North Texas vs. New Mexico State

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, January 1, 1960, page 22 (results column)

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  Threato Of Rain Faces Cotton, Sugar Bowls Two Top Comes Of Day to Provide Tests of Rankings Inc Cotton Bowl and the Sugar Bowl held the spotlight on today’s holiday football program, with the chance that bad weather might be a factor in the two tests Of the ratings by the Nations sports writer’s and oddsmakers. /, Only the Orange Bowl at Miami. where Georgia and Missouri were to clash at / pm. In q game attracting little ma tional interest. appeared GER tain to have q mild, sunny day. Even at Pasadena, where the Washington Huskies play host to Wisconsin. the Big Ten champion. before a crowd Of 100, 900. there is q possibility of showers. However. forecasters said the rain = and possibly beads Of snow, would be confined mostly to the mountains around the Rose Bowl area. A temperature of about So crisp for California lis expected at the 5 o’clock kickoff. Rain Hurts LOnghOrns Syracuse’s national cham pions may get further support from the weather as they tan gle with fourth-rated Texas in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas at $3.50. Scattered showers are predicted, with temperature in the low Cos. A cold rain and sleet struck Dallas yesterday. Although the field was covered, the critics predicted a heavy field that would handicap the Longhorns, who depend on speed and passing. In New Orleans. where sec ond-ranked Mississippi is a Z point pick over third-ranked Louisiana State In the Sugar Bowl, the forecast was for pos sible light rain. with temperature in the sos. All Of these four games, which are expected to attract some 335, 900 fans, viii be televised nationally, with CHS handling the Orange and Cot ton Bowls and NBC the Sugar and Rose Bowls. Upset In Sun Bowl While the oddsmakers favor Syracuse by Is points, Mississippi by 7, Wisconsin by 61a and Georgia by IL, 1t is a rare New Years Day when 10 upset occurs. A tipoff on what might happen came yesterday when New Mexico State. . definite underdog. exploded foI three long distance touchdowns and spilled North Texas State, 28–⁠8. in the Sun Bowl at e Paso. In two choice games tomorfrow. the East Is q 7-point pick over the West in the Shrine game at San Francisco, and the Arkansas Georgia Tech clash in the Gator Bowl al Jacksonville is rated q tossup Presbyterian (9-D meets Middle Tennessee State (9-0-1) in the Tangerine Bowl at Or lando tonight. Syracuse Seeks First Win In the Cotton Bowl, Syra. cuse has several things to prove that 1t is the Nations best and that 1t can win q bow game. The Orangemen havI failed in three previous efforts Texas has more to prove thar Syracuse. 1t wants TO show the statistics mean nothing wher the going gets tough. On the basis of statistics, the Long horns don’t appear to havl even the proverbtal OUTSIDE chance. But the Longhorns have beeI quietly confident. They havI come through in a turbulen season against quite a few teams they weren’t supposed Il beat. And they’ve come from behind so often the crowd always stuck around to th’ final gun. Texas. co-champion Of tn, Southwest Conference. vii take a 9-l record into tn ninth bowl try-it has woi five, lost two and tied one II post-season appearances. Tn last one caused the Longhorn . the most pain. They wer See BOWLS, Page Az

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North Texas leads 22–⁠9–⁠2 in 33 meetings, counting the 31 since this game.