1962 TCU Horned Frogs football team

The 1962 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 6–4 overall and 5–2 in the Southwest Conference. The team was coached by Abe Martin in his tenth year as head coach. The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas.

1962 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Texas $	6	–	0	–	1	9	–	1	–	1
No. 6 Arkansas	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
TCU	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Texas A&M	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Baylor	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Rice	2	–	4	–	1	2	–	6	–	2
SMU	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Texas Tech	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22		at Kansas*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	W 6–3	35,000
September 29		at Miami (FL)*	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	L 20–21
October 6		Arkansas	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 14–42
October 13		Texas Tech	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	W 35–13	22,000
October 20		at Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	W 20–14
November 3		Baylor	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	W 28–26	20,000
November 10		at No. 9 LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 0–5	66,500	^[1]
November 17	2:00 p.m.	No. 5 Texas	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	L 0–14	42,393	^[2]
November 24		at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 30–7
December 1		at SMU	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (rivalry)	W 14–9	15,400
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

^ "Tigers rock TCU Frogs". The Shreveport Times. November 11, 1962. Retrieved October 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "'Horns in high cotton, nab TCU". Wichita Falls Times. November 18, 1962. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1962 TCU Horned Frogs". Retrieved July 20, 2016.