| 1938 TCU Horned Frogs football | |
National champion (multiple) Sugar Bowl champion Southwest Conference champion | |
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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 (5th season) |
| Home stadium | Amon G. Carter Stadium (Capacity: 22,000) |
Seasons | |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | Attendance |
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| September 24 | Centenary* | W 13–0 | |||
| October 1 | Arkansas |
| W 21–14 | ||
| October 8 | at Temple* | W 28–6 | |||
| October 15 | at Texas A&M | W 34–6 | |||
| October 22 | at Marquette* | No. 7 | W 21–0 | ||
| October 29 | Baylor | No. 4 |
| W 39–7 | |
| November 5 | at Tulsa* | No. 2 | W 21–0 | 14,000 | |
| November 12 | Texas | No. 1 |
| W 28–6 | |
| November 19 | at Rice | No. 2 | W 29–7 | ||
| November 26 | at SMU | No. 2 | W 20–7 | ||
| January 2, 1939 | vs. No. 6 Carnegie Tech* | No. 1 | W 15–7 | 44,308 | |
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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[2]
- Davey O'Brien, Maxwell Award[3]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1939.htm
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 18, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071118210440/http://www.heisman.com/winners/hsmn-winners.html. Retrieved November 23, 2007.
- ↑ http://football.about.com/cs/history/a/maxwellaward.htm
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