Texas at TCU

Saturday, November 15, 1952

No. 9 Texas beat TCU 14–⁠7. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Texas led the series 22–⁠12–⁠1 in the games on file.

Away9Texas9–⁠2 in 1952
14
HomeTCU4–⁠4–⁠2 in 1952
7

FinalAttendance 32,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 16, 1952, page 71

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    FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. IS. “A partially blocked punt and an intercepted pass set up two Texas touchdowns in the last quarter and Bill Quinn and Dick Ochoa pushed the Longhorns to a 14–⁠7 victory over Texas Christian and the host spot in the Cotton Bowl. A crowd of $4,000 roared as the LonghornS, thwarted at every turn by intercepted passes and fumbles, finally pulled themselves together for the victory that kept them undefeated in the Southwest Conference and clinched a place in the Cotton Bowl against Tennessee. Quinn, a smashing sophomore nalfback, scored both Texas touch downs. one on a 16-yard blast over guard, the other on a pitchout around left end for the six yards. Glib Dawson kicked both extra points-making his record IL conversions in a row. The Texas Christian score came on a 10-yard pass from McKown to Glen Jones in the first period. The score was set up by an in

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)

Texas 54% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Texas leads 65–⁠28–⁠1; as played, 62–⁠28–⁠1 in the 91 games on file; the official count covers all 94 meetings, counting the 56 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Texas 29, TCU 26
2022TCU 17, Texas 10
2021Texas 32, TCU 27
2020TCU 33, Texas 31
2019TCU 37, Texas 27
2018Texas 31, TCU 16

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