1940 TCU Horned Frogs football team

American college football season

1940 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Texas A&M $	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
No. 16 SMU	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	1
Texas	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Rice	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
TCU	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Arkansas	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Baylor	0	–	6	–	0	4	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1940 college football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 3–7 overall and 2–4 in the Southwest Conference. The team was coached by Dutch Meyer in his seventh year as head coach.

TCU was ranked at No. 42 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.

The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 28	Centenary*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	W 41–6	8,000
October 5	Arkansas	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	W 20–0
October 12	at North Carolina*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 14–21	19,000
October 19	at No. 2 Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	L 7–21
October 26	at Tulsa*	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	W 0–7	11,000
November 2	Baylor	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	W 14–12
November 9	at Detroit*	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	L 0–3	12,352
November 16	Texas	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	L 14–21	15,000
November 23	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 6–14
November 30	at SMU	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (rivalry)	L 0–16
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
"Frogs' surprising offense routs Centenary, 41–6". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 29, 1940. Retrieved July 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
"Favored T.C.U. eleven upset bu Tarheel foe, 21–14". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 13, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
"Hurricane Spills Horned Frogs 7 to 0". The Tulsa Tribune. October 27, 1940. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
W. W. Edgar (November 10, 1940). "Titans Topple Texas Christian as Spartans Bow Before Indiana: Pavelec Wins for U-D, 3-0, on Field Goal". Detroit Free Press. p. Sports 1, 6 – via Newspapers.com.
"Longhorns trip TCU Frogs, 21–14". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 17, 1940. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
"1940 TCU Horned Frogs". Retrieved August 10, 2016.

v t e TCU Horned Frogs football
Venues	Panther Park (1911–1914, 1917, 1920–1923) Clark Field (1924–1930) Amon G. Carter Stadium (1930–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Baylor SMU Texas Texas A&M Texas Tech
Culture & lore	Super Frog "TCU Fight" Texas Christian University Marching Band 1935 "Game of the Century"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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