LSU at Texas

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  Evening star, December 10, 1950, page 52

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  Texas Conquers lSU With ; Touchdowns In Second Quarter AUSTIN, Tex, Dec. 9.-Texas, Southwest Conference champion, smashed Louisiana State University with three-touchdown furry in the second quarter today, 21–⁠6. Fullback Byron Townsend came within inches of claiming clear title to Southwest Conference scoring honors for the season. He smashed through LSU’s line twice from the 1-yard line for Texas first two tallies, running his 10 game total to “a points, tying Texas A. and MS Bob Smith. He missed a third tally by inches. Quarterback Ben Tompkins turned in Texas longest scoring run from scrimmage this year. 3S yards-and kicked three extra points to round out the Long horns 81 points. Baggett Scores for LSU. 1t took a Texan to- score for LSU. With minute and a half remaining, Fullback Billy West broke into the Texas secondary and ran “a yards before lateralling off to Right Half Billy Baggett of Beaumont, Tex. Baggett stumbled out of a tackler’s grasp and sped the remaining rs yards to salvage some consolation for Tiger rooters. (See TEXAS-LSU, Page B-5D

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Texas leads 8–⁠7–⁠1 in 16 meetings, counting the six since this game.