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UT-Owl Victor May Gel Bwvl Bid
Owl Ha; Hopes Depend
On Victory Tomorrow
By Joey Horn
Plenty of action should be seen on Rice's new gridiron
tomorrow when the Owls meet the University of Texas Long-
horns. Spiced by Homecoming activities, an overflowing crowd
of 70,000 is expected to witness the battle of survival in the
Conference race for the Oviffs, starting at 2:15 p.m.
This year's game according
Winner Has Received
Bowl Bid Last 5 Years
If history repeats itself for a fourth straight time, an
eventual bowl champion will be determined Saturday after-
noon when the University of Texas invades Rice Institute's
fabulous new stadium.
This lively series has produced a bowl winner for the past
five sessions, but only in the last four did the victor move on
to post-season success. From this
Ex-Rice Captains
To Hold Reunion
The honor guests at Rice Institute
on to a 40-27 conquest of Missouri highest Homecoming day celebra-
in the 1946 Cotton Bowl game after tion in the school's history will be
being- upset in the regular season yie former captains of Rice foot-
by the Owls, 6-7.' , . , ....
ball teams. They in turn will be
Rice made it three in a row over ,. „ , , ,,
.I T i mAn -j.1. .r, representing all the members of the
the Longhorns in 1946 with an 18-13
decision Rice wound up in a tie Riee Srid squads whose efforts on
with Arkansas for the Southwest the field through the years put the
Conference championship that sea- Rice Owls in the major ranks of
son and went to the Orange Bowl
and defeated Tennessee, 8-0, while
the Porkers were playing host in
the Cotton Bowl.
rivalry that dates back to 1914 have
emerged two Cotton Bowl, one Su-
gar Bowl and two Orange Bowl
Champions in the past five years.
Rice holds a 3-2 edge in victories
over that span, but Texas claims
the same margin on bowl participa-
tion, because the Longhorns went
Texas' most troublesome league
rival for the past decades, Rice
won 11 of 17 meetings between
1930 and 1947. Then the Longhorns there are 42 captains or co-captains
broke the spell, winning 12-0 the o!' Rice teams of bygone years. Most
college football.
Before a capacity crowd of 70,000
at the Rice-Texas game on Saturday
afternoon, these former Rice grid
leaders will be introduced. In all,
Mooreman Twins
Win Eight Letters
The only set of identical twins
ever to win eight varsity football
letters in the Southwest Conference
finish their football careers this
fall.
They are ends Bill and Bob Moore-
man.
In high school, the youngsters
played for Coach Joe Coleman at
Odessa. Their senior year, Odessa
won the State schoolboy title and
both Moormans made most of the
All-State teams.
They entered TCU in the fall of
1947, and lettered their first year
under the war rules still prevailing
and have lettered every year since.
o
Square Dance
This is the last chance for you
to become an active member of the
Tuesday night square dance group.
Next Tuesday, Oct. 31, the team has
its second meeting. This will be the
last that new members can enter
this group.
to all the experts, should turn thl® w?eJ\ , .. ..
.. , ' , , Headed by one of the finest lines
out as another battle royal be- jn -their history, the Texas Long-
tween the two schools. The Long- horns will invade Rice Stadium a
horns will be out to revenge the heavy favorite to revenge last year's
last minute 17-15 beating that the victory by the Conference Cham-
Fightin' Owls gave them last year. pionSi Big Bud McFadin, 245-pound
Tomorrow's game will be the All-American candidate leads a line
fifth game of the season for both that is two deep in returning letter-
teams. Texas has a one point 14-18 men.
defeat at the hanjis of the Okla- Averaging approximately 216
homa Sooners to mar their record, pounds per man from end to end,
The Steers have won over Texas the Texas line will probably be made
Tech, 28-14; Purdue, 34-26; and last up of McFadin at guard, Paul Wil-
week barely squeezed by the Arkan- liams and Tom Stolhandske at ends,
sas Razorbacks, 19-14, to win their Kenneth Jackson and Gene Vykukal
first Conference tilt. tackles, Joe Arnold at the other
National ratings place Texas in guard, and Dick Rowan, center. The
the number 7 spot in the nation (Continued on Page 6)
first year Blair Cherry was at the
helm. That '47 Texas team finished
up a stirring season by bowling
over Alabama, 27-7, in the Sugar
Bowl.
