Rice at Texas A&M

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 18, 1940, page 1

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  S P Q R T S Only Grain And Ancient Jinx Stand In Way Of Texas Aggies favorite over Texas. Its power and cunning has grown by the weekend. But no longer than w seasons ago the Aggies marched into Austin doped to manhandle a Texas team that had lost eight straight games. And what happened? Texas reared and plunged, grabbed the ancient jinX by the hand and stifled the superior Cadet team, 7–⁠6, for the seasons most stunning up set. 1t shouldn’t happen again. Form laughs at its possibility. The cold Aggie machine that has passed and plunged for 1925 yards behind Jarrin’ John Kirnbrough, magnificent All-America fullback, and rolled up 10 points to eight stricken victims 81, is the type team to splatter tradition, jinxes and, most important, football teams. Only Saturday the Aggies attained the boiling point in a slashing, 25–⁠0 triumph over a Rice team that had lost only n game. Now, as if tailored to close out their grand surge of two seasons they come up to their most ancient enemy-Texas. And the bow-legged boy? He is Cowboy Jack Grain, n of footballs most feared runners who needs only the hint Of an opening to run touch downs from any spot on the field.

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  The Tacoma times, Tacoma, Wash., November 19, 1940, page 10

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  COLLEGE STATION. Texas i wouldn’t know about right now. but between the hours of 2:30 p. m. and $50 p. M, last Saturday. the Texas Aggies had the best football team In the United States. During those three hours the Aggies were the perfect combination of power and deception. When Rice Ia team that was good enough to lick Texas, Ark ansas, and l.. 8. L., among others) closed In with what amounted Ia an eight-man line to stop John kimbrough. Jack Thomson. Marion Pugh and Bill Conatser from running. the Aggies took Ia the air with the assurance of transport pilots. When Rice spread out in an attempt to stop the devastating passing the Aggies Just gave the ball to kimbrough and he ran wild. the Aggies winning 25 to 0. That’s the nice thing about the Aggies. They’ll let you choose your own method OF de- struction. II you want To get 1t over with in a hurry. you defend against the running attack and get passed dizzy. Most teams choose this method. II is much less painful than having the Aggie backs. led by the

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Texas A&M leads 52–⁠27–⁠3 in 82 meetings, counting the 57 since this game.