Daniel Baker vs. SMU

Daniel Baker and SMU first met in 1916 and have played 3 times; SMU leads the series 2–⁠1. Over the last 3 meetings it’s SMU 2–⁠1, and SMU has won the last 2.

Daniel Baker wins
1
SMU wins
2
Ties
0
First meeting
1916
Longest streak
2 SMU
Current streak
2 SMU
Last 10 meetings
SMU 2–⁠1
Most recent
1920

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s1–⁠1
1920s0–⁠1
Average margin
34.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At SMU
2–⁠1 SMU’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Daniel Baker and SMU, 1916 on13001500170019201925193019351940

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 Tulsa daily world's story of the 1916 game: BAYL0R'S DREAM FOR KOA0RS GONE Looks Like Texas Aggies Have Good Grip ON Texas Title.

    1916 · Tulsa daily world, Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.], Nov 13, 1916

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

Sep 25, 1920SMU 70, Daniel Baker 0at SMU
Oct 18, 1919SMU 6, Daniel Baker 0at SMU
Nov 10, 1916Daniel Baker 27, SMU 0at SMU

Every game is listed as played on the field.