1938 TCU Horned Frogs football team

1938 TCU Horned Frogs football
National Champions Sugar Bowl Champions Southwest Conference Champions
Sugar Bowl, W 15–7 vs. Carnegie Tech
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
AP	#1
1938 record	11–0 (6–0 SWC)
Head coach	Dutch Meyer
Home stadium	Amon G. Carter Stadium

1938 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
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 and 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
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*	#7	Marquette Stadium • Milwaukee, WI	W 21–0
October 29	Baylor	#4	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Ft. Worth, TX (Rivalry)	W 39–7
November 5	at Tulsa*	#2	Skelly Field • Tulsa, OK	W 21–0
November 12	Texas	#1	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Ft. Worth, TX	W 28–6
November 19	at Rice	#2	Rice Field • Houston, TX	W 29–7
November 26	at SMU	#2	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Rivalry)	W 20–7
January 2	vs. #6 Carnegie Tech*	#1	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	W 15–7
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

^[1]

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

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Awards and honors

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

References

1938 TCU Horned Frogs football—AP national champions

Ki Aldrich I. B. Hale Johnny Hall Bob Harrell Don Looney Davey O'Brien Frederick Shook Allie White Head coach: Dutch Meyer Assistant coaches: Mike Brumbelow

TCU Horned Frogs football

Venues	Clark Field (?–1929) Amon G. Carter Stadium (1930–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Baylor SMU Texas A&M Texas Tech

Culture & lore	Super Frog "TCU Fight" Texas Christian University Marching Band Building Dreams, Friendships, & Memories

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders

Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

Southwest Conference football champions

Oklahoma & Baylor (1915) Texas (1916) Texas A&M (1917) Texas & Oklahoma (1918) Texas A&M (1919) Texas (1920) Texas A&M (1921) Baylor (1922) SMU (1923) Baylor (1924) Texas A&M (1925) SMU (1926) Texas A&M (1927) Texas (1928) TCU (1929) Texas (1930) SMU (1931) TCU (1932) Arkansas (1933) Rice (1934) SMU (1935) Arkansas (1936) Rice (1937) TCU (1938) Texas A&M (1939) Texas A&M (1940) Texas A&M (1941) Texas (1942) Texas (1943) TCU (1944) Texas (1945) Rice & Arkansas (1946) SMU (1947) SMU (1948) Rice (1949) Texas (1950) TCU (1951) Texas (1952) Rice & Texas (1953) Arkansas (1954) TCU (1955) Texas A&M (1956) Rice (1957) TCU (1958) Arkansas, Texas, & TCU (1959) Arkansas (1960) Texas & Arkansas (1961) Texas (1962) Texas (1963) Arkansas (1964) Arkansas (1965) SMU (1966) Texas A&M (1967) Arkansas & Texas (1968) Texas (1969) Texas (1970) Texas (1971) Texas (1972) Texas (1973) Baylor (1974) Arkansas, Texas & Texas A&M (1975) Houston & Texas Tech (1976) Texas (1977) Houston (1978) Arkansas & Houston (1979) Baylor (1980) SMU (1981) SMU (1982) Texas (1983) SMU & Houston (1984) Texas A&M (1985) Texas A&M (1986) Texas A&M (1987) Arkansas (1988) Arkansas (1989) Texas (1990) Texas A&M (1991) Texas A&M (1992) Texas A&M (1993) Texas A&M (1994) Texas (1995)

National championships in bold

College football national champions (poll era)

1936–1949	1936: Minnesota (AP, DS) / Pittsburgh (BS, HS) 1937: Pittsburgh (AP, BS, DS, HS) / California 1938: TCU (AP) / Tennessee (BS, HS) / Notre Dame (DS) 1939: Texas A&M (AP, BS, HS) / USC (DS) 1940: Minnesota (AP, BS, DS, HS) / Stanford 1941: Minnesota (AP, BS) / Alabama (HS) 1942: Ohio State (AP, BS) / Georgia (HS) 1943: Notre Dame 1944: Army (AP, BS, HS) / Ohio State 1945: Army 1946: Notre Dame (AP) / Army (BS, HS) 1947: Notre Dame (AP) / Michigan (AP [post-bowl], BS, HS) 1948: Michigan 1949: Notre Dame

1950s	1950: Oklahoma 1951: Tennessee (AP, Coaches) / Michigan State / Maryland / Georgia Tech (BS) / Illinois (BS) 1952: Michigan State (AP, Coaches, BS) / Georgia Tech (INS) 1953: Maryland (AP, Coaches, INS) / Notre Dame (BS) 1954: Ohio State (AP, BS, INS) / UCLA (FWAA, Coaches) 1955: Oklahoma 1956: Oklahoma 1957: Auburn (AP) / Ohio State (Coaches, BS, FWAA, INS) 1958: LSU (AP, Coaches, BS, FN) / Iowa (FWAA) 1959: Syracuse

1960s	1960: Minnesota (AP, Coaches, FN, NFF) / Ole Miss (FWAA) / Iowa BS) 1961: Alabama (AP, Coaches, FN, NFF) / Ohio State (FWAA) 1962: USC 1963: Texas 1964: Alabama (AP, Coaches) / Arkansas (FWAA) / Notre Dame (FN, NFF) 1965: Alabama (AP, FWAA) / Michigan State (Coaches, FN, FWAA, NFF) 1966: Notre Dame (AP, Coaches, FN, FWAA, NFF) / Michigan State (NFF) 1967: USC 1968: Ohio State 1969: Texas

1970s	1970: Nebraska (AP, FN, FWAA) / Texas (NFF, Coaches) / Ohio State (NFF) 1971: Nebraska 1972: USC 1973: Notre Dame (AP, FN, FWAA, NFF) / Alabama (Coaches) 1974: Oklahoma (AP, FN) / USC (FWAA, NFF, Coaches) 1975: Oklahoma 1976: Pittsburgh 1977: Notre Dame 1978: Alabama (AP, FWAA, NFF) / USC (Coaches, FN) 1979: Alabama

1980–1991	1980: Georgia 1981: Clemson 1982: Penn State 1983: Miami 1984: BYU 1985: Oklahoma 1986: Penn State 1987: Miami 1988: Notre Dame 1989: Miami 1990: Colorado (AP, FN, FWAA, NFF, USAT/CNN) / Georgia Tech (Coaches) 1991: Miami (AP) / Washington (Coaches, FN, FWAA, UPI/NFF)

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