Houston at Texas

Saturday, October 3, 1953

No. 17 Texas beat Houston 28–⁠7. It was their first meeting; after it, Texas led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayHouston4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1953
7
Home17Texas7–⁠3 in 1953
28

FinalHigh 88°F, low 73°F, 0.05 in. of rainAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Texas Loses Jitters And Drubs Houston

    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.

Texas leads 17–⁠7–⁠2 in 26 meetings, counting the 25 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Texas 31, Houston 24
2002Texas 41, Houston 11
2001Texas 53, Houston 26
2000Texas 48, Houston 0
1995Texas 52, Houston 20
1994Texas 48, Houston 13

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