Washington State at Baylor
Saturday, October 4, 1952 Share
Baylor beat Washington State 31–7. It was their first meeting; after it, Baylor led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 93°F, low 62°FAttendance 17,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, October 5, 1952, page 68
Read the text
Baylor Easily Beats Cougars, 31–7 WACO, Tex. Oct. IL. G Dupre, driving. crashing sophomore. and two of the Jones boys Allen and Glenn-pooled thei, talents today to bring Baylor q smashing. 31–7 victory over Wash ington State. Allen Jones scored the first Baylor touchdown. Glenn inter. cepted a pass to set up the second and Dupre rammed across the Cougar goal line three times a; the Golden Bears won their seconc straight game of the season. Washington State fought back well for a half and the score was only 1877 at intermission, but a combination of Baylor aggres. siveness and a blistering Texa: sun sapped the Cougars.
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 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Washington State–Baylor gameBaylor leads 4–2 in six meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 2008 | Baylor 45, Washington State 17 | |
| 2006 | Washington State 17, Baylor 15 | |
| 1994 | Washington State 10, Baylor 3 | Alamo Bowl |
| 1967 | Baylor 10, Washington State 7 | |
| 1966 | Baylor 20, Washington State 14 | |
| 1952 | Baylor 31, Washington State 7 |
Around this game
Washington State
- Next gameat Ohio StateOct. 18, 1952
- SeasonWashington State in 1952
- ProgramWashington State history and records
Baylor
- Next gameat ArkansasOct. 11, 1952
- SeasonBaylor in 1952
- ProgramBaylor history and records