Old TCU Football Program

[ricksterh]

QUOTE(Leap Frog @ Apr 18 2010, 08:02 PM) [snapback]546389[/snapback]
Yeah! tough one to lose by 3 points before a packed house. Frogs were riding high after starting season by blowing out Kansas, Texas Tech, Arkansas and Alabama (with Bart Starr @qb). Both teams were in top 10, and there were lots of big hits on either side.



Leap, as usual you are spot on. TCU was coming in at 4-0 beating Kansas 47-14, Texas Tech 32-0, Arkansas 26-0 and Alabama 21-0. The Aggies were 3-1 losing their first game to UCLA and then beating LSU, Houston and Nebraska. It must have been a heck of a game. I think the next year was when the Aggies won in CS 7-6 in a storm where for awhile nobody could see the field. TCU supposedly scored another td but the refs couldn't see it. Those were some great days for the SWC. :biggrin:

 

[desmith03]

My earliest program is from the 1936 Sugar Bowl between TCU and LSU. I should mention again, that if anyone has any TCU Bowl Memorabilia they're willing to sell, I'm definitely interested.

Thanks!

 

[Leap Frog]

QUOTE(ricksterh @ Apr 19 2010, 09:13 AM) [snapback]546581[/snapback]
Leap, as usual you are spot on. TCU was coming in at 4-0 beating Kansas 47-14, Texas Tech 32-0, Arkansas 26-0 and Alabama 21-0. The Aggies were 3-1 losing their first game to UCLA and then beating LSU, Houston and Nebraska. It must have been a heck of a game. I think the next year was when the Aggies won in CS 7-6 in a storm where for awhile nobody could see the field. TCU supposedly scored another td but the refs couldn't see it. Those were some great days for the SWC. :biggrin:


Those two losses to Ags are my worst memories. The Frogs of '55 and '56 were legitimate threats for NC's, but the Ags ( and the refs ) stopped all momentum both years. For the record, Swink made 2 td's that were not counted and an interception in the end-zone during A&M's lone td drive was not allowed. All in the hurricane of '56.