Baylor at Washington
Saturday, October 15, 1955 Share
Baylor beat Washington 13–7. It was their second meeting; after it, Baylor led the series 2–0.
FinalHigh 61°F, low 50°FAttendance 39,536
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 16, 1955, page 71
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BAYLOR --------l3 WASHINGTON Ii Tulane Loses 10 Ole Miss, lib NEW ORLEANS. Oct. is Rl, Substitute Quarterback John Blalack looped two long touch down passes today. then scored on an u-yard run In leading Mississippi to 4 2T-i3 Southeast ern Conference victory. After Tulane scored late In the first period, Blalack threw . 55yard touchdown pass to End Buddy Hardin. who was Is yards behind the nearest Tulane defender With less than seven minutes In the second period, Blalack tossed q pass IS yards to HALF back Billy Lott for 8 score. Blalack killed the last Tulane hopes in the third quarter when he ran Oh his lI-yard touchdown run. Mississippi scored its last touchdown midway In the final period on 3 2O-yand run by Full back Paige Cothren. MissisSlppi 4-.r6 2 Ter Tulane s.---. o o els Mississippi seofing-T ouehdoxns: Hart43. pAss-rpn from HlalAck1. 1lalack I’ll. rum; C0thren go. Yunl. Con. versions: Cothren 3 fpiaeementsl Tulane scoring Touchdovns: Gilmore res, runl: Caruso III, sneak. Couvefsion: zelsnka lplaeementl.
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)
Washington 51% to win. Baylor won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Baylor–Washington gameBaylor leads 4–1 in five meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 2011 | Baylor 67, Washington 56 | Alamo Bowl |
| 1965 | Baylor 17, Washington 14 | |
| 1964 | Washington 35, Baylor 14 | |
| 1955 | Baylor 13, Washington 7 | |
| 1954 | Baylor 34, Washington 7 |
Around this game
Baylor
- Next gameat Texas A&MOct. 22, 1955
- SeasonBaylor in 1955
- ProgramBaylor history and records
Washington
- Next gamevs. StanfordOct. 22, 1955
- SeasonWashington in 1955
- ProgramWashington history and records

