Baylor at Texas
Saturday, November 9, 1940 Share
Texas beat Baylor 13–0. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Texas led the series 20–8–3 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 60°F, low 51°F, 0.17 in. of rainAttendance 15,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 10, 1940, page 33
Read the text
Texas Bowls Over Stubborn Baylor AUSTIN, Tex, Nov 9.-On the line smashing drives Of Fullback Pete Layden, who scored both markers, the Texas Longhorns battled to a 1870 triumph over stubborn Baylor University today. Ably assisted by Jack Grain, Layden crashed through the tough Baylor line for Texas touchdowns in the first and final periods. A crowd of $1,000 saw the game.
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 54% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Baylor–Texas gameOfficially, 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 81 since this game.
| 2023 | Texas 38, Baylor 6 | |
| 2022 | Texas 38, Baylor 27 | |
| 2021 | Baylor 31, Texas 24 | |
| 2020 | Texas 27, Baylor 16 | |
| 2019 | Baylor 24, Texas 10 | |
| 2018 | Texas 23, Baylor 17 |
Around this game
Baylor
- Next gamevs. TulsaNov. 16, 1940
- SeasonBaylor in 1940
- ProgramBaylor history and records
Texas
- Next gameat TCUNov. 16, 1940
- SeasonTexas in 1940
- ProgramTexas history and records