Texas repeated over the Owls in
1948, 20-7, on a last-quarter rush,
of them will be there, or in the cases
of the four deceased and a few
others who cannot attend because of
health or business, a teammate will
represent the squad of that year.
Ironically, the former Owl captain
and ten weeks later the Longhorns who is closest to the school's current
upset Georgia, 41-28, in an Orange athletic program cannot be present.
Bowl battle that broke all scoring Charlie Moore, captain and guard on
the 1937 SWC championship squad,
records for post-season play.
Rice registered its first victory
over a Cherry-coached team last
year and followed up with a 27-13
triumph over North Carolina in the
Cotton Bowl. That 17-15 decision
ovet Texas was snatched in the
final seconds on a field goal by
Froggy Williams.
It was typical of t,he finishes that
championship Rice teams have made
against the Longhorns. The Owls
have won three SWC titles and tied
now is freshman coach at Rice, and
will field his Owlets against the
Texas frosh team Friday night.
Early Saturday morning on Rice's
big Homecoming Day, he will be*
flying to scout Texas Tech, the Owl's
opponent next week.
Or, hand, though, will be leaders
of the other three Rice champion-
ship teams . . . Percy Anthun, cen-
ter and captain of the 1934 confer-
ence kings; Charley Malmberg, eo-
for anothei and- on ^eaeh of those CHptain of the 1946 co-champions;
occasions they engaged Texas in. and Froggie Williams, co-captain of
a tell-tale contest. . . * the 1949 titlists.
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Series Record
1914—
-UT 41, Rice
0 •
1915-
-UT 59, Rice
0
1.916-
-UT 1(1, Rice
2
1917-
IJT 0, -Rice
13
1918—
UT 14, Rice
0
1919-
-UT 32, Rice
7
1920-
-UT 21, Rice
0
1921-
-UT 56, Rice
0
1922-
-UT 29, Rice
6
1923-
-UT 27, Rice
0
1924-
-UT 6, Rice
19
1925-
-UT 27, Rice
6
1926-
-UT 20, Rice
0
1927-
-UT 27, Rice
0
1928-
-UT 13, Rice
6
1929-
-UT 39, Rice
0
1930-
-UT 0, llice
6
1931-
-UT 6, Rice
7
1932-
-UT 18, Rice
6'
1933-
-UT 18, Rice
0
1984—UT 9, Rice
20
1935-
-UT 19, Rice
28
1936-
-UT 0, Rice
7.
1937-
-UT 7, Rice
14
1938—UT 6, Rice
13
1939-
-UT -26, Rice
12
1940-
-UT 0, Rice
13
1941-
-UT 40, Rice
0
Among the few who will be absent
are the other co-captains of these
title squads. Weldon Humble, co-
leader with Malmberg in 1946, is
away playing pro football with the
Cleveland Browns. Center Gerald
Weatherly, co-captain with Williams
last season, is now with the Chicago
Bears grid team.
The four deceased ex-Owl capr
tains are Oliver Garnett, 1914 cap-
tain; W. E. Brown, 1916 captain;
S. E. Brick, 1919 capfcdn; and Wil-
liam Moran, 1930 captain.
1942—UT 12, Rice 7
1943—UT 58, Rice 0'
1944—UT 0, Rice 7
1945—UH 6, Rice 7
1946—UT 13, Rice 18
1947—UT 12, Rice 0,
1948—UT 20, Rice 7
1949—UT 15, Rice 17
Totals:
Games played—36
Games won by UT—22
Games won by Rice—14
Games tied—0
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