Centenary (LA) at TCU
Saturday, September 28, 1940 Share
TCU beat Centenary (LA) 41–6. It was their 12th meeting; after it, TCU led the series 7–4–1.
FinalAttendance 8,000
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, September 29, 1940, page 1
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Centenary (LA)–TCU gameTCU leads 8–4–1 in 13 meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1941 | TCU 35, Centenary (LA) 7 | |
| 1940 | TCU 41, Centenary (LA) 6 | |
| 1939 | TCU 21, Centenary (LA) 0 | |
| 1938 | TCU 13, Centenary (LA) 0 | |
| 1937 | Centenary (LA) 10, TCU 9 | |
| 1936 | TCU 26, Centenary (LA) 0 |
Around this game
Centenary (LA)
- Next gameat RiceOct. 5, 1940
- SeasonCentenary (LA) in 1940
- ProgramCentenary (LA) history and records
TCU
- Next gamevs. ArkansasOct. 5, 1940
- SeasonTCU in 1940
- ProgramTCU history and records
