Baylor at Texas Tech

Saturday, October 15, 1949

No. 20 Baylor beat Texas Tech 28–⁠7. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Baylor led the series 6–⁠4–⁠1.

Away20Baylor8–⁠2 in 1949
28
HomeTexas Tech7–⁠5 in 1949
7

FinalHigh 73°F, low 38°FAttendance 18,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Undefeoted Baylor Wins Over Texas Tech, 28-7

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 16, 1949, page 1

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    Undefeoted Baylor Wins Over Texas Tech, 28–⁠7 LUBBOCK, Tex, Oct. 15.-Baylor rolled on undefeated today, strapping Texas Tech 28–⁠7 on the great passing Of Adrian Burk. A homecoming crowd of $4,000 saw Baylor jumped to IA points in the first period then get two more touchdowns In the final.

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)

Baylor 53% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Baylor leads 42–⁠40–⁠1 in 83 meetings, counting the 72 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Baylor 59, Texas Tech 35
2023Texas Tech 39, Baylor 14
2022Baylor 45, Texas Tech 17
2021Baylor 27, Texas Tech 24
2020Texas Tech 24, Baylor 23
2019Baylor 33, Texas Tech 30

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