TCU at Texas A&M

Saturday, October 16, 1954

TCU beat Texas A&M 21–⁠20. It was their 50th meeting; after it, Texas A&M led the series 24–⁠18–⁠5 in the games on file.

AwayTCU4–⁠6 in 1954
21
HomeTexas A&M1–⁠9 in 1954
20

FinalHigh 77°F, low 42°FAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 20, 1954, page 74

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    Fred Glatz, a 190-pound end at Pitt, was named the Associated Press lineman of the week today for his exploits that helped the Panthers knock Navy from the list of unbeaten college foot ball teams. Glatz was named by sports writer’s and broadcasters in the weekly balloting., Hugh Pitts, Texas Christian center, and Bruce Bosley, West Virginia tackle, also received high praise for their play against Texas A&M and Penn State, reSpeclively. GlatZ, e junior who prepped at Pittsburgh Central High, caught a 54-yard forward pass that set up Pitts first touchdown in the Panthers 21–⁠19 victory and followed through by recovering two Navy funbles to choke of threats by the Middies. He was strong defensively at other times too. It was Pitts who saved TCU’s 21–⁠20 victory over the Texas Ag. gies by blocking the try for extra point that would have tied the score. In addition he threw the key block when Jim Swink got loose for the 79-yard touchdown run for the winning score. Bosley played bangup 60

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)

TCU 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Texas A&M leads 56–⁠29–⁠7; as played, 54–⁠28–⁠7 in the 89 games on file; the official count covers all 92 meetings, counting the 42 since this game.

Recent meetings
2001Texas A&M 28, TCU 9Galleryfurniture.com Bowl
1995Texas A&M 38, TCU 6
1994Texas A&M 34, TCU 17
1993Texas A&M 59, TCU 3
1992Texas A&M 37, TCU 10
1991Texas A&M 44, TCU 7

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