Wake Forest at Baylor

Saturday, September 20, 1952

Baylor beat Wake Forest 17–⁠14. It was their third meeting; after it, Baylor led the series 3–⁠0.

AwayWake Forest5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1952
14
HomeBaylor4–⁠4–⁠2 in 1952
17

FinalHigh 95°F, low 73°FAttendance 16,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Baylor Rally Defeats Wake Forest, TIA

    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.

Baylor leads 5–⁠1 in six meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
2009Baylor 24, Wake Forest 21
2008Wake Forest 41, Baylor 13
1961Baylor 31, Wake Forest 0
1952Baylor 17, Wake Forest 14
1951Baylor 42, Wake Forest 0
1948Baylor 20, Wake Forest 7Dixie Bowl

Around this game

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