Texas A&M at Texas

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, December 2, 1940, page 1

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  STANFORD SEEKS ROSE BOWL FOE Nebraska Reported To Be First On Bid List, With Texas Aggies Second SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 1.-RA Stanford, undefeated kingpin OF Pacific coast football, shopped for a Rose Bowl opponent today and found the market as barren as old Mother Hubbard’s cupboard. The known available undefeated teams had slid into other bowls. 1t almost looked like a conspiracy against the oldest and most lucrative BOWL of all. From a fat list of two days ago the slim pickings today numbered the University of Nebraska and Texas A. & NJ, two outstanding teams but each with one defeat in it’s record. The Texas Aggies, first on the list of eligibles last week, tumbled from the perch after the 7 to Q loss to the University of Teas, Thanksgiving day. Nebraska lost its opener to Min nesota, z to 10, and since has bowled over eight rivals in easy fashion, the 9 to 7 win over Pitts burgh excepted. ALI sources indicated Nebraska would receive first consideration from Stanford. Alfred R. Master, athletic director charged with pick ing the Eastern half of the Pasadena New Years day classic, was expected to make an announce ment soon. Interviewers gained no mixing of his preference or confacts. Before the season opened Coast conference members voiced hopes the Big Ten conference would amend its rule prohibiting post season engagements. Minnesota, had the bars been let down, would nave been the Rose bowl choice. Heads of the Midwestern circuit meet this weekend but it was believed unlikely they would COM init themselves to a new policy. The Nebraska and Texas A. r. M. scoring records compare favor ably with Stanford’s. Each PLAYED nine games this season. Nebraska piled up ITO points and allowed opponents At. Stanford posted 175 tallies on it’s side and yielded y. The Aggies totaled ITO against a. 5

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  The Waterbury Democrat, December 4, 1940, page 18

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  GEORGETOWN TO GO TO ORANGE BOWL Texas Aggies and Ford- ham Probable Cotton Bowl Foes Only one berth remained to be filled in New Years day football games today following Georgetown’s acceptance of an invitation to meet Mississippi State in the Orange Bowl at Miami. This left only the opponent of Fordham in the Cotton Bowl at Dal- las to be decided The Texas Aggies are expected to get the call but southwestern conference officials have decided to await the outcome of the Southern Methodist Rice game Saturday before making a choice. The SMU-Rice winner will tie the Aggies for the conference title, but the Aggies are favored to get the bowl nomination because of victories over both during the season. Georgetown, beaten only by Bos- ton college, accepted the Orange Bowl invitation by telegraph last night and c. F. Baldwin, president of the Orange Bowl committee, pre- dicted a sellout crowd of 34,00O to see two such “excellently coached teams”

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Officially, Texas leads 78–⁠37–⁠5; as played, 71–⁠37–⁠5 in the 113 games on file; the official count covers all 120 meetings, counting the 73 since this game.