The 1951 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1951 college football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 6–5 overall and 5–1 in the Southwest Conference to win the conference title. The team was coached by Dutch Meyer in his eighteenth 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 Kentucky by a score of 20–7.
1951 TCU Horned Frogs football | |
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SWC champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 7–20 vs. Kentucky | |
Conference | Southwest Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 10 |
AP | No. 11 |
Record | 6–5 (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. 11 TCU $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Baylor | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 1 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 22 | Kansas* | L 13–27 | 28,000 | |||
September 29 | at No. 12 Nebraska* | W 28–7 | 36,000 | |||
October 6 | at Arkansas | W 17–7 | ||||
October 13 | at Texas Tech* | L 19–33 | 19,000 | |||
October 20 | No. 6 Texas A&M |
| W 20–14 | |||
October 27 | at No. 6 USC* | L 26–28 | 50,732 | [1] | ||
November 3 | at No. 8 Baylor | W 20–7 | 37,000 | |||
November 17 | at No. 15 Texas | No. 13 | L 21–32 | 55,000 | [2] | |
November 24 | No. 18 Rice |
| W 22–6 | |||
December 1 | SMU | No. 11 |
| W 13–2 | 35,000 | |
January 1, 1952 | vs. No. 17 Kentucky | No. 11 | L 7–20 | 75,349 | ||
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References
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