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Centenary (LA) vs. TCU

Centenary (LA) and TCU first met in 1923 and have played 13 times; TCU leads the series 8–⁠4–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s TCU 7–⁠2, and TCU has won the last 4.

Centenary (LA) wins
4
TCU wins
8
Ties
1
First meeting
1923
Longest streak
4 TCU
Current streak
4 TCU
Last 10 meetings
TCU 7–⁠2
Most recent
1941

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s2–⁠2
1930s2–⁠4–⁠1
1940s0–⁠2
Average margin
17.1 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Centenary (LA)
3–⁠3–⁠1 Centenary (LA)‘s record at home
At TCU
5–⁠1 TCU’s record at home
Shutouts
6

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Centenary (LA)‘s biggest win1923: Centenary (LA) 23, TCU 0by 23 points
  2. TCU’s biggest win1940: TCU 41, Centenary (LA) 6by 35 points
  3. Upset1923: Centenary (LA) 23, TCU 0Centenary (LA) had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1927: Centenary (LA) 7, TCU 3Centenary (LA) had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Centenary (LA) and TCU, 1923 on13001500170019251930193519401945

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1923 game: McMilIan Has Taught His Charges How Game Is Played

    1923 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 1, 1923

  • The 's story of the 1935 game

    1935 · , Oct 28, 1935

  • The Evening star's story of the 1939 game: Texas Christian Routs Centenary by 2l-O

    1939 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 29, 1939

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1940 game: Texas Christians Win Over Centenary, 41-6

    1940 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Sep 29, 1940

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Nov 8, 1941TCU 35, Centenary (LA) 7at TCU
Sep 28, 1940TCU 41, Centenary (LA) 6at TCU
Oct 28, 1939TCU 21, Centenary (LA) 0at Centenary (LA)
Sep 24, 1938TCU 13, Centenary (LA) 0at TCU
Nov 6, 1937Centenary (LA) 10, TCU 9at Centenary (LA)
Nov 14, 193618TCU 26, Centenary (LA) 0at TCU
Oct 26, 1935TCU 27, Centenary (LA) 7at Centenary (LA)
Oct 27, 1934Centenary (LA) 13, TCU 0at Centenary (LA)
Oct 28, 1933Centenary (LA) 0, TCU 0at Centenary (LA)
Oct 12, 1929TCU 28, Centenary (LA) 0at Centenary (LA)
Nov 11, 1927Centenary (LA) 7, TCU 3at Centenary (LA)
Oct 2, 1926TCU 24, Centenary (LA) 14at TCU
Oct 27, 1923Centenary (LA) 23, TCU 0at TCU

Every game is listed as played on the field.