Texas A&M at TCU football game

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This film captures a football game between the Texas A&M University Aggies and the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs. (TCU players are wearing the darker jerseys.) The Southwest Conference match-up was played on October 17, 1959, at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth. After a scoreless first quarter, the Horned Frogs take the lead in the second, ultimately winning 39-6. As the Southwest Conference champions, TCU went on to play the Clemson Tigers in the inaugural Bluebonnet Bowl, losing 23-7. The Horned Frogs finished the season with an 8-3 record.

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1 film (52 min., 41 sec.) : sd., col. ; 16 mm.

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Creator: Unknown. October 17, 1959.

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This film captures a football game between the Texas A&M University Aggies and the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs. (TCU players are wearing the darker jerseys.) The Southwest Conference match-up was played on October 17, 1959, at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth. After a scoreless first quarter, the Horned Frogs take the lead in the second, ultimately winning 39-6. As the Southwest Conference champions, TCU went on to play the Clemson Tigers in the inaugural Bluebonnet Bowl, losing 23-7. The Horned Frogs finished the season with an 8-3 record.

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1 film (52 min., 41 sec.) : sd., col. ; 16 mm.

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  • http://www.texasarchive.org/library/index.php?title=2015_02402

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  • October 17, 1959

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Texas A&M at TCU football game, video, October 17, 1959; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth887057/: accessed May 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library.

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