Florida at Rice

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, September 19, 1954, page 68

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  Rice Wins Game DELAYED By Failure Of Lights HOUSTON, Sept. 18.-Morris Stone and Jerry Hall. a couple of players who nursed injuries most of last season. spanked a three ee-touchdown third quarter tonight to lead Rice to 34–⁠14 victory over Florida in an intersectional football game that saw only half of the powerful sta dunn lights burning the last 33 minutes. With Florida leading, 7–⁠6, and 3 minutes and “a seconds renaming in the second quarter. all of the powerful f1oodlights on the east side of the huge Rice Stadium went on the blink. After waiting Is minutes, Ref cree Cliff Shaw and Coaches Bob Woodruff of Florida and Jess Nicely of Rice decided to take the halftime break early. Fifty minutes after the power failed, the coaches decided to continue play with only the west sSRnd lights burning.

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Rice leads 4–⁠3–⁠1 in eight meetings, counting the six since this game.