Howard Payne vs. Texas

Howard Payne and Texas first met in 1919 and have played 5 times; Texas leads the series 5–⁠0. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Texas 5–⁠0, and Texas has won the last 5.

Howard Payne wins
0
Texas wins
5
Ties
0
First meeting
1919
Longest streak
5 Texas
Current streak
5 Texas
Last 10 meetings
Texas 5–⁠0
Most recent
1930

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠1
1920s0–⁠3
1930s0–⁠1
Average margin
22.6 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Texas
5–⁠0 Texas’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Texas’s biggest win1920: Texas 41, Howard Payne 7by 34 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Howard Payne and Texas, 1919 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 The sun's story of the 1919 game: By GEORGE b. UNDERWOOD.

    1919 · The sun, Sep 27, 1919

  • The Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current's story of the 1930 game: TEXAS DOWNS HOWARD PAYNE Jackets Hold Steers In First Half; Final Score $50

    1930 · Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, Oct 12, 1930

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 11, 1930Texas 26, Howard Payne 0at Texas
Oct 11, 1924Texas 6, Howard Payne 0at Texas
Oct 15, 1921Texas 21, Howard Payne 0at Texas
Oct 9, 1920Texas 41, Howard Payne 7at Texas
Sep 27, 1919Texas 26, Howard Payne 0at Texas

Every game is listed as played on the field.