1978 TCU
2–9 (0–8 Southwest Conference), coached by F. Dry. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Tulane 13–7Oct 21
By 6 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 | at SMU | L 14–45 | 30% |
| Sep 23 | at Oregon | W 14–10 | 40% |
| Sep 30 | at 5Penn State | L 0–58 | 8% |
| Oct 7 | at 4Arkansas | L 3–42 | 10% |
| Oct 14 | vs Rice | L 14–21 | 65% |
| Oct 21 | at Tulane | W 13–7 | 28% |
| Oct 28 | vs Baylor | L 21–28 | 36% |
| Nov 4 | at 10Houston | L 6–63 | 10% |
| Nov 11 | vs Texas Tech | L 17–27 | 25% |
| Nov 18 | vs 9Texas | L 0–41 | 14% |
| Nov 25 | at Texas A&M | L 7–15 | 13% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Texas A&M 15–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 117th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).
- Record
- 2–9
- Conference
- 0–8 9th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 109–357
- Coach
- F. Dry
- Elo
- 1308 −55 this season
- SP+ rating
- -8.0 No. 96 of 133; offense No. 89, defense No. 100
- SRS
- −3.7 No. 84 of 138 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Defensive coordinator
- Bob Junko
- Offense
- Pro-style
- Defense
- 4–3
All-Southwest Conference
1 second teamSecond team
Marshall HarrisDLAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1978 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1978 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston | 7–1 | 9–3 | 10 |
| Arkansas | 6–2 | 9–2–1 | 11 |
| Texas | 6–2 | 9–3 | 9 |
| Texas Tech | 5–3 | 7–4 | |
| Texas A&M | 4–4 | 8–4 | 19 |
| SMU | 3–5 | 4–6–1 | |
| Baylor | 3–5 | 3–8 | |
| Rice | 2–6 | 2–9 | |
| TCU | 0–8 | 2–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.