Baylor at Texas

Saturday, October 17, 1936

Baylor beat Texas 21–⁠18. It was their 28th meeting; after it, Texas led the series 18–⁠6–⁠3 in the games on file.

AwayBaylor6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1936
21
HomeTexas2–⁠6–⁠1 in 1936
18

FinalHigh 85°F, low 61°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: adck Promise Spicy Bout Saraen Back Loaded Stars Saturday

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 19, 1936, page 14 (results column)

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    adck Promise Spicy Bout Saraen Back Loaded Stars Saturday Bill Adamaitis and Dixie Walker, Catholic University-Formed bat terry” that pitched and caught touch down passes in 1877 victory over De Paul. Tommy Keating. Georgetown-Ran, passed and directed play cleverly to serve as spearhead Of Hoya attack in l9-to-0 conquest Of BucknelI. Bill Guckeyson-Celebrated return to Maryland eleven by racing so yards to touchdown and throwing 45-yard pass to Vic Willis for second touch down as Terps defeated Virginia, 21–⁠0. George Matisk, Duquesne-Ran u yards for touchdown that “upset” Pittsburgh, TO. Don Geyer, Northwestern-Made lateral-forward pass play that produced winning score in 14–⁠13 triumph over Ohio State. Ace Parker, Duke-His punting kept touchdown and 2 points and started Georgia Tech on defensive and paved way for Dukes 1876 victory. f1dIOlo dlld SCOl &c oNAA4 OC der, U. C. L. A.-Combined on two touchdown passes to beat California. Lloyd Russell, Baylor-Scored twice and ran SO yards with intercepted pass TO begin other scoring drive in rally that brought 21–⁠18 decision over Texas Lew Elverson, Penn-Sprinted 81 yards for winning touchdown against Princeton. Sid Luckman. Columbia-Threw three touchdown” passes in $50 rout Of Virginia Military. Dameron Davis, Kentucky-Tallied twice and placed ball in position for another score against Washington and Lee. Red Conkright, Oklahoma–Intercepted pass and ran 38 yards to score against Kansas. Cecil Isbell, Purdue-Made one touchdown, passed for another and kicked four extra points against Chicago. Johnny Stidger. Southern Methodist-Intercepted pass and made long run, then passed to Sprague for first tally against Vanderbilt; made second touchdown on lateral pass after 26yard dash. John Howell, Nebraska – Threw passes for both touchdowns that beat Indiana, 1873 Newell Call, Utah-Scored three touchdowns and tossed passes for two others in 31–⁠6 triumph over Denver.

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 60% to win. Baylor won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Texas leads 81–⁠28–⁠4; as played, 79–⁠28–⁠5 in the 112 games on file; the official count covers all 113 meetings, counting the 85 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Texas 38, Baylor 6
2022Texas 38, Baylor 27
2021Baylor 31, Texas 24
2020Texas 27, Baylor 16
2019Baylor 24, Texas 10
2018Texas 23, Baylor 17

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