TCU at Rice

Saturday, November 23, 1940

Rice beat TCU 14–⁠6. It was their 19th meeting; after it, TCU led the series 13–⁠4–⁠2.

AwayTCU3–⁠7 in 1940
6
HomeRice7–⁠3 in 1940
14

FinalHigh 77°F, low 72°F, 1.11 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Minnesota and Unchecked but Harmon Grabs Spotlight T Records in

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 24, 1940, page 1 (results column)

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    Minnesota and Unchecked but Harmon Grabs Spotlight T Records in In the Southwest, Rice chased an ancient jinx in a 14–⁠6 victory over Texas Christian, while Southern Methodist topped Bay lor, ia. Vanderbilt put up a great fight in Southeastern Conference tussle with Alabama, but finally went down, 1921, on Jimmy Nell sons fourth-quarter touchdown pass. Florida spilled Georgia Tech, 1877. Sewanee dropped a 1877 verdict to Citadel of the Southern Conference. Clemson, rallying to trip Fur man, 1877, clinched the Southern Conference title as Duke ran wild over North Carolina State, 1915. Harry Dunkle’s field goal gave North Carolina a l0–⁠7 victory over Virginia. In the Far West, washington crushed U. c. L. A, 4l-0, while Washington State won over Gonzaga, lat. Brigham Young and Colorado State played to a 1913 draw in q Big Seven contest.

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)

Rice 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

TCU leads 41–⁠35–⁠3 in 79 meetings, counting the 60 since this game.

Recent meetings
2000TCU 37, Rice 0
1999Rice 42, TCU 21
1998Rice 14, TCU 12
1997Rice 38, TCU 19
1996Rice 30, TCU 17
1995TCU 33, Rice 28

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