1935 TCU Horned Frogs football team

American college football season August 2022 August 2022 1935 TCU Horned Frogs football Southwest Conference SWC 12–1 5–1 Dutch Meyer 2nd Meyer spread Amon G. Carter Stadium National champion (Williamson)Sugar Bowl champion Sugar Bowl W 3–2 vs. LSU The 1935 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1935 college football season. The Williamson System, recognized by the NCAA as a "major selector" of national championships,http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2011/FBS.pdf National Poll Champions 73 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records NCAA.org April 3, 2012 PDF ranked TCU number one in its final post-bowl rankings.Williamson Paul B. January 16, 1936 Frogs Rated First In Final Grid Standings; S.M.U. Mustangs Placed Second By Williamson https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115690941/1935-williamson-system-final-football/ Fort Worth Star–Telegram Fort Worth, Texas January 2, 2023 No Undisputable National Champions Picked; Sugar Bowl Game One of Best TCU was led by second-year head coach Dutch Meyer. TCU and SMU again met to decide not only the SWC title but the first trip to the Rose Bowl for a team from the SWC. Grantland Rice of the New York Sun called it the "Game of the Century" and reported the following: In a TCU Stadium that seated 30,000 spectators, over 36,000 wildly excited Texans and visitors from every corner of the map packed, jammed, and fought their way into every square foot of standing and seating space to see one of the greatest football games ever played...this tense, keyed up crowd even leaped the wire fences from the top of automobiles..."Jenkins, Dan Fitzgerald, Francis J. Greatest Moments in TCU football 1996 AdCraft Sports Marketing 1-887761-04-7 55 SMU scored the first 14 points of the game. TCU, led by All-American quarterback Sammy Baugh, tied the game at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Then, with seven minutes left in the game SMU, on a 4th and 4 on the Frogs' 37 yard-line, lined up to punt. Quarterback Bob Finley threw a 50-yard pass to running back Bob Wilson who made what is described as a "jumping, twisting catch that swept him over the line for the touchdown". TCU would lose the game 20–14, but would be invited to play the LSU Tigers in the 1936 Sugar Bowl, where the Frogs would be victorious 3–2 at messy and muddy Tulane Stadium. 1936 Game Recap http://www.allstatesugarbowl.org/site165.php November 5, 2015 September 22, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100922112057/http://allstatesugarbowl.org/site165.php dead After the bowls, TCU ended the season ranked number one in the Williamson System final rankings. However, the system's creator wrote "there was no undisputable national champion in 1935" in his column accompanying the final rankings. SMU finished second and LSU third in the final Williamson rankings. The NCAA records book erroneously credits TCU and LSU as Williamson System co-national champions for the season. Southern Methodist UniversityDickinson and Houlgate systems and the University of MinnesotaBoand, Litkenhous and Poling systems were selected as national champions by other selectors. Schedule September 21 w y 1935 Howard Payne Yellow Jackets Howard Payne Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX 41–0 5,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-frogs-overwhelm/168055262/ Fort Worth Star-Telegram Frogs overwhelm Jackets by 41 to 0 September 22, 1935 March 14, 2025 Newspapers.com September 28 w y North Texas State Teachers Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX 28–11 5,000 Surprised Frons beat Eagles 28 to 11 Fort Worth Star-Telegram September 29, 1935 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88508525/surprised-frons-beat-eagles-28-to-11/ November 7, 2021 Newspapers.com October 5 w y Arkansas The Hill Fayetteville, AR 13–7 3,500 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tyler-courier-times-horned-frogs-sco/168055562/ The Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph Horned Frogs score 13–7 victory over Arkansas eleven October 6, 1935 March 14, 2025 Newspapers.com October 12 w y y Tulsa Skelly Field Tulsa, OK 13–0 9,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/big-spring-daily-herald-baugh-stars-as-f/168055771/ Big Spring Daily Herald Baugh stars as Frogs win October 13, 1935 March 14, 2025 Newspapers.com October 19 w Texas A&M Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX 19–14 15,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-frogs-badly-ba/168056054/ The Austin American-Statesman Frogs badly battered and bruised but they win October 20, 1935 March 14, 2025 Newspapers.com October 26 w y y Centenary Fairgrounds Stadium Shreveport, LA 27–7 8,000 Frogs run over Gentlemen, 27 to 7 Fort Worth Star-Telegram October 27, 1935 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82174507/frogs-run-over-gentlemen-27-to-7/ July 25, 2021 Newspapers.com November 2 w y Baylor Carroll Field Waco, TX rivalry 28–0 12,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/corpus-christi-caller-times-baughs-pass/168056275/ The Corpus Christi Caller-Times Baugh's passes lead Frogs to 28 to 0 victory over Baylor November 3, 1935 March 14, 2025 Newspapers.com November 8 w y y Loyola (LA) Loyola University Stadium New Orleans, LA 14–0 6,000 Frogs given big scare in battle against Wolves The Shreveport Times November 9, 1935 20 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32987623/frogs_given_big_scare_in_battle_against/ March 5, 2022 Newspapers.com November 16 w y Texas War Memorial Stadium Austin, TX rivalry 28–0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123593621/horned-frogs-completely-outplay-texas-lo/ Valley Morning Star Horned Frogs completely outplay Texas Longhorns November 17, 1935 April 26, 2023 Newspapers.com November 23 w Rice Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX 27–6 https://www.newspapers.com/article/valley-morning-star-texas-christian-hand/168056474/ Valley Morning Star Texas Christian hands Rice crushing 27–6 defeat November 24, 1935 March 14, 2025 Newspapers.com November 30 l SMU Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX rivalry 14–20 36,000 S.M.U. Takes Thrilling Game From T.C.U. 20-14: 36,000 Jam Stadium To See Classic Fort Worth Star-Telegram Flem R. Hall December 1, 1935 Main 1, Sports 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98890283/smu-takes-thrilling-game-from-tcu/ Newspapers.com December 7 w y y Santa Clara Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA 10–6 25,000 Horned Frogs Shade Game Broncos, 10-6: Sam Baugh's 'Pitching' Feature; T.C.U. Pressured The San Francisco Examiner Harry Borba December 8, 1935 25 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99899831/horned-frogs-shade-game-broncos-10-6/ Newspapers.com January 1, 1936 w y y LSU Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA Sugar Bowl 3–2 35,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-moore-believes/132543366/ Austin American-Statesman Moore believes Frogs' 3–2 win no test January 2, 1936 March 14, 2025 Newspapers.comhttps://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas-christian/1935-schedule.html 1935 Texas Christian Horned Frogs College Football at Sports-Reference.com Roster Sammy Baugh, QB Blackman, HB Clark, HB Cowan, T Melvin Diggs, E Dunlap, E Drew Ellis, T Godwin, T Wilson Groseclose, T Bob Harrell, HB Wilbert Harrison, G Clifford Kellow, G George Kline, HB Jimmy Lawrence, HB Darrell Lester, C Linne, T Tillie Manton, FB Mason Mayne, G Scott McCall, HB Lacy McClanahan, HB Bob McClure, HB L. D. Meyer, E Montgomery, HB Needham, E Nelson, T Peavy, G Walt Roach, E Roberts, HB Rogers, G Tittle, C Walker, T Bill Walls, E References TCU Category:TCU Horned Frogs football seasons Category:Sugar Bowl champion seasons TCU Horned Frogs football