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Centenary (LA) at Texas

Saturday, October 20, 1934

Centenary (LA) beat Texas 9–⁠6. It was their sixth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 2–⁠2–⁠2.

AwayCentenary (LA)10–⁠2 in 1934
9
HomeTexas7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1934
6

FinalHigh 88°F, low 65°FAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: TEXAS STREAK BROKEN Centenary Wins on Field Goal in Final Seconds, 9-6.

    Evening star, October 21, 1934, page 23

    Read the text

    TEXAS STREAK BROKEN Centenary Wins on Field Goal in Final Seconds, 9–⁠6. AUSTIN, Tex, october 20 R.- Centenary spoiled the undefeated rec ord of the University Of Texas today. winning, Q to 6. The winning score. place-kick by 3. Parker, smashing Centenary half back, came in the closing seconds of the game. Both teams scored touchdowns in the last period on breaks” Texas on a free tumble and Centenary on a blocked 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)

Texas 55% to win. Centenary (LA) won as Elo’s underdog.

The series

Every Centenary (LA)–Texas game

Texas leads 3–⁠2–⁠2 in seven meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1935Texas 19, Centenary (LA) 13
1934Centenary (LA) 9, Texas 6
1933Texas 0, Centenary (LA) 0
1932Centenary (LA) 13, Texas 6
1931Texas 6, Centenary (LA) 0
1930Centenary (LA) 0, Texas 0

Around this game

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