1951 TCU Horned Frogs football team

American college football season

1951 TCU Horned Frogs football

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|

* Dutch Meyer (18th season)

Offensive scheme| Meyer spread
Home stadium| Amon G. Carter Stadium

Seasons

<- 1950

1952 ->

1951 Southwest Conference football standings

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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

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP poll

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.

## Schedule

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September 22| Kansas*| |

* Amon G. Carter Stadium
* Fort Worth, TX

| L 13–27| 28,000| [1]
September 29| at No. 12 Nebraska*| |

* Memorial Stadium
* Lincoln, NE

| W 28–7| 38,000| [2]
October 6| at Arkansas| |

* Memorial Stadium
* Little Rock, AR

| W 17–7| 29,500| [3]
October 13| at Texas Tech*| |

* Jones Stadium
* Lubbock, TX (rivalry)

| L 19–33| 19,000| [4]
October 20| No. 6 Texas A&M| |

* Amon G. Carter Stadium
* Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)

| W 20–14| 34,000| [5]
October 27| at No. 6 USC*| |

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| L 26–28| 50,732| [6]
November 3| at No. 8 Baylor| |

* Baylor Stadium
* Waco, TX (rivalry)

| W 20–7| 37,000| [7]
November 17| at No. 15 Texas| No. 13|

* War Memorial Stadium
* Austin, TX (rivalry)

| L 21–32| 55,000| [8]
November 24| No. 18 Rice| |

* Amon G. Carter Stadium
* Fort Worth, TX

| W 22–6| 25,000| [9]
December 1| SMU| No. 11|

* Amon G. Carter Stadium
* Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)

| W 13–2| 35,000| [10]
January 1, 1952| vs. No. 17 Kentucky*| No. 11|

* Cotton Bowl
* Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl)

| L 7–20| 75,349| [11]

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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## References

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1. ^ "Young Texas leads K.U. to triumph over T.C.U." The Wichita Eagle. September 23, 1951. Retrieved March 18, 2025 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ "Texas Christain stuns Huskers, 28–7". The Beatrice Times. September 30, 1951. Retrieved March 18, 2025 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "TCU Frogs roar past Hogs, 17–7". Denton Record-Chronicle. October 7, 1951. Retrieved March 18, 2025 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Texas Tech downs TCU in 33–19 upset". Wichita Daily Times. October 14, 1951. Retrieved March 18, 2025 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Battered Frogs slay Aggies in great upset". Clovis News-Journal. October 21, 1951. Retrieved March 18, 2025 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Trojans Rally, Nip TCU 28-26". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. Associated Press. October 28, 1951. p. 1B. Retrieved January 1, 2024 - via Newspapers.com .
7. ^ "TCU proves theory, halt Isbell, halt Bears". The Austin American-Statesman. November 4, 1951. Retrieved March 18, 2025 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "Longhorn passing narrows spread for Frogs, 32–21". Abilene Reporter-News. November 18, 1951. Retrieved February 10, 2022 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "TCU beats Rice to go into lead". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 25, 1951. Retrieved March 18, 2025 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "Frogs drop Ponies 13 to 2, sack up Southwest title". The Marshall News Messenger. December 2, 1951. Retrieved March 18, 2025 - via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ "Kentucky defense bogs TCU was Wildcats win Cotton Bowl". Abilene Reporter-News. January 2, 1952. Retrieved March 18, 2025 - via Newspapers.com.
12. ^ "1951 TCU Horned Frogs". Retrieved August 2, 2016.

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TCU Horned Frogs football

Venues|

* Panther Park (1911–1914, 1917, 1920–1923)
* Clark Field (1924–1930)
* Amon G. Carter Stadium (1930–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Baylor
* SMU
* Texas
* Texas A&M
* Texas Tech

Culture & lore|

* Super Frog
* "TCU Fight"
* Texas Christian University Marching Band
* 1935 "Game of the Century"

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

Seasons|

* 1896
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National championship seasons in bold

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Southwest Conference football champions

* Oklahoma (1915)
* Texas (1916)
* Texas A&M (1917)
* Texas & Oklahoma (1918)
* Texas A&M (1919)
* Texas (1920)
* Texas A&M (1921)
* Baylor (1922)
* SMU (1923)
* Baylor (1924)
* Texas A&M (1925)
* SMU (1926)
* Texas A&M (1927)
* Texas (1928)
* TCU (1929)
* Texas (1930)
* SMU (1931)
* TCU (1932)
* No champion (1933)
* Rice (1934)
* SMU (1935)
* Arkansas (1936)
* Rice (1937)
* TCU (1938)
* Texas A&M (1939)
* Texas A&M & SMU (1940)
* Texas A&M (1941)
* Texas (1942)
* Texas (1943)
* TCU (1944)
* Texas (1945)
* Rice & Arkansas (1946)
* SMU (1947)
* SMU (1948)
* Rice (1949)
* Texas (1950)
* TCU (1951)
* Texas (1952)
* Rice & Texas (1953)
* Arkansas (1954)
* TCU (1955)
* Texas A&M (1956)
* Rice (1957)
* TCU (1958)
* Arkansas, Texas, & TCU (1959)
* Arkansas (1960)
* Texas & Arkansas (1961)
* Texas (1962)
* Texas (1963)
* Arkansas (1964)
* Arkansas (1965)
* SMU (1966)
* Texas A&M (1967)
* Arkansas & Texas (1968)
* Texas (1969)
* Texas (1970)
* Texas (1971)
* Texas (1972)
* Texas (1973)
* Baylor (1974)
* Arkansas, Texas & Texas A&M (1975)
* Houston & Texas Tech (1976)
* Texas (1977)
* Houston (1978)
* Arkansas & Houston (1979)
* Baylor (1980)
* SMU (1981)
* SMU (1982)
* Texas (1983)
* SMU & Houston (1984)
* Texas A&M (1985)
* Texas A&M (1986)
* Texas A&M (1987)
* Arkansas (1988)
* Arkansas (1989)
* Texas (1990)
* Texas A&M (1991)
* Texas A&M (1992)
* Texas A&M (1993)
* Texas Tech, Baylor, Rice, Texas & TCU (1994)
* Texas (1995)

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