1938 TCU Horned Frogs football team
1938 TCU Horned Frogs football | |
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National champion Sugar Bowl champion Southwest Conference champion | |
Sugar Bowl, W 15–7 vs. Carnegie Tech | |
Conference | Southwest Conference |
Ranking | |
AP | No. 1 |
1938 record | 11–0 (6–0 SWC) |
Head coach | Dutch Meyer |
Home stadium |
Amon G. Carter Stadium (Capacity: 22,000) |
1938 Southwest Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#1 TCU $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1938 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1938 college football season. The team was coached by Dutch Meyer in his fifth year as head coach. The Horned Frogs finished with an undefeated 11–0 season. At season's end, Davey O'Brien won the Heisman Trophy and the Horned Frogs were crowned as national champions by the AP Poll. The offense scored 269 points while the defense allowed 60 points. The Horned Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas.
Schedule
Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | |||||
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September 24 | Centenary* | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Ft. Worth, TX | W 13–0 | ||||||
October 1 | Arkansas | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Ft. Worth, TX | W 21–14 | ||||||
October 8 | at Temple* | Temple Stadium • Philadelphia, PA | W 28–6 | ||||||
October 15 | at Texas A&M | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | W 34–6 | ||||||
October 22 | at Marquette* | No. 7 | Marquette Stadium • Milwaukee, WI | W 21–0 | |||||
October 29 | Baylor | No. 4 | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Ft. Worth, TX (Rivalry) | W 39–7 | |||||
November 5 | at Tulsa* | No. 2 | Skelly Field • Tulsa, OK | W 21–0 | |||||
November 12 | Texas | No. 1 | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Ft. Worth, TX | W 28–6 | |||||
November 19 | at Rice | No. 2 | Rice Field • Houston, TX | W 29–7 | |||||
November 26 | at SMU | No. 2 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Rivalry) | W 20–7 | |||||
January 2 | vs. No. 6 Carnegie Tech* | No. 1 | Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) | W 15–7 | |||||
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. |
Team players drafted into the NFL
Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
Ki Aldrich | Center | 1 | 1 | Chicago Cardinals |
Davey O'Brien | Quarterback | 1 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles |
I. B. Hale | Tackle | 1 | 8 | Washington Redskins |
Forrest Kline | Guard | 9 | 75 | Brooklyn Dodgers football club |
Johnny Hall | Wing/half back | 9 | 79 | Green Bay Packers |
Thomas (Allie) White | Tackle | 13 | 114 | Philadelphia Eagles |
Awards and honors
- Davey O'Brien, Heisman Trophy[3]
- Davey O'Brien, Maxwell Award[4]
References
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