Rice at TCU

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  Evening star, November 26, 1939, page 31

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  &c. u. Routs Rice, 21-O, 10 Quit Loops Cellar NNA> NASSoSAatco TIcSS, FORT WORTH, Nov. 25-Texas Christian University’s Horned Frogs rooe tne air lanes with Grip pied Kyle Gillespie. sensational sophomore, to storm out of the Southwest Conference cellar TODAY with a 21–⁠0 victory over a hapless Rice Institute team that never got further than the. T. c. U. 49, Gillespie, 158-pound quarterback sparked the Frogs to two touch downs in the first period, one on pass to Don Looney for a total gain of 81 yards. He led 59-yard march for the second Texas Christian counter. nnally driving to the goal line only to tumble. The alert Looney was there to recover for a touchdown A bad punt by Ole Cordill led to the final Christian counter.

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TCU leads 41–⁠35–⁠3 in 79 meetings, counting the 61 since this game.