Texas A&M at Rice

Saturday, November 17, 1951

No. 19 Rice beat Texas A&M 28–⁠13. It was their 36th meeting; after it, Texas A&M led the series 20–⁠13–⁠3.

AwayTexas A&M5–⁠3–⁠2 in 1951
13
Home19Rice5–⁠5 in 1951
28

FinalHigh 50°F, low 37°FAttendance 58,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Rice B-to-13 Victor Over Texas A&M, Ties For. Southwest Lead

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 18, 1951, page 62

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    Rice B-to-13 Victor Over Texas A&M, Ties For. Southwest Lead HOUSTON. Nov. 17.-Rice rode the deadly passing Of Dan Drake and the running Of Teddy Riggs to a 28–⁠13 victory over Texas AIM today and a share Of the South west Conference lead. Twice Drake connected on touchdown passes and Riggs broke loose for 80 and seven yards for the other two tallies as the Owls, preseason pick to be every body’s cousin, added the bewildered Aggies to q growing list of fallen brethren. A&M. its dreams Of old-time renown long since punctured. scored first but ran into another last quarter nightmare. Charley Hodge was on the receiving end of the touchdown passes from Dick Gardemal and Ray Graves for the Aggies. Rice -- o 14–⁠2s Scoring: Texas Ann. touchdowns – McCurry, Hovton, Risss (21. Conversion I-WriRht “a.

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)

Rice 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Texas A&M leads 52–⁠27–⁠3 in 82 meetings, counting the 46 since this game.

Recent meetings
2014Texas A&M 38, Rice 10
2013Texas A&M 52, Rice 31
1995Texas A&M 17, Rice 10
1994Texas A&M 7, Rice 0
1993Texas A&M 38, Rice 10
1992Texas A&M 35, Rice 9

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