Texas Tech at Baylor
Saturday, September 29, 1956 Share
Baylor beat Texas Tech 27–0. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Baylor led the series 10–4–1.
FinalHigh 96°F, low 68°FAttendance 15,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 30, 1956, page 73
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Texas Tech–Baylor gameBaylor leads 42–40–1 in 83 meetings, counting the 68 since this game.
| 2024 | Baylor 59, Texas Tech 35 | |
| 2023 | Texas Tech 39, Baylor 14 | |
| 2022 | Baylor 45, Texas Tech 17 | |
| 2021 | Baylor 27, Texas Tech 24 | |
| 2020 | Texas Tech 24, Baylor 23 | |
| 2019 | Baylor 33, Texas Tech 30 |
Around this game
Texas Tech
- Next gameat Texas A&MOct. 6, 1956
- SeasonTexas Tech in 1956
- ProgramTexas Tech history and records
Baylor
- Next gameat MarylandOct. 6, 1956
- SeasonBaylor in 1956
- ProgramBaylor history and records

