Texas at Tulane

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 30, 1956, page 1

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  Texas Rallies For rs Victory NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 20 Up. -Halfback Walt Fondren kept his bewildered Texas teammates within striking distance today and added a conversion to give the Longhorns a 7–⁠6 football victory over Tulane. Fondren, a 170-pound junior. was the only Texas runner able to penetrate Tulane’s tough delenses, and his dashes kept alive Texas chances when his team seemed headed for defeat through more than half the game. Texas capitalized on a break to push across its touchdown late in the third quarter. Full back Ronnie Quillian Of Tulane got of a poor punt, which went only 90 yards to the Tulane 80. Quarterback Joe Clements passed three times for a total Of Is yards, including the touch down pass to Halfback Jack Hobbs. and ran twice for seven yards. Fondren’s conversion after the touchdown seemed to fire up his team and the Texans battled Tulane on almost even terms the rest of the-way. Tulane. scored early in the third quarter on a 76 yard drive that required less than four minutes. Quillian, who accounted for 40 yards during the march, plunged for the final yard. Texas --------------0 Q z o. lulane ---------- ~ I’D Scoring-Texas: Touchdowns--Hobbs GO. pass from clements). Conversion: SCORING – Tulane. Touchdown -

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Texas leads 12–⁠1–⁠1 in 14 meetings, counting the eight since this game.