1944 TCU Horned Frogs football team
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.
| 1944 TCU Horned Frogs football | |
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Southwest Conference champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 0–34 vs. Oklahoma A&M | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| 1944 record | 7–3–1 (3–1–1 SWC) |
| Head coach | Dutch Meyer (11th season) |
| Home stadium | Amon G. Carter Stadium (Capacity: 22,000) |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 23 | vs. Kansas* | W 7–0 | 12,000 | |
| September 30 | South Plains Field | W 34–0 | ||
| October 7 | Arkansas |
| T 6–6 | |
| October 21 | at Texas A&M | W 13–7 | ||
| October 28 | vs. Oklahoma | L 19–34 | ||
| November 4 | at Chatham Field Air Squadron* | Savannah, GA | W 19–7 | |
| November 11 | Texas Tech |
| W 14–0 | |
| November 18 | at Texas |
| W 7–6 | |
| November 25 | at Rice | W 9–6 | ||
| December 2 | at SMU | L 6–9 | ||
| January 1, 1945 | vs. Oklahoma A&M |
| L 0–34 | 37,500 |
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References
- "1944 TCU Horned Frogs". Retrieved August 5, 2016.
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