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1932 Texas

8–⁠2 (5–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Clyde Littlefield.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1932, game by game: won vs. Daniel Baker 26–0; lost vs. Centenary (LA) 6–13; won at Missouri 65–0; won vs. Oklahoma 17–10; won at Rice 18–6; won vs. SMU 14–6; won at Baylor 19–0; lost at TCU 0–14; won at Arkansas 34–0; won vs. Texas A&M 21–0+65−14Won 26–0 vs. Daniel Baker+26Daniel BakerLost 6–13 vs. Centenary (LA)-7Centenary (LA)Won 65–0 at Missouri+65MissouriWon 17–10 vs. Oklahoma+7OklahomaWon 18–6 at Rice+12RiceWon 14–6 vs. SMU+8SMUWon 19–0 at Baylor+19BaylorLost 0–14 at TCU-14TCUWon 34–0 at Arkansas+34ArkansasWon 21–0 vs. Texas A&M+21Texas A&M
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsDaniel BakerW 26–⁠093%
Oct 1vsCentenary (LA)L 6–⁠1375%
Oct 8atMissouriW 65–⁠063%
Oct 15vsOklahomaW 17–⁠1062%
Oct 22atRiceW 18–⁠644%
Oct 29vsSMUW 14–⁠669%
Nov 5atBaylorW 19–⁠067%
Nov 11atTCUL 0–⁠1442%
Nov 18atArkansasW 34–⁠074%
Nov 24vsTexas A&MW 21–⁠072%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Texas A&M 21–⁠0; 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠1 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
220–⁠49
Coach
Clyde Littlefield
Elo
1658 +86 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
14.1 No. 16 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Wilson Cook and Ernie Koy

All-Southwest Conference

3 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1932 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1932 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
TCU6–⁠010–⁠0–⁠1
Texas5–⁠18–⁠2
Rice3–⁠37–⁠3
Texas A&M1–⁠2–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Baylor1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
SMU1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠2
Arkansas1–⁠41–⁠6–⁠2

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