Austin at SMU
Wednesday, October 10, 1923 Share
SMU beat Austin 10–3. It was their eighth meeting; after it, SMU led the series 4–3–1.
FinalHigh 81°F, low 63°F
In the newspapers

San Antonio light, San Antonio, Tex., October 11, 1923, page 13
Read the text
S.M.U. BEATS AUSTIN Football Victory, 10 to 8, Srntched in Closing Minutes. Dallas, Tex, Oct. II. - Southern Methodist University snatched n VIC tory out of seeming tie in the last few minutes of play at Ownby Oval Wednesday afternoon after being bat tied to standstill by Austin colleges line. s. NJ. U. won, 10 to 3. Captain Wilton Daniels raced across the goal line for the only touchdown OF the game after Sid Henry had blocked Saxon’s punt on the Kangaroo 10 yard line just before the whistle blew. Both elevens scored field goals in the second period. Stollenwerck east ly sent a place kick from the 16-yard line between the uprights and less than three minutes later. Tuck. sub for the Kangaroos. booted beautiful place-kick from the 31-yard line.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
SMU 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Austin–SMU gameSMU leads 9–3–1 in 13 meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 1935 | SMU 60, Austin 0 | |
| 1934 | SMU 33, Austin 0 | |
| 1930 | SMU 34, Austin 0 | |
| 1929 | SMU 16, Austin 0 | |
| 1924 | SMU 7, Austin 0 | |
| 1923 | SMU 10, Austin 3 |
Around this game
Austin
- Next gameat TCUNov. 10, 1923
- SeasonAustin in 1923
- ProgramAustin history and records
SMU
- Next gamevs. Missouri–RollaOct. 16, 1923
- SeasonSMU in 1923
- ProgramSMU history and records
