Rice at Texas

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 23, 1949, page 40

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  Field Goal by Rice In Last 10 Seconds Edges Texas, 17–⁠15 AUSTIN, Tex, Oct. 22.-James (Froggie) Williams grabbed a spine-tingling 17–⁠15 victory for Rice over Texas by booting a per- .ect 18-yard field goal in the last 10 seconds here today. Williams, 6-foot, 197-pound senior from Waco. calmly kicked the three-pointer from a very diff f1cult angle as 10000 screaming fans watched him disrupt Texas hopes for victory. Manhandled by Texas SO viciously that they made only 1a yards and one first down in the first half, the Rice Owls did not start clicking until midway of the third period, when they were be- hind, Is to 0. ! The Longhorn balloon exploded as Rice suddenly went wild and scored IA points in five minutes Gordon (Sonny) Wyatt termin- ated a 61-yard pile-driving surge BY jolting through left tackle from the 1-yard line. A short kick out by Bobby Coy Lee Of Texas gave Rice the ball on the Texas II, and SUBJ stitute quarterback Vernon Glass promptly tipped a touchdown pass to back Billy Burkhalter Rice marched rs yards in the final minutes to put the ball in position for the winning field goal. Rice ----------o Q 7 10–⁠17 ASAaS U-ls Rice scoring; Touchdowns-Wyatt tt Burkhalter. Field goaI-Williams. Point. after Observation-Disclosures, .. Texas scoring: Safety-Wyatt tStont blocked kick in end zone) Touchdown Clay. Townsend. Point after Touchdown

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 24, 1949, page 2 (results column)

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  Saturdays Football Stars and What They Did-pass. Run, Kick Jim Cain and Arnold Galiffa, Army–Cain scored four touch downs and Galiffa tossed four SCOT ing passes as Army routed Colum- bia, 63–⁠6. Lindy Berry, Texas Christian passed for 2O7 yards and three touchdowns in a 33–⁠27 victory over Mississippi. Kyle Rote, Southern Methodist scored two touchdowns, kicked two extra points, gained 96 yards carry ing hall, averaged 50 yards bunting in 20–⁠7 victory over Kentucky James Williams, Rice = kicked field goal with 10 seconds remaining to bring 17–⁠15 victory over Texas; also kicked two extra points ana played a fine defensive game. Chuck Ortmann, Michigan – scored a touchdown, gained llo yards on ground and completed nine passes for 92 yards as Michi- gan upset Minnesota, 14–⁠7.

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Texas leads 75–⁠21–⁠1 in 97 meetings, counting the 61 since this game.