TCU at Texas

Saturday, November 18, 1939

Texas beat TCU 25–⁠19. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Texas led the series 14–⁠7–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayTCU3–⁠7 in 1939
19
HomeTexas5–⁠4 in 1939
25

FinalHigh 63°F, low 53°F, 0.2 in. of rainAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Late 66-Yord Sprint by Davis For Texas Tops T.C. H., 25-19

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 19, 1939, page 28

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    Late 66-Yord Sprint by Davis For Texas Tops T.C. H., 25–⁠19 Christian, 263. Texas gained ia yards on passes; Texas Christian, 108. Total yardage for Texas was 376; Texas Christian, 371. Davis run was just one among many today-but it was the one that counted. His partner, Cowboy Jack Grain, and Kyle Gillespie of T. c. u, were just as breath-taking. Gillespie, 155-pound sophomore, scored all three of the Christians touchdowns and built up to many other threats with his running, pass ing and kicking. Grain came through with q &C. yard touchdown run In the first minute Of play.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL ScoREs

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 18, 1939, page 2 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL ScoREs The. following are final scores ot football games played this afternoon as, received up to time of going tc press: ~ Georgetown IA; New York U 0. Indiana ‘; Michigan State T; tie Colgate 0; Syracuse 2. New Hampshire o; Harvard 46. Penn State IA; Army IA; tie. South. Dakota O. Cincinnati 13 Boston College 19; Boston U 0. Cornell 35; Dartmouth 6. Princeton 13; Yale 2. North Carolina 3: Duke 13. Carnegie Tech 0; Holy Cross 21 Nebraska IA; Pitt 13. Michigan IS; Penn IT. St Mary’s 0; Fordham 13. Illinois 0; Ohio State 21. Tulane 25; Columbia 0. Villanova 12; Temple 6. Washington and Jefferson O.; La fayette 13. Loyola 0; Catholic U 3. South Carolina 2; Georgia 33, Kansas State 0; Iowa State 10. Purdue T; Wisconsin ‘; tie. George Washington 13; Kansas T. Sewanee IA, Citadel ‘. Oklahoma A and M 0; Wichita 0. Oberlin O.; Chicago 25. Northwestern o; Notre Dame T. Oklahoma 6; Missouri ‘. Minnesota g; Iowa 13. Georgia Tech 6; Alabama 0. Vanderbilt 0: Tennessee 13. Texas Christian 19; Texas 25. Texas A and M 19; Rice 0.

  • The The Nome nugget's story: Football Scores

    The Nome nugget, Alaska, November 20, 1939, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Scores Football Final November 18 Cornell 35-Dartmouth 6 Princeton 13-Yale 2 North Carolina 3-Duke 13 Carnegie Tech 0-Holycross 21 Nebraska 14-Pitt 13 Michigan 19-Penn IT St. Marys 0-Firdham IA Illinois 0-Ohio State 21 Tulane 25-Columbia 0 Northwestern 0-Norte Dame Oklahoma 6-Missouri ‘ Minnesota 9-IoWa 13 Georgia Tech 6-Alabama 0 Vanderbilt 0-Tennessee Is Texas Christian 19-Texas 25 Texas A and M 19-Rice 0 Oregon State 21-California 0 Washington State 7-Stanford Santa Clara 0-UcLA 0

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 62% to win. Texas won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Texas leads 65–⁠28–⁠1; as played, 62–⁠28–⁠1 in the 91 games on file; the official count covers all 94 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Texas 29, TCU 26
2022TCU 17, Texas 10
2021Texas 32, TCU 27
2020TCU 33, Texas 31
2019TCU 37, Texas 27
2018Texas 31, TCU 16

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