SMU at Ohio State
Saturday, September 30, 1950 Share
No. 10 SMU beat No. 11 Ohio State 32–27. It was their first meeting; after it, SMU led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 77°F, low 57°FAttendance 80,672
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, October 2, 1950, page 3 (results column)
Read the text
GRID STARS Leroy Cyane, Michigan State full back-crashed over for final period touchdown that gave Spartans IA to ‘ victory over Michigan. Bobby Reynolds. Nebraska half back sophomore star scored all teams points as Nebraska tied h. diana, 20 to 20. Ben White, Southern Methodist end-caught Fred Benner’s pass in last two minutes to climax Texans 19-point fourth period which re- suited in 32 to 27 victory over Ohio State. Bob Williams. quarterback, and Jim Mutscheller, end, Notre Dame made up passing combination that produced both Notre Dame touch downs in IA to ‘ victory over North Carolina. Hugh McElhenny, Washington fullback = averaged 56 yards fo1 each of 6 carries highlighting Wash ington’s 28 to 13 win over Minnesota after a 14-year wait.
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.
On the newsreel
- FootballFOOTBALL! / Mustangs Catch Buckeyes, 32-27: COLUMBUS, OH - Coming from behind in the fourth quarter with some spectacular aerial artistry by Fred Benners of Dallas, the S.M.U.
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Ohio State 59% to win. SMU won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every SMU–Ohio State gameOhio State leads 7–1–1 in nine meetings, counting the eight since this game.
| 1978 | SMU 35, Ohio State 35 | |
| 1977 | Ohio State 35, SMU 7 | |
| 1974 | Ohio State 28, SMU 9 | |
| 1968 | Ohio State 35, SMU 14 | |
| 1964 | Ohio State 27, SMU 8 | |
| 1960 | Ohio State 24, SMU 0 |
Around this game
SMU
- Next gameat MissouriOct. 7, 1950
- SeasonSMU in 1950
- ProgramSMU history and records
Ohio State
- Next gamevs. PittsburghOct. 7, 1950
- SeasonOhio State in 1950
- ProgramOhio State history and records