SMU at TCU
Saturday, November 29, 1947 Share
No. 3 SMU and TCU tied 19–19. It was the 29th of their 103 meetings on file (of 104); after it, the series stood even at 12–12–5 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 67°F, low 39°FAttendance 31,000
On the newsreel
- S.M.U. TIES T.C.U., 19-ALLWith only twenty seconds left to play, Southern Methodist storms back to tie Texas Christian, 19-19, in a Southwest Conference thriller. Doak Walker of S.M.U. sparks his team to remain in the unbeaten ranks
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
SMU 65% to win.
The series
Every SMU–TCU gameOfficially, 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 74 since this game.
| 2025 | TCU 35, SMU 24 | |
| 2024 | SMU 66, TCU 42 | |
| 2023 | TCU 34, SMU 17 | |
| 2022 | TCU 42, SMU 34 | |
| 2021 | SMU 42, TCU 34 | |
| 2019 | SMU 41, TCU 38 |
Around this game
SMU
- Next gamevs. Penn StateJan. 1, 1948, Cotton Bowl
- SeasonSMU in 1947
- ProgramSMU history and records
TCU
- Next gamevs. Ole MissJan. 1, 1948, Delta Bowl
- SeasonTCU in 1947
- ProgramTCU history and records