Temple at SMU

Saturday, October 17, 1942

Temple and SMU tied 6–⁠6. It was their first meeting; after it, the series stood even at 0–⁠0–⁠1.

AwayTemple2–⁠5–⁠3 in 1942
6
HomeSMU3–⁠6–⁠2 in 1942
6

FinalHigh 60°F, low 52°F, 0.62 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The daily monitor leader's story: Temple RoIIies to Coin &C Tie with Mustangs

    The daily monitor leader, Mount Clemens, Mich., October 17, 1942, page 8

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    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.

SMU leads 4–⁠2–⁠2 in eight meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
2023SMU 55, Temple 0
2020SMU 47, Temple 23
2019SMU 45, Temple 21
2016Temple 45, SMU 20
2015Temple 60, SMU 40
2013SMU 59, Temple 49

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