Austin at SMU

Wednesday, October 10, 1923

SMU beat Austin 10–⁠3. It was their eighth meeting; after it, SMU led the series 4–⁠3–⁠1.

AwayAustin1–⁠2 in 1923
3
HomeSMU9–⁠0 in 1923
10

FinalHigh 81°F, low 63°F

In the newspapers

  • The San Antonio light's story: S.M.U. BEATS AUSTIN Football Victory, 10 to 8, Srntched in Closing Minutes.

    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.

SMU leads 9–⁠3–⁠1 in 13 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1935SMU 60, Austin 0
1934SMU 33, Austin 0
1930SMU 34, Austin 0
1929SMU 16, Austin 0
1924SMU 7, Austin 0
1923SMU 10, Austin 3

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