Cincinnati vs. West Texas

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  Evening star, January 2, 1951, page 11

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  Special Pass Pays Off For West Texas State Ell PASO. Tex, JAM “A tricky forward pass play worked up just for the occasion paid of for West Texas State in yesterdays 14–⁠13 Sun Bowl victory over Cincinnati The play served to overcome a 1877 Cincinnati Bearcats lead. netting West Texas 81 yards and a touchdown. Coach Frank Kimbrough said afterward that his Texans had perfected the play only last week. It worked like this: Frank Wise pitched 20 yards to Quarterback Gene Mayf7eld, who was off to the right. Fullback Bill Cross scooted wide to the left as defenders shifted to follow the ball. Mayf1eld passed to Cross. Cross raced the last AZ yards for the touchdown, his second of the day. End Roy Lee Dunn converted for the second time. Between Cross two scores, Gin cinnati tailed twice. The first time Tom McKeever smashed off tackle for the last yards on a 63-yard march. But pass catch ing End Jim Kelly missed the conversion. The second came on an 18-yard touchdown pass from Gene Rossi to Bob Stratton. Bill Shalosky converted. Both teams complained after ward that game officials almost let the over-eager players get out of hand in the last half. AS it was, one man from each team was banished for unsportsmanlike conduct and 80 seconds before the games end. both teams hocked into a wild, fist-swining melee.

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West Texas leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.