Baylor vs. Centenary (LA)
Baylor and Centenary (LA) first met in 1927 and have played 12 times; Centenary (LA) leads the series 7–5. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Centenary (LA) 6–4, and Baylor has won the last 3. Share
- Baylor wins
- 5
- Centenary (LA) wins
- 7
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1927
- Longest streak
- 5 Centenary (LA)
- Current streak
- 3 Baylor
- Last 10 meetings
- Centenary (LA) 6–4
- Most recent
- 1939
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 12.7 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Baylor
- 1–1 Baylor’s record at home
- At Centenary (LA)
- 5–4 Centenary (LA)‘s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–1 Baylor first
- Shutouts
- 6
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Baylor’s biggest win1928: Baylor 28, Centenary (LA) 7by 21 points
- Centenary (LA)‘s biggest win1933: Centenary (LA) 19, Baylor 0by 19 points
- Upset1929: Centenary (LA) 27, Baylor 12Centenary (LA) had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1927: Centenary (LA) 9, Baylor 6Centenary (LA) had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1935: Baylor 20, Centenary (LA) 0Baylor had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Baylor | Series | Centenary (LA) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930–1933 | Morley Jennings | 0–3 | Homer Norton |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Baylor’s side (Jennings 0–3 against Norton). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
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
1927 · Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, Oct 23, 1927
1929 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 27, 1929
1931 · Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, Oct 12, 1931
1935 · , Nov 17, 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
| Nov 18, 1939 | Baylor 13, Centenary (LA) 6 | at Centenary (LA) | ||
| Dec 3, 1938 | Baylor 14, Centenary (LA) 0 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 16, 1937 | Baylor 20, Centenary (LA) 0 | at Centenary (LA) | ||
| Oct 3, 1936 | Centenary (LA) 10, Baylor 0 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 16, 1935 | Baylor 20, Centenary (LA) 0 | at Centenary (LA) | ||
| Nov 17, 1934 | Centenary (LA) 7, Baylor 0 | at Centenary (LA) | ||
| Oct 7, 1933 | Centenary (LA) 19, Baylor 0 | at Centenary (LA) | ||
| Oct 10, 1931 | Centenary (LA) 24, Baylor 13 | at Centenary (LA) | ||
| Oct 25, 1930 | Centenary (LA) 7, Baylor 2 | at Centenary (LA) | ||
| Oct 26, 1929 | Centenary (LA) 27, Baylor 12 | at Centenary (LA) | ||
| Oct 20, 1928 | Baylor 28, Centenary (LA) 7 | at Centenary (LA) | ||
| Oct 22, 1927 | Centenary (LA) 9, Baylor 6 | at Baylor |
Every game is listed as played on the field.