The 1938 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an

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team that represented the

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in the

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(NCC) during the

1938 college football season The 1938 college football season ended with the Horned Frogs of Texas Christian University (TCU) being named the nation's No. 1 team by 55 of the 77 voters in the final Associated Press writers' poll in early December. Tennessee was also chosen b ...

. In its tenth year under head coach Charles A. West, the team compiled a 6–2 record (2–1 against NCC opponents), tied for second place out of seven teams in the NCC, and outscored opponents by a total of 151 to 86. The team opened its season with a victory over the

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, a professional football team from Canada.

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