1938 Texas
1–8 (1–5 Southwest Conference), coached by Dana Bible. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Texas A&M 7–6Nov 24
By 1 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | at Kansas | L 18–19 | 43% |
| Oct 1 | vs LSU | L 0–20 | 35% |
| Oct 8 | vs Oklahoma | L 0–13 | 32% |
| Oct 15 | at Arkansas | L 6–42 | 21% |
| Oct 22 | at Rice | L 6–13 | 24% |
| Oct 30 | at SMU | L 6–7 | 25% |
| Nov 5 | vs Baylor | L 3–14 | 31% |
| Nov 12 | at 1TCU | L 6–28 | 8% |
| Nov 24 | vs Texas A&M | W 7–6 | 27% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Texas A&M 7–6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The worst season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1938.
- Record
- 1–8
- Conference
- 1–5 tied for 6th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 52–162
- Coach
- Dana Bible
- Elo
- 1371 −76 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −5.4 No. 81 of 122 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
All-Southwest Conference
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Jack RhodesOGAP-1
Second team
- Wallace LawsonBAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1938 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1938 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| TCU | 6–0 | 11–0 | 1 |
| SMU | 4–2 | 6–4 | |
| Baylor | 3–2–1 | 7–2–1 | |
| Rice | 3–3 | 4–6 | |
| Texas A&M | 2–3–1 | 4–4–1 | |
| Arkansas | 1–5 | 2–7–1 | |
| Texas | 1–5 | 1–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.