Baylor vs. Houston

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

1. Baylor’s biggest win1995: Baylor 47, Houston 7by 40 points
2. Houston’s biggest win1989: Houston 66, Baylor 10by 56 points
3. Upset1953: Houston 37, Baylor 7Houston had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1984: Houston 27, Baylor 17Houston had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Ranked showdown1957: Baylor 14, Houston 6No. 14 Houston at No. 11 Baylor

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Baylor’s side (Sauer 3–⁠2 against Lee). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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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  1950 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 1, 1950

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  1952 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 16, 1952

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  1953 · Evening star, Nov 15, 1953

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.

Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Baylor vs. TCU116 meetings, Baylor 50–⁠61–⁠5
• Baylor vs. Texas112 meetings, Baylor 28–⁠79–⁠5
• Baylor vs. Texas A&M102 meetings, Baylor 29–⁠64–⁠9
• Baylor vs. Texas Tech83 meetings, Baylor 42–⁠40–⁠1
• Houston vs. Rice47 meetings, Houston 35–⁠12
• Houston vs. Tulsa46 meetings, Houston 26–⁠20
• Houston vs. Texas Tech37 meetings, Houston 18–⁠18–⁠1
• Houston vs. SMU37 meetings, Houston 22–⁠14–⁠1