Hardin Simmons at Texas Tech
Saturday, November 28, 1953 Share
No. 14 Texas Tech beat Hardin Simmons 46–12. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Texas Tech led the series 9–3–2.
FinalHigh 62°F, low 38°FAttendance 15,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Hardin Simmons–Texas Tech gameTexas Tech leads 12–4–2 in 18 meetings, counting the four since this game.
Around this game
Hardin Simmons
- Next gameat TulsaSept. 18, 1954
- SeasonHardin Simmons in 1953
- ProgramHardin Simmons history and records
Texas Tech
- Next gamevs. AuburnJan. 1, 1954, Gator Bowl
- SeasonTexas Tech in 1953
- ProgramTexas Tech history and records
