Today's Tidbit... Low Volume and Percentage Passing in the 1930s

Bernard Taylor catches a TD pass. (1927 TCU yearbook)

Anyone that follows football history understands that it took a few decades for the forward pass to take hold. Still, it can be hard to recognize how few passes were thrown without looking at a team’s season statistics.

TCU became known for its passing offense under Dutch Meyer in the 1930s and 1940s, and before that, they had a leading passing attack in the 1920s under coach Matty Bell.

College football did not yet track consistent statistics,...