Rice at Baylor

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 30, 1952, page 64

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  Rice Defeats Baylor, N-14, on Little Back s .61-Yard Punt Return WACO, Tex, Nov. 29.-Rice In stitute today used two intercepted passes and a 61-yard punt return by little Horton Nesrsta to bea’ Baylor, 20–⁠14, and climax a come. back that brought it from a de. feated football team to runnerur in the Southwest Conference. The intercepted passes set ur touchdowns in the first and fina quarter and gave the Owls then fourth straight November victory after five straight defeats. | Nesrsta’s touchdown run-made with Francis Davidson hanging al over him-apparently made him the Nations top man at returning punts. His total of 536 yards showed him past uses Jimmy Sears. Dupre Scores Ninth of Season L. G. Dupre, Baylor’s sopho more. romped 80 yards for a sec. ond period score and then cracked Rice’s line for two yards and an. other score to run his season touchdown total to nine. Leroy Fenstemaker, who cam, of the bench to engineer Rice November surge. kicked the frs two extra points for the Owls &C. O. Brocato kicked two fol Baylor. Big Leo Rucka grabbed Franci. Davidson’s pass in the first perioc to set Rice up for it’s first touch. down on Baylor’s 40. Then Fen. stemaker threw a long, high pas. to Blois Bridges that was gooe Tor 35 yards. Bob Garbrecht mad, four yards in two tries and ther Fenstemaker scored from the on, yard line. In the second quarter Billy Sherman of Baylor returned David Johnson’s punt Is yards t, mldfield. In just four plays, tn, Bears had their touchdown will Dupre going over. Baylor Goes Ahead, Dupre’s second touchdown eli NAKED a 68-yard drive that tool just eight plays and sent Baylo. ahead. But the n Nesrsta, at IA! pounds the smallest player in tn, conference. cut loose with his al most unbelievable third-quartel return of Davidson’s punt. He tool 1t on his own 39-yard line, wa. running off balance almost all tn, way and thrice appeared to b, stopped after Davidson got to him But he broke away to finish stand. ing up after Gordon Kellogg cam, in to block Davidson away-fol keeps. Dan Hart intercepted another OF Davldson’s tosses-to give Ric, the ball on Baylor’s 14-yard line David johnson went over from tn, I2. Rice Rfs!0r r-------------- -------- 2 3 I g.! Baylor scoring: Touchdowns-Dupr f2). Conversions-Brocato (2). Rice scoring: Touchdowns-Fenstem NeSrSta. D. Johnson ConyersionS-Fen

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Baylor leads 50–⁠30–⁠2 in 82 meetings, counting the 49 since this game.