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. Share
- 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
- 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
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

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, 1920 | SMU 70, Daniel Baker 0 | at SMU | ||
| Oct 18, 1919 | SMU 6, Daniel Baker 0 | at SMU | ||
| Nov 10, 1916 | Daniel Baker 27, SMU 0 | at SMU |
Every game is listed as played on the field.