| 1938 college football season | ||
|---|---|---|
| First AP No. 1 of season | Pittsburgh[1] | |
| Number of bowls | 5 | |
| Champion(s) | Notre Dame (Dickinson) TCU (AP) | |
| Heisman | Davey O'Brien, (quarterback, TCU) | |
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The 1938 college football season ended with the Horned Frogs of Texas Christian University (TCU) being named the nation's No. 1 team by 55 of the 77 voters in the final Associated Press writers' poll in early December. Tennessee was also chosen by six contemporary math system selectors as a national champion; both teams won every game. Notre Dame was chosen by the Dickinson System and won the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy.[2]