Hardin Simmons at Texas Tech

Saturday, November 28, 1953

No. 14 Texas Tech beat Hardin Simmons 46–⁠12. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Texas Tech led the series 9–⁠3–⁠2.

AwayHardin Simmons6–⁠5 in 1953
12
Home14Texas Tech11–⁠1 in 1953
46

FinalHigh 62°F, low 38°FAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Texas Tech Hammers Hardin-Simmons, 46-12

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 29, 1953, page 68

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    Texas Tech Hammers Hardin-Simmons, 46–⁠12 LUBBOCK, Tex. Nov. 28.---, Texas Techs powerful football team, playing ike it wanted to show the Sugar Bowl Select, n Committee wnat ii could have had, battered Hardin Simmons, 1912. today. Tech finished its regular season with a 10–⁠1 record. The Red Raiders. mentioned in some bowl circles” had copped the Border Conference title earlier. Their only defeat was by Texas A8SM of the Southwest Conference. The Tech attack was paced by Backs Rick Spinks and Jerry johnson. Both boys of the No.. 2 unit. scored two touchdownS apiece. 4 Bobby CavaZos rammed over for one touchdown and set q Tech scoring record with 80 points for the season.

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 Tech 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Texas Tech leads 12–⁠4–⁠2 in 18 meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1957Texas Tech 26, Hardin Simmons 21
1956Hardin Simmons 41, Texas Tech 14
1955Texas Tech 16, Hardin Simmons 14
1954Texas Tech 61, Hardin Simmons 19
1953Texas Tech 46, Hardin Simmons 12
1952Texas Tech 14, Hardin Simmons 14

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