1938 TCU Horned Frogs football team

1938 TCU Horned Frogs football
Consensus national champion
SWC champion
Sugar Bowl champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
APNo. 1
Record11–0 (6–0 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeMeyer spread
Home stadiumT.C.U. Stadium
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Southwest Conference football standings
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

The 1938 TCU Horned Frogs football team was an American football team that represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during 1938 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Dutch Meyer, the Horned Frogs compiled a perfect 11–0 record, won the SWC championship, finished the season ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll, defeated Carnegie Tech in the 1939 Sugar Bowl, and outscored opponents by a total of 269 to 60.[1] TCU were the consensus national football champions of 1938.

At the end of the 1938 season, TCU quarterback Davey O'Brien won both the Heisman Trophy and the Maxwell Award as the outstanding football player in the United States.[2][3] He was the fourth player to receive the Heisman Trophy and the first from outside the Midwest or East. During the 1938 season, O'Brien completed 93 passes for 1,509 yards and 19 touchdowns.[4]

Two TCU players, O'Brien and center Ki Aldrich, were consensus first-team picks on the 1938 All-America college football team.[5] TCU tackle I. B. Hale was also selected as a first-team All-American by Liberty magazine.[6]

The Horned Frogs played their home games in T.C.U. Stadium (later renamed Amon G. Carter Stadium), which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas.

  1. ^ "1938 TCU Horned Frogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  2. ^ "Davey O'Brien Wins Heisman Grid Trophy". Altoona Tribune. November 29, 1938 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Davey O'Brien Wins Maxwell Club Award". Los Angeles Times. November 29, 1938. p. 34.
  4. ^ "Davey O'Brien, Ki Aldrich Garner Berths On United Press All-America Team". Tyler Morning Telegraph. December 2, 1938. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 7. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  6. ^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1174. ISBN 1401337031.