TCU at Baylor

Saturday, October 31, 1953

No. 3 Baylor beat TCU 25–⁠7. It was their 60th meeting; after it, TCU led the series 26–⁠24–⁠5 in the games on file.

AwayTCU3–⁠7 in 1953
7
Home3Baylor7–⁠3 in 1953
25

FinalHigh 58°F, low 51°F, 0.3 in. of rainAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: How Top 10 Fored

    Evening star, November 1, 1953, page 66 (results column)

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    How Top 10 Fored NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-Here’s how the Nations top 10 college football teams, as determined by the Association Press weekly poll, Jared today: /. Notre Dame defeated Navy, 38–⁠7. 2. Maryland defeated South Carolina, 24–⁠6. 3. Baylor defeated Texas Christian, 25–⁠7. 4. Illinois defeated Purdue 21–⁠0. 5. West Virginia defeated Penn State, 20–⁠19. 6. Michigan State defeated Oregon State, 34–⁠6. z. Southern California lost to Oregon, 1877. 8. Georgia Tech defeated Van derbilt, 43–⁠0. 8. Oklahoma defeated Kansas State. $40. 10. UCLA defeated California, 20–⁠7.

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 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, TCU leads 60–⁠54–⁠7; as played, 61–⁠50–⁠5 in the 116 games on file; the official count covers all 121 meetings, counting the 61 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026TCU 17, Baylor 6
2025TCU 42, Baylor 36
2024Baylor 37, TCU 34
2023TCU 42, Baylor 17
2022TCU 29, Baylor 28
2021TCU 30, Baylor 28

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