Baylor at TCU

Saturday, November 2, 1940

TCU beat Baylor 14–⁠12. It was their 49th meeting; after it, TCU led the series 21–⁠19–⁠4 in the games on file.

AwayBaylor4–⁠6 in 1940
12
HomeTCU3–⁠7 in 1940
14

FinalAttendance 8,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Minnesota Grid Challenge Nation After Five Big Wins Row Nov Boost Ahe ktyw1

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 3, 1940, page 36 (results column)

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    Minnesota Grid Challenge Nation After Five Big Wins Row Nov Boost Ahe ktyw1 Nebraska virtually clinched the Big Six crown by 1870 decision over Oklahoma. Missouri handled New York University with ease, $50. Texas Christian scored q sur prise 14–⁠12 victory over Baylor in the dizzy Southwest Confer ence. In the Southern Confer ence, william and Mary and Virginia Military played . score less draw. Virginia Tech got . so verdict over non-conference Virginia. Stanford’s Indians retained their perfect record with . 20–⁠14 victory over U. G. L. A. 1t WAS Stanford’s sixth successive VIC tory. 1t was q. G. L. AS sixth defeat In q row, none by more than q touchdown. Oregon State rallied to defeat California, 1918. Utah threw the Big Seven race into Z real tansle by beating Colorado, 2l-l3.

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)

TCU 52% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, TCU leads 60–⁠54–⁠7; as played, 61–⁠50–⁠5 in the 116 games on file; the official count covers all 121 meetings, counting the 72 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026TCU 17, Baylor 6
2025TCU 42, Baylor 36
2024Baylor 37, TCU 34
2023TCU 42, Baylor 17
2022TCU 29, Baylor 28
2021TCU 30, Baylor 28

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