TCU at Texas A&M

Saturday, October 16, 1948

TCU beat Texas A&M 27–⁠14. It was their 44th meeting; after it, Texas A&M led the series 22–⁠15–⁠4 in the games on file.

AwayTCU4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1948
27
HomeTexas A&M0–⁠9–⁠1 in 1948
14

FinalHigh 93°F, low 72°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: OkIohomo' sRoyoIStoro ofWeek; Virginio| S Popit Is Runnerup

    Evening star, October 18, 1948, page 15 (results column)

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    OkIohomo’ sRoyoIStoro ofWeek; Virginio| S Popit Is Runnerup turned in by Gene Rossides of Columbia, who passed to two touch downs, broke up couple of enemy drives by interceptions and recovered tumble. But for all his efforts, Columbia was beaten by Pennsylvania in the last minute, 20–⁠14. Other Saturday stars: Billy Conn, Georgetown-Thrsw two fourth-quarter passes for touch downs that beat Tulsa, 1877. Norm Van Brocklin, Oregon quarterback-Kicking and passing set up touchdown and safety that beat Southern California, 81. Bob De Moss, Completed five Of 10 passes for 139 yards, scored one touchdown, passed for another in Purdue’s 20–⁠13 victory over Iowa. Frank zeizler, Georgia Tech-Had two quick kicks of 10 yards, scored one touchdown, was consistent gamer in 27-o triumph over Auburn. Gilbert johnson, Southern Meth odist-Completed 7 of 10 passes for 100 yards, three for touchdowns, in 1877 conquest of Rice. Pete Stout, Texas Christian Scored three touchdowns in 27–⁠14 win over Texas A. and M. Bobby Goff, Texas A. and M Carried ball “a times for 1877 yards against T. G. U. Gil Stephenson Of Army–Scored three touchdowns, gained ITO yards on q tries In 20–⁠7 victory over Harward. Jen Fleischmann of Cornell-Accounted for three of five touch downs in 34–⁠7 verdict over Syracuse

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 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Texas A&M leads 56–⁠29–⁠7; as played, 54–⁠28–⁠7 in the 89 games on file; the official count covers all 92 meetings, counting the 48 since this game.

Recent meetings
2001Texas A&M 28, TCU 9Galleryfurniture.com Bowl
1995Texas A&M 38, TCU 6
1994Texas A&M 34, TCU 17
1993Texas A&M 59, TCU 3
1992Texas A&M 37, TCU 10
1991Texas A&M 44, TCU 7

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