Baylor at Texas

Saturday, November 9, 1940

Texas beat Baylor 13–⁠0. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Texas led the series 20–⁠8–⁠3 in the games on file.

AwayBaylor4–⁠6 in 1940
0
HomeTexas8–⁠2 in 1940
13

FinalHigh 60°F, low 51°F, 0.17 in. of rainAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Texas Bowls Over Stubborn Baylor

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 10, 1940, page 33

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    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.

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 81 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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