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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s0–⁠1
1930s2–⁠2–⁠2
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

  1. Centenary (LA)‘s biggest win1932: Centenary (LA) 13, Texas 6by 7 points
  2. Texas’s biggest win1929: Texas 20, Centenary (LA) 0by 20 points
  3. Upset1932: Centenary (LA) 13, Texas 6Centenary (LA) had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsCentenary (LA)SeriesTexas
1930–⁠1933Homer Norton1–⁠1–⁠2Clyde 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

End-of-season Elo ratings of Centenary (LA) and Texas, 1929 on1300150017001930193519401945

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 Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current's story of the 1930 game: TEXAS TIED BY CENTENARY Teams Play to 90 Score On Rain Soaked Field

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

  • The Evening star's story of the 1932 game: CENTENARY UPSETS TEXAS Backs Too Fast for Longhcrns in 13-to-6 Foot Ball Fight.

    1932 · Evening star, Oct 2, 1932

  • The Evening star's story of the 1934 game: TEXAS STREAK BROKEN Centenary Wins on Field Goal in Final Seconds, 9-6.

    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, 1935Texas 19, Centenary (LA) 13at Texas
Oct 20, 1934Centenary (LA) 9, Texas 6at Texas
Oct 21, 1933Centenary (LA) 0, Texas 0at Centenary (LA)
Oct 1, 1932Centenary (LA) 13, Texas 6at Texas
Nov 20, 1931Texas 6, Centenary (LA) 0at Centenary (LA)
Oct 4, 1930Texas 0, Centenary (LA) 0at Texas
Oct 5, 1929Texas 20, Centenary (LA) 0at Texas

Every game is listed as played on the field.