North Texas at Nevada
Thursday, November 24, 1949 Share
Nevada beat North Texas 28–7. It was their third meeting; after it, Nevada led the series 3–0.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 33°FAttendance 4,500
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 25, 1949, page 3 (results column)
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Forest-South Carolina, Tulsa-A Ark ansas, Alabama Florida, Boston College-Holy Cross, New York Uni Versity- -Fordham, Colorado A and M-Colorado, Kansas Arizona, Brig ham Young-Pepperdine. CORNELL DUMPS PENN Once-beaten Cornell rallied for 22 points in the second half to dump Penn before 75,0OO at Frank In Field in the high spot of yes terday’s schedule. Losers only to Dartmouth in nine games, Cornell pulled it out on a 25-yard scoring pass from Pete Dorset to Walt Bruska. A l0-yard field goal by Bill Kirk was the clincher. Maryland poured it on West Vir- ginia, 47–7, to demonstrate their bowl potential. They had lost only to Michigan State, Texas, hot and cold by turns, smothered Texas Aggies, 42–14, with sophomore Byron Townsend SCOT ing three touchdowns. OTHER WINS Wyoming clinched the Skyline Six title by downing Denver, 25–6, and Detroit won the Missouri Val ley conference crown by hum -ling Wichita, 33–7. Brown finished fine season in which it was beaten only by Princeton, by scoring 27 points in the last quarter to trim Colgate, 41–26. Fullback Bill Baldwins touchdown gave The Citadel a 25–19 edge over Davidson Washington and Lee knocked off Richmond, 35–14. Missouri outlasted Kansas State, 34–27, in wild one Utah whipped Utah State, $40, and Nevada won over North Texas State. 28–7.
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)
Nevada 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every North Texas–Nevada gameNevada leads 7–2 in nine meetings, counting the six since this game.
| 1999 | Nevada 41, North Texas 28 | |
| 1998 | North Texas 27, Nevada 21 | |
| 1997 | Nevada 65, North Texas 10 | |
| 1996 | Nevada 40, North Texas 13 | |
| 1995 | Nevada 56, North Texas 24 | |
| 1950 | North Texas 34, Nevada 21 |
Around this game
North Texas
- Next gameat KentuckySept. 16, 1950
- SeasonNorth Texas in 1949
- ProgramNorth Texas history and records
Nevada
- Next gameat Utah StateSept. 16, 1950
- SeasonNevada in 1949
- ProgramNevada history and records

