Texas A&M at TCU

Saturday, October 15, 1949

TCU beat Texas A&M 28–⁠6. It was their 45th meeting; after it, Texas A&M led the series 22–⁠16–⁠4 in the games on file.

AwayTexas A&M1–⁠8–⁠1 in 1949
6
HomeTCU6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1949
28

FinalHigh 76°F, low 54°FAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Star Staff Photo. Horned Frogs Clip Texas Ags, 28-6

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

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    Star Staff Photo. Horned Frogs Clip Texas Ags, 28–⁠6 FORT WORTH, Tex, Oct. 15.-The passing of Indy Berry and Wildhorse running of John Morton and Dan Wilde trampled Texas A. and M. 1856 today as Texas Christian won its first home, game in two years. A crowd of 10000 watched the Horned Frogs get two quick touchdoWns in the first quarter and two more in the third and out class the hapless Aggies in every department.

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 75% 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 47 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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