Colorado at Texas

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  The Daily Alaska empire, September 30, 1946, page 3 (results column)

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  I N R ILLS IN GRID GAMES ON SATURDAY. NEW YORK, Sept, 30-Notre Dame and Texas stood out today as the most serious challengers of the Army’s two-year reign in the col lege football domain after week end filled with surprises. The fighting Irish opened their bid for national honors by whipping a strong Illinois team, 26–⁠6, Satur- day and should hurdle the second step this week against Pittsburgh at South Bend Texas followed up it’s 42–⁠0 con- quest of Missouri by overwhelming Colorado. 76–⁠0 The Longhorns must face Oklahoma A & M on the Texas turf this week. The Aggies saw a 2o-game win ming streak come to an end in a 2l -21 tie with Arkansas Saturday, but still look powerful enough to give the Longhorns their first real test. Army, hard pressed to beat Okla hcma, 21–⁠7, with Doc Blanchard or the bench, catches Cornell, 2l-o conqueror of Bucknell, in it’s third game at West Point Navy. which opened with a 7-C triumph over Villanova, move in against Columbia, which stepped Rutgers, 13–⁠7, and Colgate invadee Yale. 33–⁠0 winner over the Mer- chat Marine Academy.

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Texas leads 12–⁠7 in 19 meetings, counting the 16 since this game.