Centenary (LA) vs. SMU

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

1. Centenary (LA)‘s biggest win1932: Centenary (LA) 18, SMU 7by 11 points
2. SMU’s biggest win1926: SMU 37, Centenary (LA) 0by 37 points
3. Upset1927: Centenary (LA) 21, SMU 12Centenary (LA) had a 14% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1932: Centenary (LA) 18, SMU 7Centenary (LA) had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Centenary (LA)‘s side (Norton 2–⁠1 against Morrison). 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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  1931 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 25, 1931

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.

• Centenary (LA) vs. TCU13 meetings, Centenary (LA) 4–⁠8–⁠1
• Centenary (LA) vs. Baylor12 meetings, Centenary (LA) 7–⁠5
• Centenary (LA) vs. Northwestern State11 meetings, Centenary (LA) 7–⁠2–⁠2
• 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