Austin vs. Texas

Austin and Texas first met in 1912 and have played 6 times; Texas leads the series 6–⁠0. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Texas 6–⁠0, and Texas has won the last 6.

Austin wins
0
Texas wins
6
Ties
0
First meeting
1912
Longest streak
6 Texas
Current streak
6 Texas
Last 10 meetings
Texas 6–⁠0
Most recent
1923

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠2
1920s0–⁠4
Average margin
31.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Texas
6–⁠0 Texas’s record at home
Shutouts
5

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Texas’s biggest win1921: Texas 60, Austin 0by 60 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Austin and Texas, 1912 on13001500170019151920192519301935

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.

From the newspapers

  • The Amarillo daily news. (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current's story of the 1922 game: TEXAS EASILY BEATS AUSTIN COLLEGE 1910

    1922 · Amarillo daily news. (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, Texas, Sep 30, 1922

  • The San Antonio light's story of the 1923 game: AUSTIN COLLEGE NO MATCH FOR TEXAS IN OPENING GRID GAM Kangaroos Do Not Pa Midfield- Score 81 to O.

    1923 · San Antonio light, San Antonio, Tex., Sep 29, 1923

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

Sep 28, 1923Texas 31, Austin 0at Texas
Sep 29, 1922Texas 19, Austin 0at Texas
Oct 8, 1921Texas 60, Austin 0at Texas
Oct 22, 1920Texas 54, Austin 0at Texas
Oct 10, 1913Texas 27, Austin 6at Texas
Oct 12, 1912Texas 3, Austin 0at Texas

Every game is listed as played on the field.