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TCU was tabbed No. 1 in the nation by the Williamson System, the only rating organization to publish a list after the New Year’s Day Bowl contest, and ranked among the top five teams in the country by all rating services at the conclusion of the regular season. Featuring stars Sammy Baugh and Darrell Lester, the Frogs won 10 straight games before falling to SWC Champion SMU in the next-to-last game of the regular season. The Horned Frogs later defeated LSU, 3-2, in the 1936 Sugar Bowl. TCU ended the year with a record of 12-1.
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This remarkable Frog combine was ranked No. 1 by all the rating systems. TCU’s first undefeated and untied team won the SWC Championship, then followed that feat with a Sugar Bowl victory over Carnegie Tech, 15-7. The 1938 lineup included three All-Americans – Davey O’Brien, who was the first footballer to win the Walter Camp, Heisman and Maxwell trophies the same year, plus Ki Aldrich and I.B. Hale. The Frogs ended the season with a record of 11-0.
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