1938 TCU Horned Frogs football team

1938 Southwest Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1938 TCU Horned Frogs football
1938 TCU Horned Frogs football
AP Poll 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 (5th season);
Home stadium	Amon G. Carter Stadium; (Capacity: 22,000)
	Seasons ← 1937 1939 →

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	Source
September 24	Centenary*		Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	W 13–0		^[1]
October 1	Arkansas		Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort 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 (rivalry)	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 Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	W 39–7
November 5	at Tulsa*	No. 2	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	W 21–0	14,000
November 12	Texas	No. 1	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	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, 1939	vs. No. 6 Carnegie Tech*	No. 1	Tulane Stadium New Orleans LA (Sugar Bowl)	W 15–7	44,308
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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
	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

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Awards and honors[]

Davey O'Brien, Heisman Trophy^[3]
Davey O'Brien, Maxwell Award^[4]

References[]

^ "Frogs' long pass plays sink Gents". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 25, 1938. Retrieved July 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com".
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 18, 2007. Retrieved November 23, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Football".

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[1] "Frogs' long pass plays sink Gents". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 25, 1938. Retrieved July 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com".

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 18, 2007. Retrieved November 23, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "Football".

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Culture & lore	Super Frog ""
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v t College football national champions (poll era)
1936–1949	1936: Minnesota (AP) 1937: Pittsburgh 1938: TCU 1939: Texas A&M 1940: Minnesota 1941: Minnesota 1942: Ohio State 1943: Notre Dame 1944: Army 1945: Army (AP) / Oklahoma A&M (Coaches) 1946: Notre Dame 1947: Notre Dame 1948: Michigan 1949: Notre Dame
1950s	1950: Oklahoma (AP, Coaches) 1951: Tennessee 1952: Michigan State 1953: Maryland 1954: Ohio State (AP) / UCLA (FWAA, Coaches) 1955: Oklahoma 1956: Oklahoma 1957: Auburn (AP) / Ohio State (Coaches, FWAA) 1958: LSU (AP, Coaches) / Iowa (FWAA) 1959: Syracuse (AP, Coaches, FWAA, NFF)
1960s	1960: Minnesota (AP, Coaches, NFF) / Ole Miss (FWAA) 1961: Alabama (AP, Coaches, NFF) / Ohio State (FWAA) 1962: USC 1963: Texas 1964: Alabama (AP, Coaches) / Arkansas (FWAA) / Notre Dame (NFF) 1965: Alabama (AP, FWAA) / Michigan State (Coaches, FWAA, NFF) 1966: Notre Dame (AP, Coaches, FWAA, NFF) / Michigan State (NFF) 1967: USC 1968: Ohio State 1969: Texas
1970s	1970: Nebraska (AP, FWAA) / Texas (NFF, Coaches) / Ohio State (NFF) 1971: Nebraska 1972: USC 1973: Notre Dame (AP, FWAA, NFF) / Alabama (Coaches) 1974: Oklahoma (AP) / USC (FWAA, NFF, Coaches) 1975: Oklahoma 1976: Pittsburgh 1977: Notre Dame 1978: Alabama (AP, FWAA, NFF) / USC (Coaches) 1979: Alabama
1980–1991	1980: Georgia 1981: Clemson 1982: Penn State 1983: Miami (FL) 1984: BYU 1985: Oklahoma 1986: Penn State 1987: Miami (FL) 1988: Notre Dame 1989: Miami (FL) 1990: Colorado (AP, FWAA, NFF, USAT/CNN) / Georgia Tech (Coaches) 1991: Miami (FL) (AP) / Washington (Coaches, FWAA, UPI/NFF)

1938 TCU Horned Frogs football
AP Poll 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 (5th season)
Home stadium	Amon G. Carter Stadium (Capacity: 22,000)
Seasons ← 1937 1939 →

1938 Southwest Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 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