Washington at Baylor

Saturday, October 16, 1954

Baylor beat Washington 34–⁠7. It was their first meeting; after it, Baylor led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayWashington2–⁠8 in 1954
7
HomeBaylor7–⁠4 in 1954
34

FinalHigh 74°F, low 49°FAttendance 22,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Hooper Leads Baylor Over Huskies, BAT

    Evening star, October 17, 1954, page 67

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    Hooper Leads Baylor Over Huskies, BAT WACO. Tex, Oct. 16.-Billy Hooper’s greatest game carried Baylor to a 34–⁠7 victory over Washington today as the Bears quarterback passed for three touchdowns and scored one him self. Faking the Huskies like a card shark on a river boat, Hooper hurled the ball 244 yards, with scoring shots to Henry Gremminger, Charley Smith and Del Shofner. The other Baylor touchdown came late in the game after an intercepted pass, with Reuben Sage crashing over from one foot out. Washington scored on Baylor reserves in the final period with a 76-yard drive engineered by the passing of Bob Cox. wsshinston SsxIo4 - az ,Iaa Kyiiingstad. conversionNDerby. minser, % C. Smith. Hooper. shofner Sage. Conversions-C. Smith 2), Berry, Morris.

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 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Baylor leads 4–⁠1 in five meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
2011Baylor 67, Washington 56Alamo Bowl
1965Baylor 17, Washington 14
1964Washington 35, Baylor 14
1955Baylor 13, Washington 7
1954Baylor 34, Washington 7

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