TCU at Centenary (LA)

Saturday, October 26, 1935

TCU beat Centenary (LA) 27–⁠7. It was their seventh meeting; after it, the series stood even at 3–⁠3–⁠1.

AwayTCU12–⁠1 in 1935
27
HomeCentenary (LA)6–⁠5 in 1935
7

FinalAttendance 8,000

In the newspapers

  • The 's story

    , October 28, 1935

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    Mustangs scoring drive with one OF his typical 38-yard, broken field daSheS. Two other undefeated teams. the Texas Christian Horned Frogs ana the Baylor University Bears, will meet at Waco. The Horned Frogs, fighting with Southern Methodist for possible Rose Bowl recognition, are favored over the Bears. The Frogs clcuded the air with passes Saturday at Shreveport to smother the Centenary Gentlemen. 27–⁠7. In their first defeat at home since 1881. Baugh Is Star Sammy Baugh, the passing star Of the Christians backfield. threw them to account for the top-heavy victory. He will meet a worthy foe, however. In the Baylor game In Lloyd Russell. the singing quarter back” RuSsell’s throws brought the Bruins a 1916 victory Saturday over the Texas AgEies at College Station. In the third conference game, Texas “A. a. M. and the University OF Arkansas will fight II out az Little Rock for the cellar position. Each has lost two games. The RazorbackS. however. looked good IN a Sis victory Saturday over the College Of the Ozarks. The Rice Owls apparently recover ed from the 100 defeat administer ed by Southern Methodist. and came back brilliantly against the LonghornS. The old combination OF Bill Wallace and John McCauley was at its best. The 150-pound Bobby Wilson. one OF the biggest single scoring threats in the nation. brought his confer ence and non-conference scoring total TO a. points Saturday when he scored on Hardin-Simmons. In second place is McCauley. the Rice Institute quarterback (CQ) thanks to two touchdowns he scored against Texas. Leaders: Robert Wilson. lib. S. NJ u. as; John McCauley. qb. Rice. 80: George Kline. hb, T.C.U. 30: John ny Morrow, end. A. AZ M “a; Lloyd Russell, qb. Baylor. “a; Harry Shuford. fb, s. M. u, “a; Bill Pit ger, 70, Texas “a.

  • The Evening star's story: Purdue, Villanora Slip From Unbeaten Ranks As Dizzy Month of Foot Ball Comes to Close

    Evening star, October 27, 1935, page 29 (results column)

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    Purdue, Villanora Slip From Unbeaten Ranks As Dizzy Month of Foot Ball Comes to Close progress. U. c. L. A. walloped oregon, 1876, and California accounted for Southern California, 2l-7. Denver, with five Rocky Mountain Conference victories to its credit, invaded Salt Lake City and took a 1914 beating from Utah for its pains. Rice, coming back from its defeat by Southern Methodist, upset Texas 28-l9. Texas Christian gave further evidence of tremendous power by a 27–⁠7 triumph over Centenary at Shreveport. In the Big Six, Nebraska stopped Oklahoma, 100; Kansas surprised Kansas State, go. and Missouri played a 6–⁠6 draw with Iowa State.

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)

Centenary (LA) 53% to win. TCU won as Elo’s underdog.

TCU leads 8–⁠4–⁠1 in 13 meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1941TCU 35, Centenary (LA) 7
1940TCU 41, Centenary (LA) 6
1939TCU 21, Centenary (LA) 0
1938TCU 13, Centenary (LA) 0
1937Centenary (LA) 10, TCU 9
1936TCU 26, Centenary (LA) 0

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