Baylor at Texas Tech

Saturday, October 17, 1942

Baylor beat Texas Tech 14–⁠7. It was their sixth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 3–⁠3.

AwayBaylor6–⁠4–⁠1 in 1942
14
HomeTexas Tech4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1942
7

FinalHigh 63°F, low 52°F, 0.37 in. of rainAttendance 8,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Stars on Nations Gridirons SATURDAY.

    Evening star, October 19, 1942, page 15

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    Stars on Nations Gridirons SATURDAY. yards and set Up third In 21–⁠7 victory Paul BerthoId. Syracuse end-Hauled down passes for all three touchdowns In 1870 shutout over Holy Gross, JACK Wink end Elroy Hirsch. wisconsin Backs--Wink raced 100 yards and Hirsch 81 yards for touchdowns that beat Great Lakes Naval. 1877. Al Cameron. Navy halfback-tossed pass Tor touchdown. which he set UP with 81 yard run. and paced 1876 triumph over Kit Kittrell. Baylor halfback-Ran punt back 30 yards for touchdown that gave Bears 14–⁠7 victory over Texas Tech Paul White. Michigan halfback-Scored Twice on runs Of “A and 20 yards to lead Steve Filipovicz, Fordham fullbaek- Ran n yards. to one touchdown and passed for another in 23–⁠14 victory over West Virginia. Hank Margarita, Brown halfback-Ran 81 Yards in final period for touchdown that beat Lafayette, TO Joe Muhs, v. NJ. l. fuliback-Passed and ran Cadets to $50 win over Maryland.

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 Tech 61% to win. Baylor won as Elo’s underdog.

Baylor leads 42–⁠40–⁠1 in 83 meetings, counting the 77 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Baylor 59, Texas Tech 35
2023Texas Tech 39, Baylor 14
2022Baylor 45, Texas Tech 17
2021Baylor 27, Texas Tech 24
2020Texas Tech 24, Baylor 23
2019Baylor 33, Texas Tech 30

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