Baylor at SMU

Saturday, November 19, 1949

No. 15 Baylor beat No. 10 SMU 35–⁠26. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, SMU led the series 17–⁠9–⁠6.

Away15Baylor8–⁠2 in 1949
35
Home10SMU5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1949
26

FinalHigh 85°F, low 44°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: SEARS OF GAMES PLAYED SATURDAY

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 21, 1949, page 3 (results column)

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    SEARS OF GAMES PLAYED SATURDAY tBy the ASSOclaleu TIeSS) Adrian Burk, Baylor-Completec nine of 16 passes for 240 yards, passed for three touchdowns and set up another in 35–⁠26 defeat ot Southern Methodist. Rex Proctor, Rice = Prevented touchdown with a tackle on ten yard line and intercepted a pass to thwart another in 20-l4 victory over TCU. Levi Jackson, Scored two touchdowns and averaged 43 yards kicking in leading Yale to 29-S victory over Harvard. George Sella, Princeton = Scored two touchdowns, on a 46-yard run and a 41-yard pass in the last two minutes, to help defeat Dartmouth, 1913. Jim Monachino. California Scored two touchdowns and set up third with an s4-yard run in the Bears 33-l4 victory over Stanford Charlie Justice, North Carolina Passed to two touchdowns and scored a third in leading the Tar Heels to a 2l-2o victory over Duke.

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)

SMU 59% to win. Baylor pulled the upset.

Baylor leads 40–⁠36–⁠7 in 83 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Baylor 48, SMU 45
2016Baylor 40, SMU 13
2015Baylor 56, SMU 21
2014Baylor 45, SMU 0
2012Baylor 59, SMU 24
2005Baylor 28, SMU 23

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