Texas at SMU

Saturday, November 4, 1933

Texas beat SMU 10–⁠0. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Texas led the series 6–⁠5–⁠2.

AwayTexas4–⁠5–⁠2 in 1933
10
HomeSMU4–⁠7–⁠1 in 1933
0

FinalHigh 54°F, low 46°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Indianapolis times's story: Carter, Roberts Give Grid Fans Weeks Best Thrills

    The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], November 6, 1933, page 7 (results column)

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    Carter, Roberts Give Grid Fans Weeks Best Thrills Francis Wistert. Michigan tackle who played the greatest defensive game on the field as Michigan squeezed through a to 6 victory over Illinois. Pete thinner and Vim Sahlin, Chicago backs-who combined on a 57-yard pass, thinner to Sahlin, in the Chicago Wisconsin o to o tie. The pass carried fifty-seven yards and netted a 40-yard gain. Sauer, Nebraska full back-who scored two touchdowns and led Ne braska’s offense throughout in the 26 to victory over Missouri as the Cornhuskers remained undefeated and united. Willard Howell, Alabama half back-who led Alabama to a 20 to 0 victory over Kentucky, sprinting fifty-fve yards for first touchdown, making big gains to pave the way for the other two, and outpunting Kercheval Kentucky’s ace. Cy Grant, Georgia half back who scored all Georgia’s points in his teams IA to 0 victory over Florida, running thirty-seven yards for one touchdown, taking short pass for another, and place-kicking both extra points. Bohn billiard, Texas half back who scored a touchdown, kicked the extra point, and booted a field goal as Texas beat Southern Methodist, 10 to O. Franksvorero. Santa Clara half back-who passed Santa Clara to a 10 to 0 victory over Rice Institute CTexas) in an intersectional battle.

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 50% to win. Texas won as Elo’s underdog.

Texas leads 47–⁠22–⁠4 in 73 meetings, counting the 60 since this game.

Recent meetings
1995Texas 35, SMU 10
1994Texas 42, SMU 20
1993Texas 37, SMU 10
1992Texas 35, SMU 14
1991Texas 34, SMU 0
1990Texas 52, SMU 3

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