 6Alabama | L 0–45 | 5% |
| Nov 1 | at Baylor | L 6–24 | 18% |
| Nov 8 | vs Texas Tech | L 0–34 | 23% |
| Nov 15 | at 7Texas | L 11–27 | 5% |
| Nov 22 | vs Rice | W 28–21 | 34% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Rice 28–21; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 121st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).
- Record
- 1–10
- Conference
- 1–6 tied for 7th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 103–325
- Coach
- Jim Shofner
- Elo
- 1286 −82 this season
- SP+ rating
- -4.6 No. 86 of 132; offense No. 85, defense No. 84
- SRS
- −4.8 No. 88 of 137 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offense
- Pro-style
- Defense
- 4–3
All-Southwest Conference
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Mike RenfroSplit endsAP-1
Second team
- Tim PulliamDBAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1975 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 6–1 | 10–2 | 7 |
| Texas | 6–1 | 10–2 | 6 |
| Texas A&M | 6–1 | 10–2 | 11 |
| Texas Tech | 4–3 | 6–5 | |
| SMU | 2–5 | 4–7 | |
| Baylor | 2–5 | 3–6–2 | |
| Rice | 1–6 | 2–9 | |
| TCU | 1–6 | 1–10 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.