Baylor at Houston

Saturday, November 15, 1952

Houston beat Baylor 28–⁠6. It was their third meeting; after it, Baylor led the series 2–⁠1.

AwayBaylor4–⁠4–⁠2 in 1952
6
HomeHouston8–⁠2 in 1952
28

FinalHigh 81°F, low 67°FAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Houston Stops Baylor 0ffense in 28-6 Upset

    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.

Tied 15–⁠15–⁠1 in 31 meetings, counting the 28 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Houston 31, Baylor 24
2024Baylor 20, Houston 10
2023Houston 25, Baylor 24
1995Baylor 47, Houston 7
1994Baylor 52, Houston 13
1993Houston 24, Baylor 3

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