TCU at Rice
Saturday, November 23, 1940 Share
Rice beat TCU 14–6. It was their 19th meeting; after it, TCU led the series 13–4–2.
FinalHigh 77°F, low 72°F, 1.11 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 24, 1940, page 1 (results column)
Read the text
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.
The series
Every TCU–Rice gameTCU leads 41–35–3 in 79 meetings, counting the 60 since this game.
| 2000 | TCU 37, Rice 0 | |
| 1999 | Rice 42, TCU 21 | |
| 1998 | Rice 14, TCU 12 | |
| 1997 | Rice 38, TCU 19 | |
| 1996 | Rice 30, TCU 17 | |
| 1995 | TCU 33, Rice 28 |
Around this game
TCU
- Next gameat SMUNov. 30, 1940
- SeasonTCU in 1940
- ProgramTCU history and records
Rice
- Next gamevs. BaylorNov. 30, 1940
- SeasonRice in 1940
- ProgramRice history and records

