TCU at Texas

Saturday, November 16, 1957

Texas beat No. 17 TCU 14–⁠2. It was their 43rd meeting; after it, Texas led the series 25–⁠14–⁠1 in the games on file.

Away17TCU5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1957
2
HomeTexas6–⁠4–⁠1 in 1957
14

FinalHigh 81°F, low 58°FAttendance 28,782

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: i exos Beats TCU, 14-2, AS Sophomores Sparkle

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 17, 1957, page 1

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    i exos Beats TCU, 14–⁠2, AS Sophomores Sparkle AUSTIN. Tex, Nov. l6 (P), .-Sophomores paced the Texas LonghornS to 14–⁠2 victory over Texas Christian today in what turned out to be a crucial Southwest Conference football game. 1t was Texas first win over TCU since 1854, when the Longhorns won a one-point victory. TCU Inundated Texas the last two years. 1920 and 400. Quarterback Bobby Lackey was a key man on the first Texas score, calling the right plays for a Correspondence backfield and providing the needed blocks. George Blanch set up the touchdown with a 34-yard run and scored from two yards out. Rene Ramirez. who won two

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 59% to win. Texas pulled the upset.

Officially, Texas leads 65–⁠28–⁠1; as played, 62–⁠28–⁠1 in the 91 games on file; the official count covers all 94 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Texas 29, TCU 26
2022TCU 17, Texas 10
2021Texas 32, TCU 27
2020TCU 33, Texas 31
2019TCU 37, Texas 27
2018Texas 31, TCU 16

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