1949 TCU Horned Frogs football team

American college football season

1949 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Rice $	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 20 Baylor	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
TCU	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
Texas	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
SMU	2	–	3	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Arkansas	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Texas A&M	0	–	5	–	1	1	–	8	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1949 college football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 6–3–1 overall and 3–3 in the Southwest Conference. The team was coached by Dutch Meyer in his sixteenth year as head coach. The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 17	at Kansas*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	W 28–0
September 24	Oklahoma A&M*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	T 33–33
October 1	at Arkansas	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	L 7–27
October 8	at Indiana*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 13–6
October 15	Texas A&M	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	W 28–6
October 22	Ole Miss*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	W 33–27
October 29	at No. 10 Baylor	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)	L 14–40	20,000
November 12	at No. 13 Texas	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	W 14–13	40,000
November 19	No. 6 Rice	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 14–20
November 26	SMU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	W 21–13	33,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

The following Horned Frogs were selected in the 1950 NFL draft after the season.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Team
4	49	Morris Bailey	End	San Francisco 49ers
7	81	Don Narrell	Tackle	New York Bulldogs
7	89	Lindy Berry	Back	San Francisco 49ers
8	94	Jack Archer	Back	New York Bulldogs
11	133	Roger McAuley	Guard	Boston Yanks
27	350	Hal Kilman	Tackle	Los Angeles Rams

"Frog aerials clip Ole Miss, 33–27". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 23, 1949. Retrieved February 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
"Longhorns stopped; Point kick wins for TCU Frogs". The Brownsville Herald. November 13, 1949. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
Flem Hall (November 27, 1949). "Frog Attack Stuns Mustangs, 21-13!". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
"1949 TCU Horned Frogs". Retrieved August 3, 2016.
"1950 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football Reference. Retrieved February 24, 2024.

v t e 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 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
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