Texas at SMU

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 3, 1963, page 35

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  Southern Methodist won the toss today and elected to give first-ranked Texas q first-class scare before stubbornly Yield ing to the Longhorns. 17–⁠12. Texas sent on into the fracas unbeaten and united and came out unimpresSive as it sputtered to q squeaky VIC tory over an aroused Mus tang cast picked to lose by anywhere from IL to 10 points. The Cotton Bowl convocation of $1,000 sensed an upset of huge proportions might be in the making as late as the last minute and a half of the scrap. However, at this juncture the Mustangs, resorting to a bit OF razzle-dazzle in an 11-hour bid to blot out their 5-point deficit fumbled and their day in the sun was over. Errors Hurt Mustangs In the end it added up Il Texas first-class superiorit. that enabled the Longhorns tx answer the roll call Of the thinning ranks of the all conquering. They ran up a IT. 6 advantage before intermission, but in the second half the best Texas could do was make one serious Irritation with the scoreboard. Ten Of Texas II points resuited from SINUS unwilling charity. The Longhorns, who now own a TO record, convert ed a fun bled punt into a touchdown from 8 yards out In the second quarter. Late in the period the Mustangs, trying to shake off q 1915 disadvantage, failed on a fourth-down pass and turned over the ball to Texas on the SMU 20. With one second left, Tony Crosby, the shoeless kicker. booted a 34-yard field goal. He also kicked the two extra points. The Longhorns’ other score, their first, came in a manner characteristic Of their play so far this season. They covered rs yards in 7 tries on their first series. SMU brought jubilation to its thousands Of homecoming partiSans in the second quarter with a 61-yard junket that paid off in a touchdown on Danny Thomas 22-yard pass It climaxed an 11-play march featuring seven Thomas passes and furnished a tipoff on what the Mustangs would try practically the rest of the way after discovering the Tex as air cover was either over rated or ineffective. After halftime, SMU passed “a times and one of the fips, another 22-yarder to Cannon, created the last-quarter touch down. The pitcher this trip was sophomore Quarterback Mack White, a standout in SINUS bold bid to bring the Long horns to their knees. Followers of the late Jim Ia tum’s tie ms at M arylan d quickly would have recognized Coach Darrell Royals aggregaton as a carbon copy of the Terrapins Of old-medium speed, not much passing, soundly coached and BILE SIS e d with a squad of precision tack lers and blockerS. Like the other opponents, the Mustangs did not fear an air show from Texas and masSed their defenses accordingly. Most of the day the lighter and undermined Mustangs, chief ly a sophomore collie ction playing its second year under Coach Hayden Fry, deployed in

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Texas leads 47–⁠22–⁠4 in 73 meetings, counting the 30 since this game.