1961 TCU. Stumbled on TCU in 1961. They tied No. 2 OSU and beat No. 1 Texas and No. 8 Kansas, yet finished 3-5 with 2 ties. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_TCU_Horned_Frogs_football_team What a weird record. After Texas lost, Darrell Royal commented: ""They're like a bunch of cockroaches," Royal said. "It's not what they eat and tote off, it's what they fall into and mess up that hurts."
This was the year OSU's faculty refused to let OSU play in the Rose Bowl (OSU was ranked No. 1 at the end of the regular season) and probably cost OSU a national championship.
This was the year OSU's faculty refused to let OSU play in the Rose Bowl (OSU was ranked No. 1 at the end of the regular season) and probably cost OSU a national championship.