TCU at Centenary (LA)

Saturday, October 28, 1939

TCU beat Centenary (LA) 21–⁠0. It was their 11th meeting; after it, TCU led the series 6–⁠4–⁠1.

AwayTCU3–⁠7 in 1939
21
HomeCentenary (LA)2–⁠9–⁠1 in 1939
0

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Texas Christian Routs Centenary by 2l-O

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 29, 1939, page 32

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    Texas Christian Routs Centenary by 2l-O SHREVEPORT. La, Oct. %. (P, Scoring touchdowns in the first and second quarters on short passes and adding another near the end of the game on short plunge, the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs defeated Centenary Colleges Gentlemen. 81 to 0, today before a crowd OF 5000.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

TCU 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

TCU leads 8–⁠4–⁠1 in 13 meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1941TCU 35, Centenary (LA) 7
1940TCU 41, Centenary (LA) 6
1939TCU 21, Centenary (LA) 0
1938TCU 13, Centenary (LA) 0
1937Centenary (LA) 10, TCU 9
1936TCU 26, Centenary (LA) 0

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