Texas A&M at Rice

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 17, 1957, page 1 (results column)

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  beat the SoonerS in the first game of the 1853 season-also ended another streak. It was the first time in 1913 games that Oklahoma failed to score. Aggies Beaten, Too Almost as stunning as Notre Danes victory over the No. q ranked team in the nationally televised game of the day, was the upset of Texas A&M, the Nations top-ranking eleven. The Aggies, hoping to clinch the Southwest Conference championship and a spot in the Cotton Bowl, lost to Rice. 7–⁠6. Ohio State pulled a surprise with a 17–⁠13 victory over Iowa that won the Buckeyes the Big Ten championship and a trip to the Rose Bowl. There was drama in the Ivy League, too. as favored Princeton was upset by Yale, 20–⁠13. when Mike Cavallon OF the Ellis caught three scoring passes. The Tigers dropped a half-game behind Dartmouth, which had to score Is points in the final period to nip Cornell. 20–⁠19. The title rides on, this weeks Dartmouth Princeton clash. The big game at Norman was a scoreless deadlock until well into the last quarter when Notre Dame marched 80 yards for its touchdown. The score came on a 3-yard end sweep by Dick Lynch, right halfback for the Irish. Oklahoma’s desperate try for tie in the closing moments was halted by an interrogation in the Irish end zone by Quarterback Bob Williams. Duke all but sewed up the Atlantic Coast Conference title and clinched a bid to the

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Texas A&M leads 52–⁠27–⁠3 in 82 meetings, counting the 40 since this game.