Randolph Field at Texas

Saturday, October 7, 1944

Randolph Field beat Texas 42–⁠6. It was their second meeting; Randolph Field leads the series 1–⁠0–⁠1.

AwayRandolph Field12–⁠0 in 1944
42
HomeTexas5–⁠4 in 1944
6

FinalHigh 89°F, low 70°F, 0.03 in. of rainAttendance 19,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: CRIDDERS PROVIDE FEWER SURPRISES Iowa Seahawks Knock Superbombers From Ranks OF Unbeaten !

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 9, 1944, page 1 (results column)

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    CRIDDERS PROVIDE FEWER SURPRISES Iowa Seahawks Knock Superbombers From Ranks OF Unbeaten ! NEW YORK, Oct. g. Up Cob lege football games ran pretty close to form over the weekend. Where a week ago the dope bucket was kicked lopsided, it was only dented on Saturday. The Iowa Seahawks provided the big flare of the few surprises. They toppled the Second Air Force Superbombers from the ranks Of the undefeated in corn belt Army Navy classic” at Lincoln, Neb. A 33-yard run by Bus Mertes in the third quarter provided the winning margin of IL to 6 score. Michigan unexpectedly beat Minnesota, % to 10, in their an nual battle for the Little Brown Jug” while Pennsylvania demon strated its surprise win over Duke was no fluke by overcoming Dart mouth, 20 to 6. Yale up and whipped favored Cornell, 116 to 7; California tied Southern California, &C, just miss ing a winning touchdown in the final seconds when quarterback sneak failed and Clemson handed North Carolia State its first defeat, 1877. Notre Dame, Navy, Army, Pur. due, Ohio State, Randolph Field. Wake Forest, Wisconsin, Great Lakes, North Carolina Preflight, Pitt, Georgia Tech, Missouri, Tulsa, Oklahoma and Tennessee, along with most favorites, won as anticipated. The South Bend Irish, who play Dartmouth at Boston this week, walloped Tulane, $50, Navy, on the rebound after a surprise set back by North Carolina Preflighters, trampled Penn State, SIS to IA. Army Walked over Brown, 59–⁠7, while Randolph Field handed Tex as its worst defeat in years, 42–⁠6. Rice, 14–⁠13 winner over Louisiana State, tangles with Tulane at New Orleans in one of this week s top games. Other headliners, in addition to Notre Dame-Dartmouth, includ Georgia Tech-Au, burn; Observation-Disclosures; 10 wa-Illinois; Ohio State–Wisconsin; Colgate-Cornell; Pitt-Army; Will liam & Mary-Penn; Duke-Navy; California College of Pacific; Tex as-Oklahoma; Texas Tech-Tulsa; and SMU-Randolph Field. The first british raid m Dienne

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Texas 88% to win. Randolph Field pulled the upset.

Randolph Field leads 1–⁠0–⁠1 in two meetings.

Recent meetings
1944Randolph Field 42, Texas 6
1943Randolph Field 7, Texas 7Cotton Bowl

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