Baylor at SMU

Saturday, November 24, 1956

No. 16 Baylor beat SMU 26–⁠0. It was their 39th meeting; after it, SMU led the series 18–⁠14–⁠7.

Away16Baylor9–⁠2 in 1956
26
HomeSMU4–⁠6 in 1956
0

FinalHigh 64°F, low 34°FAttendance 28,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Baylor Romps Over SMU, $50

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 25, 1956, page 78

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    Baylor Romps Over SMU, $50 DALLAS, Nov. “a (P.-Baylor turned loose its sophomore back field with Buddy Humphrey as the ringleader today and the Golden Bears smashed Southern Methodist, 200. to put Texas Christian into the Cotton Bowl. Baylor thoroughly dominated the Methodists. who got past midf1eld under their own power just once during the afternoon. Texas Christian beat Rice 90 II at Houston today to clinch the host spot in the Cotton Bowl. Humphrey passed for one touchdown, scored one and pitched in heavily in the drive that brought a third. He was aided by Larry Hickman and Farrell Fisher. couple of pounding sophs. A crowd of $4,000 watched the game played in Indian summer weather in the Cotton Bowl. Baylor ------------ 2. 13 8 0–⁠26 Southern Methodist – o 0 o o. Baylor scoring--Touchdowns Hum phrey e, rum, Hickman Il, plungel Peters e, rum, Anderson Ill, pass-run from Humphrey; Conversions: Berry 2,

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 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Baylor leads 40–⁠36–⁠7 in 83 meetings, counting the 44 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Baylor 48, SMU 45
2016Baylor 40, SMU 13
2015Baylor 56, SMU 21
2014Baylor 45, SMU 0
2012Baylor 59, SMU 24
2005Baylor 28, SMU 23

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