TCU at SMU

Saturday, November 29, 1930

TCU beat SMU 13–⁠0. It was the 12th of their 103 meetings on file (of 104); after it, TCU led the series 6–⁠4–⁠2 in the games on file.

AwayTCU9–⁠2–⁠1 in 1930
13
HomeSMU6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1930
0

FinalHigh 61°F, low 52°F, 1.06 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, November 30, 1930, page 73

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    BY the Associated Press. ~ ALIAS, Tex, November 90 Richard Red” Oliver, Texas Christian back, ran IS yards to a touchdown after receiving the initial kickoff, and the subsequent defeat of Southern Methodist University in the schools annual foot ball encounter here today never was In doubt again. The score was 13 to 0. Experts figured 1t took three seconds for the oval to reach Oliver and 10 more for him to pace off the 85 steps. He wasn’t forced to run his best, as he passed the last Methodist Mustang about go yards short of his goal, and he was able to loaf the rest of the way. The field was q loblolly and conducive to anything but first-claSs Sprinting. Nine First Downs. Griffith kicked the extra point. Those seven points stared the Methodists in the face for the next three hours, and no matter how hard they wallowed and skidded about, they could never catch up. They were credited with nine first downs to four for the Christians, but 1t didn’t show on the scoreboard. AS though to remove any doubt of their superiority and have no element of luck recorded In their victory, the Chris tians late in the final period drove across for another score. Kinton paved the way when he got OF a 7o-yard punt

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 62% to win. TCU won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, TCU leads 54–⁠42–⁠7; as played, 54–⁠42–⁠7 in the 103 games on file; the official count covers all 104 meetings, counting the 91 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025TCU 35, SMU 24
2024SMU 66, TCU 42
2023TCU 34, SMU 17
2022TCU 42, SMU 34
2021SMU 42, TCU 34
2019SMU 41, TCU 38

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