Hardin Simmons vs. Houston
Hardin Simmons and Houston first met in 1947 and have played 4 times; Hardin Simmons leads the series 2–1–1. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Hardin Simmons 2–1. Share
- Hardin Simmons wins
- 2
- Houston wins
- 1
- Ties
- 1
- First meeting
- 1947
- Longest streak
- 1 Hardin Simmons
- Current streak
- 1 Houston
- Last 10 meetings
- Hardin Simmons 2–1
- Most recent
- 1951
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 8.8 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Hardin Simmons
- 1–0 Hardin Simmons’s record at home
- At Houston
- 1–0–1 Houston’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–0 Hardin Simmons first
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Coach against coach
| Years | Hardin Simmons | Series | Houston |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949–1951 | Warren Woodson | 1–1–1 | Clyde Lee |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Hardin Simmons’s side (Woodson 1–1–1 against Lee). 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
1950 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 21, 1950
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 20, 1951 | Houston 35, Hardin Simmons 27 | at Houston | ||
| Oct 20, 1950 | Hardin Simmons 14, Houston 13 | at Hardin Simmons | ||
| Oct 22, 1949 | Houston 27, Hardin Simmons 27 | at Houston | ||
| Nov 1, 1947 | Hardin Simmons 33, Houston 7 | Neutral site |
Every game is listed as played on the field.