SMU at TCU
Saturday, November 26, 1955 Share
TCU beat No. 16 SMU 20–13. It was the 37th of their 103 meetings on file (of 104); after it, TCU led the series 18–13–6 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 65°F, low 33°FAttendance 33,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, November 27, 1955, page 66
Read the text
Swink Is Star as TCU Conquers SMU, 20l3 FORT WORTH, Tex, Nov. 2t lH) .,Jim Swink closed out with one Of his greatest games today to carry Texas Christian to a 20–13 victory over Southern Methodist and win the South west Conference football cham pionship. Texas Christians great half back scored two touchdowns and ronped l31 yards as he pulled TCU from behind and brought the school its sixth title. Fought to a virtual standstill for three periods the Christians broke loose in the final four min utes for two touchdowns as the slim Swink ran through. ovef and around the massive SMu
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 74% to win. TCU pulled the upset. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every SMU–TCU gameOfficially, TCU leads 54–42–7; as played, 54–42–7 in the 103 games on file; the official count covers all 104 meetings, counting the 66 since this game.
| 2025 | TCU 35, SMU 24 | |
| 2024 | SMU 66, TCU 42 | |
| 2023 | TCU 34, SMU 17 | |
| 2022 | TCU 42, SMU 34 | |
| 2021 | SMU 42, TCU 34 | |
| 2019 | SMU 41, TCU 38 |
Around this game
SMU
- Next gamevs. Notre DameSept. 22, 1956
- SeasonSMU in 1955
- ProgramSMU history and records
TCU
- Next gamevs. Ole MissJan. 2, 1956, Cotton Bowl
- SeasonTCU in 1955
- ProgramTCU history and records