Rice at Baylor

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  , December 2, 1934 (results column)

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  TULANE, NAVY, And RICE WIN Shepherd Gains Top Honor Among Nations Grid Scorers 10y Inc AecO~ldNE4 EAEorl Nays gallant football midShipmen whipped the Army for the first time in IS years Saturday rs Rice and Tulane reached the cham pionship heights in the Southwest and South. A crowd Of 10000 Drawing a heavy rain, jammed Franklin Field in Philadelphia TO see Navy gain a 80 victory over the Army on Slade Cutters field goal from the II yard line in the first period. 1t was the first time since 1921 that the sailors had beaten their tradition al rivals. Rice’s Owls. coming back strongly after their upset at the hands Of Texas Christian a week ago. buried Baylor under a 32–⁠0 count TO clinch the Southwest Conference title. Tulane’s Green Wave, mean time, gained a share Of the South eastern Conference crown along with Alabama, b. nipping Louisiana State, 1912, before 10000 spectators. Monk Slmons took a lateral from Bucky BRYAN and ran 40 yards for the winning touchdown In the last four minutes OF play. Bill Shepherd. Western Mary lands star halfback. gained clear claim to the national Individual scoring championship as he scored all his teams points In a 1870 triumph over Georgetown. He wound up the season with 1873 points. Holy Cross, pushing 48 yards to q touchdown In the final quarter, beat its traditional jesuit rival, Boston College, To. A 56-yard drive in the final pc Rod carried Georgia to a TO triumph over Georgia Tech while Mississippi topped Mississippi State, 6–⁠3, in another Southeastern Conference duel. luke buried North Carolina State, 42–⁠0. in the last game Of the Southern Conference schedule. DetrOit’s TitanS struck quickly IN the first period and then held OFF Washington States Cougars 70 win, 60, IN a distinct upset. South ern Methodist Walloped Texas Christian, 1870, in the Southwest.

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Baylor leads 50–⁠30–⁠2 in 82 meetings, counting the 65 since this game.