Texas Christian Football Team History
Texas Christian Horned Toads
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX
Founded: 1873 Stadium: Amon G. Carter Stadium Capacity: 46,000 Colors: Purple & White Coach: Billy Tohill Conference: Southwest-
1973 Season Highlights
Billy Tohill enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Texas Christian.
1973 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 22 vs. Texas-Arlington
49
13
W
Sat., Sep. 29 @
Ohio State
3
37
L
Sat., Oct. 6 @
Arkansas
5
13
L
@ Little Rock, AR
Sat., Oct. 13 vs. Idaho
30
14
W
Sat., Oct. 20 vs.
Texas A&M
16
35
L
Sat., Oct. 27 @
Tennessee
7
39
L
Sat., Nov. 3 @
Baylor
34
28
W
Sat., Nov. 10 vs.
Texas Tech
10
24
L
Sat., Nov. 17 @
Texas
7
52
L
Sat., Nov. 24 vs.
Rice
9
14
L
Sat., Dec. 1 @
Southern Methodist
19
21
L
1973 Season Totals
Record 3-8
Points Scored 189
Scoring Average 17.2
Points Allowed 290
Defense Average 26.4
Opponents Record 60-38
Conference Record 1-6
Home Record 2-3
Away Record 1-5
1973 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
1973 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1973 All Southwest Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
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