Baylor at Centenary (LA)

Saturday, November 16, 1935

Baylor beat Centenary (LA) 20–⁠0. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Centenary (LA) led the series 6–⁠2.

AwayBaylor8–⁠3 in 1935
20
HomeCentenary (LA)6–⁠5 in 1935
0

Final

In the newspapers

  • The 's story: BEARS UPSET GENTS 20 TO 0 Baylor Bruins Grab Breaks To Smear Centenary On Home Lot

    , November 17, 1935

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    BEARS UPSET GENTS 20 TO 0 Baylor Bruins Grab Breaks To Smear Centenary On Home Lot SHREVEPORT, Nov. 10. R-The Baylor Bears upset the dope here Saturday afternoon by defeating the Centenary Gentlemen 400 In @ nom conference game The Gent defeat marked their first this year On their home gridircn- The crowd was thrown into confusion soon after the game opened when Carl Brazzell poked himself into the air to intercept a Centenary pass on his own IS and race 20 yards TO Centenary’s %. Hopes were revived when Binion broke through the Bears line and smeared Masters for an 8 yard loss, however, but fell again when n pass. Gernand to Ray. was coed for n yards when IL was al lowed or the Gents z because of in reference. Baylor stood still for 3 downs, but on the fourth Russell Tipped one to Masters on the 2, who Jumped across for the score. Ger nand kicked The Gents succeeded In driving their way as far as Baylor’s ~ In the second with an 9 yard pass from Stone 10 Hooper and several gains through the line by Stone. Baylor broke up the march, however. by showing the ball towards midfield, the Gents ball carriers being unable to get TO the line Of s~crimmage. Baylor was In trouble in the sec end when a l5-yard penalty shower them to their own z, but Russell calmly kicked to midfield. In the third, Centenary penetrated deep into Baylor’s territory. advancing the ball to the Bears 4 after tax ing to the air and pushing through the Inc for several gains. Lhe BearS frightened. however. and broke through TO smear the Gents for continued losses until the hall went over to Baylor on their cwn 20. After exchanges Of kicks. Baylor emerged en- the long end end carried the hall through passes TO C~entenary’s 8, where Kimbriel raced wide around lett end for the second touchdown. Again G2rnand converted. In the fourth, Russell punted TO HuddleSton vino was tackled on Gen. tenary’s 3 yard line. The Gents tried two passes but without SIC cess. stone attempted to punt but Rr!el blocked the kick. rolling the ball into the end zone where 1t was covered by Buchanan for the third touchdown Demands attempt u convert was blocked by Binion and Eohmann. TIE l!neups: / -~ertoparv Doe Pavlnr

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) 73% to win. Baylor pulled the upset.

Centenary (LA) leads 7–⁠5 in 12 meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1939Baylor 13, Centenary (LA) 6
1938Baylor 14, Centenary (LA) 0
1937Baylor 20, Centenary (LA) 0
1936Centenary (LA) 10, Baylor 0
1935Baylor 20, Centenary (LA) 0
1934Centenary (LA) 7, Baylor 0

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