Texas Tech at Baylor

Saturday, September 29, 1956

Baylor beat Texas Tech 27–⁠0. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Baylor led the series 10–⁠4–⁠1.

AwayTexas Tech2–⁠7–⁠1 in 1956
0
HomeBaylor9–⁠2 in 1956
27

FinalHigh 96°F, low 68°FAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Baylor Pass c Combination WoIIops Texos Tech, 10

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 30, 1956, page 73

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    Baylor Pass c Combination WoIIops Texos Tech, 10 WACO, Tex, Sept. 20 (P).- Baylor’S Doyle Traylor-Delbert Shofner pass-and-run combinaton led the way today in giving the Bears an easy 27–⁠0 football victory over Texas Tech. A 46-yard pass from Traylor to Shofner put Baylor into the lead in the first period. Shofner slanted across from the four for the touchdown. Bobby Jones 56-yard punt return, also in the first period. carried to the. four and set up the next touchdown as Jones sneaKed through for the score. Early in the third. the Traylorto-Shofner combination hit again on a 17-yard pass and 10 yard run on a scoring series that started from Techs As. Bobby Jack Oliver kicked the extra point. Larry Hickman, third-string

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 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Baylor leads 42–⁠40–⁠1 in 83 meetings, counting the 68 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Baylor 59, Texas Tech 35
2023Texas Tech 39, Baylor 14
2022Baylor 45, Texas Tech 17
2021Baylor 27, Texas Tech 24
2020Texas Tech 24, Baylor 23
2019Baylor 33, Texas Tech 30

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