TCU at SMU

Saturday, November 28, 1942

TCU beat SMU 14–⁠6. It was the 24th of their 103 meetings on file (of 104); after it, TCU led the series 12–⁠8–⁠4 in the games on file.

AwayTCU7–⁠3 in 1942
14
HomeSMU3–⁠6–⁠2 in 1942
6

FinalHigh 79°F, low 42°FAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 30, 1942, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES The following are final scores of leading football games played last Saturday afternoon: Washington State 0; University of Washington 0, tie. St. Mary’s Preflight IS; Stan ford 28. oregon State 2; Michigan State T, tie. Notre Dame IS; Southern Cali fornia 0. Army 0; Navy IA. Villanova 20 Temple 2. North Carolina Preflight 0; Ford ham 6. Boston College 12; Holy Cross 55. Oklahoma A & M 33; Detroit 6. Iowa Preflight l2; Ohio State 41. Indiana 5l, Fort Knox o. Georgia Tech 0; Georgia 34 Texas Christian 14; Southern Methodist 6. Illinois 20; Camp Grant 0. Michigan 28; Iowa IA. Duke o; Jacksonville Naval Air Station 13. Auburn 41; Clemson 13. Tennessee 19; Vanderbilt 2. Kansas State 19; Nebraska 0. Tampa 30; Fort Benning 0. Georgia Navy 35; Alabama 19, New Mexico 35; Arizona State 2.

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)

TCU 50% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, TCU leads 54–⁠42–⁠7; as played, 54–⁠42–⁠7 in the 103 games on file; the official count covers all 104 meetings, counting the 79 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025TCU 35, SMU 24
2024SMU 66, TCU 42
2023TCU 34, SMU 17
2022TCU 42, SMU 34
2021SMU 42, TCU 34
2019SMU 41, TCU 38

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