1938 Year Summary
National Champion: Texas Christian (AP)
Heisman Memorial Trophy: Davey O'Brien (Texas Christian)
AP First #1: Pittsburgh ▪ AP Final #1: Texas Christian
Conference Summary
Sorted by SRS
| Overall | Bowls | SRS | Polls | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Conference | Schs | G | W | L | T | Pct | G | W | L | T | Pct | SRS | SOS | Pre | Final | Champion |
| 1 | Pacific Coast Conference | 10 | 99 | 54 | 40 | 5 | .571 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.00 | 5.27 | 0 | 2 | California Southern California |
| 2 | Southwest Conference | 7 | 69 | 35 | 31 | 3 | .529 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.41 | 4.47 | 0 | 1 | Texas Christian |
| 3 | Big Six Conference | 6 | 56 | 33 | 20 | 3 | .616 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 6.15 | 3.45 | 0 | 1 | Oklahoma |
| 4 | Western Conference | 10 | 80 | 36 | 35 | 9 | .506 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.15 | 4.72 | 0 | 3 | Minnesota | |
| 5 | Independent | 40 | 349 | 199 | 133 | 17 | .595 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 4.08 | 0.09 | 0 | 8 | |
| 6 | Southeastern Conference | 13 | 129 | 69 | 52 | 8 | .566 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.79 | 1.16 | 0 | 3 | Tennessee |
| 7 | Southern Conference | 15 | 150 | 71 | 65 | 14 | .520 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | -1.52 | -2.30 | 0 | 1 | Duke |
| 8 | Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 7 | 67 | 39 | 27 | 1 | .590 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | -2.83 | -6.09 | 0 | 1 | New Mexico New Mexico State |
| 9 | Missouri Valley Conference | 7 | 67 | 32 | 29 | 6 | .522 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4.33 | -5.49 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | |
| 10 | Mountain States Athletic Conference | 7 | 59 | 25 | 26 | 8 | .492 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | -5.27 | -5.08 | 0 | 0 | Utah |
AP Poll Summary
| School | Conf | 10/17 | 10/24 | 10/31 | 11/7 | 11/14 | 11/21 | 11/28 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Christian | SWC | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Tennessee | SEC | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Duke | Southern | 9 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Oklahoma | Big 6 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Notre Dame | Ind | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Carnegie Mellon | Ind | 13 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Southern California | PCC | 19 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 7 | |
| Pittsburgh | Ind | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| Holy Cross | Ind | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | |
| Minnesota | Western | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | |
| Texas Tech | BIAA | 19 | 17 | 14 | 11 | ||||
| Cornell | Ind | 17 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
| Alabama | SEC | 15 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 13 | |
| California | PCC | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 14 |
| Fordham | Ind | 11 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 15 |
| Michigan | Western | 12 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 16 |
| Northwestern | Western | 18 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 17 |
| Villanova | Ind | 20 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 18 | |
| Tulane | SEC | 18 | 19 | ||||||
| Dartmouth | Ind | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 20 |
| School | Conf | 10/17 | 10/24 | 10/31 | 11/7 | 11/14 | 11/21 | 11/28 | Final |
| Baylor | SWC | 17 | |||||||
| Georgetown | Ind | 20 | |||||||
| Iowa State | Big 6 | 18 | |||||||
| North Carolina | Southern | 19 | |||||||
| Ohio State | Western | 20 | |||||||
| Santa Clara | Ind | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 19 | ||
| Syracuse | Ind | 10 | |||||||
| Texas A&M | SWC | 19 | |||||||
| Vanderbilt | SEC | 16 | |||||||
| Wisconsin | Western | 15 | 12 |
Award Winners
| Heisman Memorial Trophy: | Davey O'Brien (Texas Christian) |
| Maxwell Award: | Davey O'Brien (Texas Christian) |
| AFCA Coach of the Year Award: | Bill Kern (Carnegie Mellon) |
Consensus All-America Teams
* unanimous selection
|
Vic Bottari, B, California Marshall Goldberg*, B, Pittsburgh Bob Macleod, B, Dartmouth Davey O'Brien*, B, Texas Christian Brud Holland, E, Cornell Bowden Wyatt, E, Tennessee Waddy Young, E, Oklahoma Ki Aldrich, L, Texas Christian Ed Beinor*, L, Notre Dame Ed Bock, L, Iowa State Ralph Heikkinen*, L, Michigan Alvord Wolff, L, Santa Clara |
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