Rice at Texas A&M

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  Evening star, November 17, 1946, page 32

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  COLLEGE STATION, Tex, Nov. l6.-Big Virgil Eikepberg, keyman of Rice’s quick-striking ‘T” formaton, passed the Owls to 27–⁠10 VIC tory oyer fighting Texas A. and M. today to keep Rice in tie for the Southwest Conference lead. The Owls swirled from behind in the second period for two lightning like touchdowns, beth on passes from Eikenberg, who ran the Rice team fawlessly from his position of man under the center. The Aggies had throwns’a crowd of $4,000 fans in pandemoniun by jumping out for a field goal and touchdown in Is min utes OF play. But here Eikenberg un-

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Texas A&M leads 52–⁠27–⁠3 in 82 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.