Baylor at Texas A&M

Saturday, October 24, 1931

Texas A&M beat Baylor 33–⁠7. It was their 30th meeting; after it, Texas A&M led the series 17–⁠4–⁠3 in the games on file.

AwayBaylor3–⁠6 in 1931
7
HomeTexas A&M7–⁠3 in 1931
33

FinalHigh 89°F, low 71°F

In the newspapers

  • The Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current's story: ACGIES BEAT ,- BAYLOR 33-7 Farmers Come Back Strong I'm Last Half With Passing Attack

    Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, October 25, 1931, page 1

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    ACGIES BEAT ,- BAYLOR 33–⁠7 Farmers Come Back Strong I’m Last Half With Passing Attack COLLEGE STATION. oct. “a P-Coach Madison Bells Texas Aggies smothered the Baylor University Bears 33 10 Y on Kyle field here Saturday IN the trst meeting or elevens from the two schools since Athletic relations we’re severed I’m 1926. The game was played before a crowd OF 5000 shouting spectators and furnished an eyefull Of thrills. The Bruins drew first blood In the second period when opening Up with n barrage of long forward passes they made a goal claiming march from the Aggies’ 44-yard line. Afford, Baylor quarterback. did the hurling and Byerley and Harris. who replaced James and Petty at ends. were on the receiving end most Of the time. The counter was a g. yard pass. Afford I’d Parks. who caught the ball behind the AZ gies goal. Smith place. kicked goal TO add the extra point. The AEgies we’re held ScorcieSs in the first half but put across two tOuchdOWns ln the third quarter and three In the final period. The three extra points after touchdown were final period scores. The spectacular play q thR game was a 4U-yard dash nv PaHA McFadden, Aggie back from CD burne, after he had received n ZA yard pas from Ashton. In s~ldeSteppIng the Baylor safety man. McFadden slipped ana fell eight yards from the goal. but he was on his feet IN an instant ana continued his dash 90 cross the line. The AggieS used end runs and line bucks with bright star. 10 put over their second touchdown. Rees. VINO had relieved Hewitt 40 quarterback, carried the ball across. Rees continued hts scoring runs on the opening OF the fourth quarter. dashing forty yards to put across the Aggies’ third touchdown. Forward passes featured the renaming play OF the Aggies. Aston passed from the thrGe-yard Inc TO Murray for the fourth touchdown Murray taking -e pass acre he line. Dominique. who replaced Rees at quarter, passed lO yards 10 Graves for the final counter. Graves took the ban right ON the goal line and stepped over Bel. Aston and Dominique added the extra points ftC touchdown. Starting lineups follow. BAYLOR AGGIES Jdllts ssssss.s. s.ts q ssssss AAAAAAy Left End Larson DAWSON Left Tackle Glenn Guseman Left Guard hunIleIS .......----.. ROBERTSON Center BedN Moore Right Guard norton MOA4Gen Right Tackle Petty Malone Right End AFFORD ............ Dominique Kuarterback Reeves Williams Left Half smith Aston Right Half Pierce Spence Fullhack Officials. Meyer rT. q. w 70 fierce; MlntOn lndl umpire: Boswell CCentreD field Judge: Dyer tRicel head linesman. Score by periods. Baylor ......... IA n n O. n Aggies ... “ “ I2 Oh Touchdowns. Baylor Parks. tAggiesJ MCFadden. RCes t1l, Murray, Graves. Points after touchd0WnS. Baylor smith: tAggiesl Bell, Aston, Dominique.

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)

Baylor 51% to win. Texas A&M won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Texas A&M leads 68–⁠31–⁠9; as played, 64–⁠29–⁠9 in the 102 games on file; the official count covers all 108 meetings, counting the 78 since this game.

Recent meetings
2011Texas A&M 55, Baylor 28
2010Texas A&M 42, Baylor 30
2009Texas A&M 38, Baylor 3
2008Baylor 41, Texas A&M 21
2007Texas A&M 34, Baylor 10
2006Texas A&M 31, Baylor 21

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