Centenary (LA) at TCU

Saturday, September 28, 1940

TCU beat Centenary (LA) 41–⁠6. It was their 12th meeting; after it, TCU led the series 7–⁠4–⁠1.

AwayCentenary (LA)3–⁠7 in 1940
6
HomeTCU3–⁠7 in 1940
41

FinalAttendance 8,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Texas Christians Win Over Centenary, 41-6

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, September 29, 1940, page 1

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    Texas Christians Win Over Centenary, 41–⁠6 FORT WORTH, Sept. 2S.-(P)- Underrated Texas Christian blew in today with a great gang of opportunities from veterans to rag knots, to run b%ewildered Centenary out of the stadium midst a cascade of spectacular touchdowns that mounted to a final Ais score. Fourteen points in front after the first four minutes of play, the Christians they relegated to the depths in preseason doping, stack ed up brilliant sprints of so, 63, 80, rs, II and six yards For scores and tossed in another 81 yarder that was nullified by a penalty.

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 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

TCU leads 8–⁠4–⁠1 in 13 meetings, counting the one 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

Around this game

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