TCU at SMU

Saturday, December 2, 1950

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.

AwayTCU5–⁠5 in 1950
27
HomeSMU6–⁠4 in 1950
13

FinalHigh 74°F, low 48°FAttendance 55,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Virginia Beats NC In 44-to-73 Upset.; Georgia Loses, o.

    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.

Officially, 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.

Recent meetings
2025TCU 35, SMU 24
2024SMU 66, TCU 42
2023TCU 34, SMU 17
2022TCU 42, SMU 34
2021SMU 42, TCU 34
2019SMU 41, TCU 38

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