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Southwestern U at Texas

Saturday, September 30, 1944

Texas beat Southwestern U 20–⁠0. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Texas led the series 19–⁠2.

AwaySouthwestern U2–⁠5 in 1944
0
HomeTexas5–⁠4 in 1944
20

FinalHigh 90°F, low 64°FAttendance 14,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: |layne Shines for Texas 10 Down Southwestern

    Evening star, October 1, 1944, page 19

    Read the text

    |layne Shines for Texas 10 Down Southwestern AUSTIN, Tex, Sept. 80 Dr. Dashing Bobby Layne of Dallas gave the Texas U. first-period two-t touchdown lead over South western today but the Steers had to battle hard thereafter to win an other for a 20-to-0 victory. Layne retired after the first half and only in the final minutes Of the game was Substitute Leroy Anderlson able to reach pay dirt for the Longhorns

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 91% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Southwestern U–Texas game

Texas leads 20–⁠2 in 22 meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1945Texas 46, Southwestern U 0
1944Texas 20, Southwestern U 0
1943Southwestern U 14, Texas 7
1933Texas 46, Southwestern U 0
1926Texas 27, Southwestern U 6
1925Texas 33, Southwestern U 0

Around this game

Southwestern U

Texas