Wake Forest vs. Baylor
Saturday, January 1, 1949, Dixie Bowl Share
Baylor beat Wake Forest 20–7. It was their first meeting; after it, Baylor led the series 1–0.
FinalAttendance 20,000Referee: Jimmie C. Higgins (SWC; split crew: SWC, Southern)The game on Wikipedia
In the newspapers
Evening star, Washington, D.C., January 2, 1949, page 1 (results column)
Read the text
Northwestern 20, California IA Leads New Years Bowl Results by the AsSoeIoted Press Scores from the Nations New Years Day football bowl games follow: Rose at Pasadena. Northwestern 20 California IA Sugar at New Orleans. Oklahoma IA North Carolina 6 Cotton at Dallas. Southern Methodist 81 Oregon 10 Orange at Miami. Texas 41----------G Georgia % East-West at San Francisco. East IA ---------------- West IL Gator at Jacksonville. Clemson “a ---.- Missouri % Dixie at Birmingham. Baylor 20--- Wake Forest 7 Delta at Memphis. William and Mary 20 Oklahoma A. and M. 0 HarbOr at San Diego. Villanova Nevada 7
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)
Wake Forest 60% to win. Baylor won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Wake Forest–Baylor gameBaylor leads 5–1 in six meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 2009 | Baylor 24, Wake Forest 21 | |
| 2008 | Wake Forest 41, Baylor 13 | |
| 1961 | Baylor 31, Wake Forest 0 | |
| 1952 | Baylor 17, Wake Forest 14 | |
| 1951 | Baylor 42, Wake Forest 0 | |
| 1948 | Baylor 20, Wake Forest 7 | Dixie Bowl |
Around this game
Wake Forest
- Next gamevs. DuquesneSept. 17, 1949
- SeasonWake Forest in 1948
- ProgramWake Forest history and records
Baylor
- Next gamevs. South CarolinaSept. 24, 1949
- SeasonBaylor in 1948
- ProgramBaylor history and records