Houston at Texas
Saturday, October 3, 1953 Share
No. 17 Texas beat Houston 28–7. It was their first meeting; after it, Texas led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 88°F, low 73°F, 0.05 in. of rainAttendance 30,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 4, 1953, page 69
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Texas Loses Jitters And Drubs Houston AUSTIN, Oct. 3.-The Texas Longhorns shook off the i’ll effects of six f1rst-half fumbles today to come from behind the second straight week and over power Houston. 28–7. In the second half Houston fouled up two punting attempts and saw Texas eventually turn both miScues into touchdowns. Houston’s tumble of a punt return also set up a Texas score on a 33-yard pass from Quarter back Bunny Andrews to End Gilmer Spring. In the last II minutes of the third quarter. Texas ran and passed for 124 yards and four touchdowns while tossing HouSton runners for a minus “a yards. Texas ------------ Q 26 o-2s Houston ----------- j.
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 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Houston–Texas gameTexas leads 17–7–2 in 26 meetings, counting the 25 since this game.
| 2023 | Texas 31, Houston 24 | |
| 2002 | Texas 41, Houston 11 | |
| 2001 | Texas 53, Houston 26 | |
| 2000 | Texas 48, Houston 0 | |
| 1995 | Texas 52, Houston 20 | |
| 1994 | Texas 48, Houston 13 |
Around this game
Houston
- Next gameat Detroit MercyOct. 9, 1953
- SeasonHouston in 1953
- ProgramHouston history and records
Texas
- Next gamevs. OklahomaOct. 10, 1953
- SeasonTexas in 1953
- ProgramTexas history and records

