1955 TCU Horned Frogs football team
| 1955 TCU Horned Frogs football | |
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SWC champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 13–14 vs. Ole Miss | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 6 |
| AP | No. 6 |
| Record | 9–2 (5–1 SWC) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive scheme | Meyer spread |
| Home stadium | Amon G. Carter Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 TCU $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Texas A&M | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1955 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1955 college football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 9–2 overall and 5–1 in the Southwest Conference. The team was coached by Abe Martin in his third year as head coach. The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas. They were invited to the Cotton Bowl Classic where they lost to Ole Miss by a score of 13–14.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 17 | Kansas* | W 47–14 | 25,000 | [1] | |||
| September 24 | at No. 12 Texas Tech* | W 32–0 | 28,000 | [2] | |||
| October 1 | at Arkansas | No. 10 | W 26–0 | 22,000 | [3] | ||
| October 8 | at Alabama* | No. 8 | W 21–0 | 20,000 | [4] | ||
| October 15 | No. 19 Texas A&M | No. 7 |
| L 16–19 | 36,881 | [5] | |
| October 21 | at Miami (FL)* | No. 18 | W 21–19 | 44,045 | [6] | ||
| October 29 | at Baylor | No. 14 | W 28–6 | 34,000 | [7] | ||
| November 12 | at Texas | No. 8 | W 47–20 | 55,000 | [8] | ||
| November 19 | Rice | No. 7 |
| W 35–0 | 28,000 | [9] | |
| November 26 | SMU | No. 7 |
| W 20–13 | 33,000 | [10] | |
| January 2, 1956 | vs. No. 15 Ole Miss | No. 7 | NBC | L 13–14 | 75,500 | [11] | |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Frogs in a rout". The Kansas City Star. September 18, 1955. Retrieved March 21, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "TCU wallops Red Raiders". Muskogee Daily Phoenix. September 25, 1955. Retrieved March 21, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "TCU overpowers Hogs in SWC opener, 26–0". The Kilgore News Herald. October 2, 1955. Retrieved March 21, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Frogs start slow, bop Tide, 21–0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 9, 1955. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Aggies gig Frogs, 19–16". The Odessa American. October 16, 1955. Retrieved March 21, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Frogs brush past Hurricane, 21–19". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 22, 1955. Retrieved March 21, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Froggies clip Bears, 28 to 6". The Victoria Advocate. October 30, 1955. Retrieved March 21, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "TCU Frogs S[w]ink Longhorns, 47–20". The Kilgore News Herald. November 13, 1955. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Frogs sink Rice, 35–0, sail into Cotton Bowl". The Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph. November 20, 1955. Retrieved March 21, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Swink lifts Horned Frogs over Ponies". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 27, 1955. Retrieved March 21, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Loss of ace QB Curtis, Rebels' aerial attack stuns TCU, 14–13". Brownwood Bulletin. January 3, 1956. Retrieved October 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1955 TCU Horned Frogs". Retrieved July 28, 2016.