Baylor at SMU
Saturday, November 19, 1949 Share
No. 15 Baylor beat No. 10 SMU 35–26. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, SMU led the series 17–9–6.
FinalHigh 85°F, low 44°F
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, November 21, 1949, page 3 (results column)
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Baylor–SMU gameBaylor leads 40–36–7 in 83 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.
| 2025 | Baylor 48, SMU 45 | |
| 2016 | Baylor 40, SMU 13 | |
| 2015 | Baylor 56, SMU 21 | |
| 2014 | Baylor 45, SMU 0 | |
| 2012 | Baylor 59, SMU 24 | |
| 2005 | Baylor 28, SMU 23 |
Around this game
Baylor
- Next gameat RiceNov. 26, 1949
- SeasonBaylor in 1949
- ProgramBaylor history and records
SMU
- Next gameat TCUNov. 26, 1949
- SeasonSMU in 1949
- ProgramSMU history and records

