1935 TCU Horned Frogs football team

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1935 TCU Horned Frogs football
National champion (Williamson)
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 3–2 vs. LSU
Conference Southwest Conference
Record12–1 (5–1 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive scheme Meyer spread
Home stadium Amon G. Carter Stadium
Seasons
←  1934
1936  →
1935 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 SMU $ 6 –0 –012 –1 –0
No. 4 TCU 5 –1 –012 –1 –0
Baylor 3 –3 –08 –3 –0
Rice 3 –3 –08 –3 –0
Arkansas 2 –4 –05 –5 –0
Texas A&M 1 –5 –03 –7 –0
Texas 1 –5 –04 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from United Press

The 1935 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1935 college football season.

The Williamson System, recognized by the NCAA as a "major selector" of national championships, [1] ranked TCU number one in its final post-bowl rankings. [2]

TCU was led by second-year head coach Dutch Meyer. TCU and SMU again met to decide not only the SWC title but the first trip to the Rose Bowl for a team from the SWC. Grantland Rice of the New York Sun called it the "Game of the Century" and reported the following:

In a TCU Stadium that seated 30,000 spectators, over 36,000 wildly excited Texans and visitors from every corner of the map packed, jammed, and fought their way into every square foot of standing and seating space to see one of the greatest football games ever played…this tense, keyed up crowd even leaped the wire fences from the top of automobiles…" [3]

SMU scored the first 14 points of the game. TCU, led by All-American quarterback Sammy Baugh, tied the game at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Then, with seven minutes left in the game SMU, on a 4th and 4 on the Frogs' 37 yard-line, lined up to punt. Quarterback Bob Finley threw a 50-yard pass to running back Bob Wilson who made what is described as a "jumping, twisting catch that swept him over the line for the touchdown." [3] TCU would lose the game 20–14, but would be invited to play the LSU Tigers in the 1936 Sugar Bowl, where the Frogs would be victorious 3–2 at messy and muddy Tulane Stadium. [4]

Even with the loss to SMU, who later lost to Stanford in the 1936 Rose Bowl,

After the bowls, TCU ended the season ranked number one in the Williamson System final rankings. [2] However, the system's creator wrote "there was no undisputable national champion in 1935" in his column accompanying the final rankings. [2] SMU finished second and LSU third in the final Williamson rankings. [2] The NCAA records book erroneously credits TCU and LSU as Williamson System co-national champions for the season. [2] [1] Southern Methodist University [5] and the University of Minnesota [6] were selected as national champions by other selectors.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Howard Payne * Brownwood, TX W 41–0
September 28 North Texas State Teachers *
W 28–115,000 [7]
October 5at Arkansas
W 13–7
October 12at Tulsa *
W 13–09,000
October 19 Texas A&M
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
W 19–14
October 26at Centenary *
W 27–78,000 [8]
November 2at Baylor
W 28–0
November 8at Loyola (LA) *
W 14–06,000 [9]
November 16at Texas
W 28–0 [10]
November 23 Rice
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
W 27–6
November 30 SMU
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)
L 14–20 36,000 [11]
December 7at Santa Clara *
W 10–625,000 [12]
January 1, 1936vs. LSU *
W 3–235,000
  • *Non-conference game

[13]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "National Poll Champions" (PDF). 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA.org. p. 73. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Williamson, Paul B. (January 16, 1936). "Frogs Rated First In Final Grid Standings; S.M.U. Mustangs Placed Second By Williamson". Fort Worth Star–Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. Retrieved January 2, 2023. No Undisputable National Champions Picked; Sugar Bowl Game One of Best
  3. 1 2 Jenkins, Dan; Fitzgerald, Francis J., eds. (1996). Greatest Moments in TCU football. AdCraft Sports Marketing. p. 55. ISBN   1-887761-04-7.
  4. ↑ "1936 Game Recap". Archived from the original on September 22, 2010. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  5. ↑ Dickinson and Houlgate systems
  6. ↑ Boand, Litkenhous and Poling systems
  7. ↑ "Surprised Frons beat Eagles 28 to 11". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 29, 1935. Retrieved November 7, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Frogs run over Gentlemen, 27 to 7". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 27, 1935. Retrieved July 25, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Frogs given big scare in battle against Wolves". The Shreveport Times. November 9, 1935. p. 20. Retrieved March 5, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Horned Frogs completely outplay Texas Longhorns". Valley Morning Star. November 17, 1935. Retrieved April 26, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Flem R. Hall (December 1, 1935). "S.M.U. Takes Thrilling Game From T.C.U. 20-14: 36,000 Jam Stadium To See Classic". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. Main 1, Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ Harry Borba (December 8, 1935). "Horned Frogs Shade Game Broncos, 10-6: Sam Baugh's 'Pitching' Feature; T.C.U. Pressured". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "1935 Texas Christian Horned Frogs". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.


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