Texas A&M at Houston

Saturday, October 9, 1954

Houston beat Texas A&M 10–⁠7. It was their third meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayTexas A&M1–⁠9 in 1954
7
HomeHouston5–⁠5 in 1954
10

FinalHigh 86°F, low 69°FAttendance 42,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Houston Beats Texas Aggies, 7O-7, on Croy's Late Field Goal

    Evening star, October 10, 1954, page 63

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    Houston Beats Texas Aggies, 7O-7, on Croy’s Late Field Goal Dickey tossed eight yards to End Ronnie Emberg for. a Houston touchdown in the second period, with Cray converting. The Aggies marched 81 yards after taking the second-half kickoff, with Kettler plunging over from the / and then kick ing the tying point. 1t was a rugged, head-knocking game e that saw a bit of showing, pos sibly a furry of fists, after the final gun. Coaches and game Of ficials quickly broke up the confusion and sent the players to their dressing rooms. Houston <-----z-- o z o 80 Texas Ann --- @ o. z, o. z Texas AIM scoring: Touchdown Kettler. Conversion--Kettler. Houston scoring: TouchdoWn--Emberg Conversion--Cray, Field goal-Cray.

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)

Houston 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Texas A&M leads 19–⁠12–⁠3 in 34 meetings, counting the 31 since this game.

Recent meetings
1995Texas A&M 31, Houston 7
1994Texas A&M 38, Houston 7
1993Texas A&M 34, Houston 10
1992Texas A&M 38, Houston 30
1991Texas A&M 27, Houston 18
1990Houston 36, Texas A&M 31

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