1919 TCU Horned Frogs football team

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1919 TCU Horned Frogs football
Conference Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1919 record1–7 (1–4 TIAA)
Head coach
Captain Will Hill Acker
Home stadiumTCU gridiron
Seasons
  1918
1920  
1919 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Texas A&M $700  1000
Rice 610  810
Texas 410  640
Baylor 331  531
Howard Payne 230  630
Austin 230  431
SMU 241  541
Southwestern (TX) 250  350
TCU 140  170
Trinity (TX) 050  260
  • $ Conference champion

The 1919 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) as a member of the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (TIAA) during the 1919 college football season. Led by Ted D. Hackney in his first and only year as head coach, the Horned Frogs compiled an overall record of 1–7. The team's captain was Will Hill Acker, who played tackle.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4 North Texas State Normal *
L 6–14 [1]
October 10at Decatur Baptist * Decatur, TX L 0–20 [2]
October 17 Oklahoma A&M *
  • TCU field
  • Fort Worth, TX
L 7–14 [3] [4]
October 25 Southwestern (TX)
  • Y. M. C. A. Park
  • Fort Worth, TX
L 0–10 [5]
November 1at Trinity (TX) Waxahachie, TX W 7–0 [6]
November 7at Austin Sherman, TX L 0–6 [7]
November 15 Texas A&M
  • Y. M. C. A. Park
  • Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)
L 0–48 [8]
November 27 Baylor
L 0–72,000 [9]
  • *Non-conference game

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