Texas at Rice

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  Evening star, October 25, 1942, page 35

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  Early Push by Texas Proves Enough 10 Beat Rice, 12–⁠7 HOUSTON, Tex, Oct. 24.-Rice’s boys in blue rallied in the closing minutes today to scare the day. lights out of Texas, but two touch downs in the first half stood up and the Longhorns took their sec ond straight Southwest Conference football victory, 1877. Texas scored in the first and Sec ond quarters and didn’t allow the Owls a single first down. At half time the crowd of $4,000 was reconciled to an easy Texas victory. Then things started happening. Rice drove to a touchdown with a magnificent surge with five min utes to 60 and was menacing the Texas goal line again at the finish. Texas scored the first time it got the ball, parading from its % with Roy McKay-again the difference for the Longhorns-Ken Matthews and Walton Roberts leading the charge. From the Rice 2, Roberts circled wide around right end tc score standing up. Mckay missed the point. The second Texas touchdown was on a sensational pass which Joe Schwarting took while falling down across the Rice goal line. Mckay pitched the pass, a looper that gained “a yards. McKay’s try for the extra point was blocked. Rice scored as the climax of a drive, with Don Stephens doing most of the work in the line and Dick Dwelle pitching passes all over the lot. From the Texas s, DWelle threw one over the goal line that Schwarting DETECTED into Win dell Williams hands for touch down. Lindsay Bowen converted.

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Texas leads 75–⁠21–⁠1 in 97 meetings, counting the 68 since this game.