Baylor at Houston
Saturday, November 15, 1952 Share
Houston beat Baylor 28–6. It was their third meeting; after it, Baylor led the series 2–1.
FinalHigh 81°F, low 67°FAttendance 30,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 16, 1952, page 71
Read the text
Houston Stops Baylor 0ffense in 28–6 Upset HOUSTON. Nov. 15.-Halfback Ken Pridgeon scored two touch downs and set up a third with his running and passing today as Houston throttled Baylor’s high powered offense for a 28–6 upset. Pridgeon, 180-pound senior from Bryan, Tex, scored twice from the 8-yard line and tossed a 37-yard pass to Halfback S. M. Meeks to move the Cougars to the Baylor IA in drive that netted the final Houston score. The powerful Houston defense, ninth ranked in the Nation, mean while permitted Baylor to pass midfleld only three times. The only Baylor touchdown came as Half back Don Carpenter climaxed a 55-yard second quarter drive by skirting right end from the Houston 4. Baylor – O 6 O o. g Houston @ IA IA O-oS
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 55% to win. Houston won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Baylor–Houston gameTied 15–15–1 in 31 meetings, counting the 28 since this game.
| 2025 | Houston 31, Baylor 24 | |
| 2024 | Baylor 20, Houston 10 | |
| 2023 | Houston 25, Baylor 24 | |
| 1995 | Baylor 47, Houston 7 | |
| 1994 | Baylor 52, Houston 13 | |
| 1993 | Houston 24, Baylor 3 |
Around this game
Baylor
- Next gameat SMUNov. 22, 1952
- SeasonBaylor in 1952
- ProgramBaylor history and records
Houston
- Next gamevs. Detroit MercyNov. 29, 1952
- SeasonHouston in 1952
- ProgramHouston history and records

