Wake Forest at Baylor
Saturday, September 20, 1952 Share
Baylor beat Wake Forest 17–14. It was their third meeting; after it, Baylor led the series 3–0.
FinalHigh 95°F, low 73°FAttendance 16,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, September 21, 1952, page 68
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Baylor Rally Defeats Wake Forest, TIA WACO. Tex. Sept. 20.-Baylor fought from behind twice to tie the score then beat Wake Forest, 17–14, with only IA seconds to go today in a game marked by such unusual incidents as a player coming off the bench to tackle a runner and bear charging on the field to steal an officials flag. c. O.. Brocato. the rugged Baylor linebacker. booted the field goal from the Wake Forest l1-yard line to climax a stormy football battle in which long passes and long runs kept crowd of 10000 In pandemonium. Charles Sonny George passed for both Wake Forest touchdowns, Francis (Cotton) Davidson and Billy Hooper doomed long throws to set up the touchdowns fol Baylor.
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)
Baylor 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Wake Forest–Baylor gameBaylor leads 5–1 in six meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 2009 | Baylor 24, Wake Forest 21 | |
| 2008 | Wake Forest 41, Baylor 13 | |
| 1961 | Baylor 31, Wake Forest 0 | |
| 1952 | Baylor 17, Wake Forest 14 | |
| 1951 | Baylor 42, Wake Forest 0 | |
| 1948 | Baylor 20, Wake Forest 7 | Dixie Bowl |
Around this game
Wake Forest
- Next gameat William & MarySept. 27, 1952
- SeasonWake Forest in 1952
- ProgramWake Forest history and records
Baylor
- Next gamevs. Washington StateOct. 4, 1952
- SeasonBaylor in 1952
- ProgramBaylor history and records

