TCU at SMU
Saturday, December 2, 1950 Share
TCU beat SMU 27–13. It was the 32nd of their 103 meetings on file (of 104); after it, TCU led the series 14–12–6 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 74°F, low 48°FAttendance 55,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, December 3, 1950, page 1 (results column)
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Virginia Beats NC In 44-to-73 Upset.; Georgia Loses, o. Virginia. Southern Cali fornia and Georgia Tech scored major upsets yesterday | on the last day of the regular college football season. Virginia overwhelmed North Car olina, ABB, use beat Notre Dame. 81 and Tech defeated Georgia, TO. Results in other traditional windups included Maryland. So to 7 over VPI; Mississippi over Mississippi State. 27–20; Holy Cross over Boston Col lege, 32–14; Penn State over Pittsburgh, 21–20; Baylor over Rice, 1871; Texas Christian over Southern Methodist. 27- 13: Oklahoma over Oklahoma Aggies, ALA, and Tennessee over Vanderbilt, 43–0. Details in Sports Section.
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 74% to win. TCU pulled the upset.
The series
Every TCU–SMU gameOfficially, TCU leads 54–42–7; as played, 54–42–7 in the 103 games on file; the official count covers all 104 meetings, counting the 71 since this game.
| 2025 | TCU 35, SMU 24 | |
| 2024 | SMU 66, TCU 42 | |
| 2023 | TCU 34, SMU 17 | |
| 2022 | TCU 42, SMU 34 | |
| 2021 | SMU 42, TCU 34 | |
| 2019 | SMU 41, TCU 38 |
Around this game
TCU
- Next gamevs. KansasSept. 22, 1951
- SeasonTCU in 1950
- ProgramTCU history and records
SMU
- Next gameat Georgia TechSept. 22, 1951
- SeasonSMU in 1950
- ProgramSMU history and records

