Temple at SMU
Saturday, October 17, 1942 Share
Temple and SMU tied 6–6. It was their first meeting; after it, the series stood even at 0–0–1.
FinalHigh 60°F, low 52°F, 0.62 in. of rain
In the newspapers

The daily monitor leader, Mount Clemens, Mich., October 17, 1942, page 8
Read the text
Temple RoIIies to Coin &C Tie with Mustangs In last nights intersectional football headliner, Temple out played Southern Methodist at Dallas but had to come from behind to pull out 6–6 tie. S. M. u. scored in the first period, with Howard Maley bucking the last yard of a AZ yard march, featured by the passing Of Johnny Ceilings to Kelly Simpson. The Owls, who gained EOS net yards to the Mustangs -, drove go yards for their third-period score. Miami University scored in every period to crush st. Louis University, 31–6, in another in tersectional tilt.
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)
SMU 60% to win.
The series
Every Temple–SMU gameSMU leads 4–2–2 in eight meetings, counting the seven since this game.
| 2023 | SMU 55, Temple 0 | |
| 2020 | SMU 47, Temple 23 | |
| 2019 | SMU 45, Temple 21 | |
| 2016 | Temple 45, SMU 20 | |
| 2015 | Temple 60, SMU 40 | |
| 2013 | SMU 59, Temple 49 |
Around this game
Temple
- Next gamevs. North Carolina Pre-FlightOct. 23, 1942
- SeasonTemple in 1942
- ProgramTemple history and records
SMU
- Next gamevs. Corpus Christi NASOct. 24, 1942
- SeasonSMU in 1942
- ProgramSMU history and records

