TCU at Texas

Saturday, November 12, 1949

TCU beat No. 13 Texas 14–⁠13. It was their 35th meeting; after it, Texas led the series 19–⁠12–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayTCU6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1949
14
Home13Texas6–⁠4 in 1949
13

FinalHigh 69°F, low 53°FAttendance 40,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: STARS OF FOOTBALL GAMES AT WEEK END

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 15, 1949, page 3 (results column)

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    STARS OF FOOTBALL GAMES AT WEEK END tDy lIlt ftHSOCidlSu l~icSSj Bob Williams and Bill Barrett, Notre Williams threw 9 passes, completing 13 for 198 yards and three touchdowns in directing Notre Dame to 42–⁠6 triumph over North Carolina. Barrett scored three times. Johnny Clayton, Dartmouth – Passed to two touchdowns to lead Dartmouth to l6–⁠7 triumph over previously unbeaten Cornell. Lindell Pearson Oklahoma = Scored twice and passed to a third touchdown to spark Oklahoma to g 27–⁠7 triumph over Missouri. Billy Bye, Minnesota -Chucksd one touchdown pass and scored twice to pace Minnesota to 24–⁠7 triumph over Pittsburgh Doak Walker SMU -- Scored three touchdowns, kicked three extra points, passed for 113 yards and one touchdown, carried ball l5 times for 98 yards and averaged 49.0 yards per punt in SINUS 34–⁠6, victory over Arkansas. Homer Ludiker, Texas Christian Kicked two extra points and fur nished margin of victory in 14–⁠13 win over Texas. Jim Monachino, California – Scored three times to pace unbeaten California to a 4l-14 victory over Oregon.

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)

Texas 76% to win. TCU pulled the upset.

Officially, Texas leads 65–⁠28–⁠1; as played, 62–⁠28–⁠1 in the 91 games on file; the official count covers all 94 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Texas 29, TCU 26
2022TCU 17, Texas 10
2021Texas 32, TCU 27
2020TCU 33, Texas 31
2019TCU 37, Texas 27
2018Texas 31, TCU 16

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