Texas at TCU

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, November 20, 1950, page 3 (results column)

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  | | N | N G Up FOR GREAT BOWL GAMES Texas is in the Cotton Bowl. Illinois and California are near enough to Pasadena to smell the roses. A dozen other teams are afraid to stray too far from the telephone lest they miss a ring from one OF the big post-season promoters. The pluck ‘em” season is here for college football and the mad scramble is on to fill the massive stadia in the warm weather climes with the most glamorous eievens available. Right now he list Of unpicked eligibles is headed by Oklahoma ana Kentucky. with Tennessee, Miami fFla0 and Clemson l;st a shade behind. Other prospects include Wyoming, Loyola of Los Angeles, Alabama, Southern Methodist, Nebraska and Tulsa – their desirability hinging largely on the outcome of the re naming few games. The bowl picture at the moment shapes up approximately like this Rosa at Pasadena – Illinois VS. California. Sugar at New Orleans-KentucKy VS. Oklahoma or SMU. - Oklahoma or Tennessee. Orange at Miami = Miami VS. Tennessee, Clemson or Wyoming. Important Games The game with the most import ant bowl bearing Saturday is et Knoxville, Tenn, where unbeatei. and united Kentucky takes on once defeated Tennessee, a team thai perenially gives the Wildcats trouble. It’s reported Sugar Bowl bid is hanging in the balance. Oklahoma, owning modern foot balls longest winning streak CT “ games, will go against Nebraska at Norman and probably can step right into any bowl it chooses, with the exception of the grandpappy OF them all at Pasadena. Sooners May Sit Out The Sooners, Sugar Bowl victors the last two years, may decide. however, to sit this one out. Dallas is almost certain to make a strong bid for a return game between Texas and Oklahoma. The Sooners handed the Longhorns their only defeat this year, 14–⁠13. Texas clinched the Southwest Championship and Cotton Bowl role Saturday by beating Texas Christian, 21–⁠7 while Rice was cooling off the only remaining challenger, Texas A. and M, bib. Illinois can clinch the Rose Bowl assignment by turning back North western, three times beaten, at Evanston, III. Failure to do this could toss the trip to Wisconsin or Michigan. Wisconsin closes with Minnesota and Michigan with Ohio State. Knocks Over Ohio Illinois earned it’s favorable positon by the not-so-simple expedient of knocking over the country’s No. l team, Ohio State, which still can win the conference championship. The fighting Illini stabbed for two touchdowns through the air to prevail, 14–⁠7, and thereby shock ma jority of the experts. Oklahoma, No. 2 behind Ohio State last week, made it’s bid for the main berth by overwhelming Missouri,, At. Babe Parilli, throwing five touch downs, passed Kentucky to an $50 rout of North Dakota. Princeton added to its growing prestige by humbling Yale, 47–⁠12. Army was unable to unleash its full striking power at Palo Alto because of driving rainstorm and had to be content with a hard earned TO victory over Stanford. Oklahoma, Army, California, Ken lucky and Princeton thus kept their records clean, making seven major teams still unbeaten and united. wyoming and Ioyola were idle.

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Officially, Texas leads 65–⁠28–⁠1; as played, 62–⁠28–⁠1 in the 91 games on file; the official count covers all 94 meetings, counting the 58 since this game.