Carnegie Mellon vs. TCU
Monday, January 2, 1939, Sugar Bowl Share
No. 2 TCU beat No. 6 Carnegie Mellon 15–7. It was their only meeting on record.
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FinalAttendance 44,308Referee: Abb CurtisThe game on Wikipedia
On the newsreel
- GRID BOWLS FULL OF THRILLSTexas Christian gridders come from behind to annex the Sugar Bowl title, defeating Carnegie Tech, 15-7, behind Davey O'Brien's sensational passing
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
TCU 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Carnegie Mellon–TCU gameTCU leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Carnegie Mellon
- Next gameat WittenbergSept. 30, 1939
- SeasonCarnegie Mellon in 1938
- ProgramCarnegie Mellon history and records
TCU
- Next gameat UCLASept. 29, 1939
- SeasonTCU in 1938
- ProgramTCU history and records