1955 TCU Horned Frogs football team
| 1955 TCU Horned Frogs football | |
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Southwest Conference champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 13–14 vs. Ole Miss | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 6 |
| AP | No. 6 |
| 1955 record | 9–2 (5–1 SWC) |
| Head coach | Abe Martin |
| Home stadium |
Amon G. Carter Stadium (Capacity: 37,000) |
| 1955 Southwest Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #6 TCU $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #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
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 17 | Kansas* | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | W 47–14 | - | |||||
| September 24 | at No. 12 Texas Tech | Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX | W 32–0 | - | |||||
| October 1 | at Arkansas | No. 10 | Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR | W 26–0 | - | ||||
| October 8 | at Alabama* | No. 8 | Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL | W 21–0 | 20,000 | ||||
| October 15 | No. 19 Texas A&M | No. 7 | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | L 16–19 | - | ||||
| October 21 | at Miami (FL)* | No. 18 | Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL | W 21–19 | - | ||||
| October 29 | at Baylor | No. 14 | Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX (The Revivalry) | W 28–6 | - | ||||
| November 12 | at Texas | No. 8 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 47–20 | 55,000 | ||||
| November 19 | Rice | No. 7 | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | W 35–0 | - | ||||
| November 26 | SMU | No. 7 | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX (Battle for the Iron Skillet) | W 20–13 | 33,000 | ||||
| January 2 | vs. No. 15 Ole Miss | No. 7 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) | NBC | L 13–14 | 75,500 | |||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "1955 TCU Horned Frogs". Retrieved 28 July 2016.
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