1944 TCU Horned Frogs football team

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1944 TCU Horned Frogs football
Southwest Conference champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
1944 record7–3–1 (3–1–1 SWC)
Head coach
  • Dutch Meyer (11th season)
Home stadiumAmon G. Carter Stadium
(Capacity: 22,000)
Seasons
← 1943
1945 →
1944 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
TCU $ 3 1 1 7 3 1
Texas 3 2 0 5 4 0
Arkansas 2 2 1 5 5 1
Texas A&M 2 3 0 7 4 0
SMU 2 3 0 5 5 0
Rice 2 3 0 5 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1944 college football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 7–3–1 overall and 3–1–1 in the Southwest Conference. The team was coached by Dutch Meyer in his eleventh 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 Oklahoma A&M by a score of 34–0.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 23vs. Kansas*
  • Ruppert Stadium
  • Kansas City, MO
W 7–012,000
September 30South Plains FieldW 34–0
October 7Arkansas
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
T 6–6
October 21at Texas A&M
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX (rivalry)
W 13–7
October 28vs. Oklahoma
  • Taft Stadium
  • Oklahoma, City
L 19–34
November 4at Chatham Field Air Squadron*Savannah, GAW 19–7
November 11Texas Tech
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)
W 14–0
November 18at Texas
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)
W 7–6
November 25at Rice
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 9–6
December 2at SMU
L 6–9
January 1, 1945vs. Oklahoma A&M
L 0–3437,500
  • *Non-conference game

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References[]

  1. ^ "1944 TCU Horned Frogs". Retrieved August 5, 2016.


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