Austin vs. SMU

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. Austin’s biggest win1920: Austin 43, SMU 0by 43 points
2. SMU’s biggest win1935: SMU 60, Austin 0by 60 points
3. Upset1920: Austin 43, SMU 0Austin had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1921: Austin 17, SMU 6Austin had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1922: Austin 10, SMU 7Austin had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

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  1923 · San Antonio light, San Antonio, Tex., Oct 11, 1923

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  1930 · New Britain herald, Connecticut, Oct 11, 1930

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  1935 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 29, 1935

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Austin vs. TCU20 meetings, Austin 3–⁠17
• SMU vs. TCU103 meetings, SMU 42–⁠54–⁠7
• SMU vs. Rice91 meetings, SMU 49–⁠41–⁠1
• SMU vs. Baylor83 meetings, SMU 36–⁠40–⁠7
• SMU vs. Texas A&M81 meetings, SMU 29–⁠45–⁠7