Centenary (LA) vs. Texas
Centenary (LA) and Texas first met in 1929 and have played 7 times; Texas leads the series 3–2–2. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Texas 3–2. Share
- Centenary (LA) wins
- 2
- Texas wins
- 3
- Ties
- 2
- First meeting
- 1929
- Longest streak
- 1 Texas
- Current streak
- 1 Texas
- Last 10 meetings
- Texas 3–2
- Most recent
- 1935
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 6 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Centenary (LA)
- 0–1–1 Centenary (LA)‘s record at home
- At Texas
- 2–2–1 Texas’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Centenary (LA)‘s biggest win1932: Centenary (LA) 13, Texas 6by 7 points
- Texas’s biggest win1929: Texas 20, Centenary (LA) 0by 20 points
- Upset1932: Centenary (LA) 13, Texas 6Centenary (LA) had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Centenary (LA) | Series | Texas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930–1933 | Homer Norton | 1–1–2 | Clyde Littlefield |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Centenary (LA)‘s side (Norton 1–1–2 against Littlefield). 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

1930 · Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, Oct 5, 1930

1932 · Evening star, Oct 2, 1932

1934 · Evening star, Oct 21, 1934
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
| Oct 19, 1935 | Texas 19, Centenary (LA) 13 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 20, 1934 | Centenary (LA) 9, Texas 6 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 21, 1933 | Centenary (LA) 0, Texas 0 | at Centenary (LA) | ||
| Oct 1, 1932 | Centenary (LA) 13, Texas 6 | at Texas | ||
| Nov 20, 1931 | Texas 6, Centenary (LA) 0 | at Centenary (LA) | ||
| Oct 4, 1930 | Texas 0, Centenary (LA) 0 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 5, 1929 | Texas 20, Centenary (LA) 0 | at Texas |
Every game is listed as played on the field.