North Texas at Nevada

Thursday, November 24, 1949

Nevada beat North Texas 28–⁠7. It was their third meeting; after it, Nevada led the series 3–⁠0.

AwayNorth Texas1–⁠3 in 1949
7
HomeNevada5–⁠5 in 1949
28

FinalHigh 68°F, low 33°FAttendance 4,500

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story

    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.

Nevada leads 7–⁠2 in nine meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1999Nevada 41, North Texas 28
1998North Texas 27, Nevada 21
1997Nevada 65, North Texas 10
1996Nevada 40, North Texas 13
1995Nevada 56, North Texas 24
1950North Texas 34, Nevada 21

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