1951 TCU Horned Frogs football team

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.

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

v t e	Conf.							Overall
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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
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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