Texas A&M at Rice

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  Evening star, November 15, 1953, page 70

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  Rice Rallies 10 Beat Texas A&M, BAT HOUSTON, Nov. 14.-David (Kosse) johnson, a hard-charging fullback, added blocking and pass catching to his Specialties today to pull the Rice Owls together after a Shakey start and lead them to BAT victory over Texas A&M. Johnson took key roles in a pair of second-quarter touch downs after the Aggies had jumped into an early TO lead in a game Rice had to win to stay in the Southwest Conference championship scramble. Three touchdowns in the third quarter iced the game. johnson, the leading ground gamer in the conference, plunged over from the l for the tying score after taking a 37-yard pass from Quarterback Pinky NiSbet. Seconds later he intercepted a pass and returned 10 yards to the Aggie 40. Six plays later he took out two Aggies on block that permitted little Horton Nesrsta to carry over from the 9 for the tie-breaking touch down. Texas A. d M. ------ 7 o @ 0–⁠7 Rice – o IA 20 ga Texas A. & NJ. scoring: Touchdown Magourik ConVerSion-Kettler. Rice scoring: Touchdowns-K. John SON. Nesrsta, Rucka, Kellogg. Bridges. Observation-Disclosures CD, Moegle.

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Texas A&M leads 52–⁠27–⁠3 in 82 meetings, counting the 44 since this game.