TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 14, 1943
THE BATTALION
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LSU-Aggie Football Rivalry Began Thirty-Eight Years Ag
Two Teams Have Played In
Thirteen Games As Rivals
Record of Two Teams Is Given In
Resume of Many Years of Football
When the all-civilian football teams of the A & M.
and Louisiana State University square off New Year’s Day
in the Orange Bowl, at Miami, Fla., it will mark the continua
tion of a football rivalry begun in 1906, during which 13
games have been played to date - *— : :
and 1942. Tie games were played
with seven victories for A. & M,
four decisions in favor of Louis
iana State, and tie games have
resulted from two contests.
A. & M. has secored a total of
239 points in these 13 games to
107 for Louisiana State, including
the 1943 game at Baton Rouge in
which A. & M. won the touchdown
decision by a four to two margin,
the score being A. & M. 28 —
Louisiana State 17.
Aggies were victorious in the
first two games played, in 1906
and 1907, by scores of 22 to 12
and 11 to 5. The first win for
Louisiana State was in 1908 and
the score—26 to 0—marked the
greatest total made by the Louis
iana in one game. In 1922, A. & M.
won by 46 to 0 and the high mark
for the Texans shows in the 1914
meeting. In the latter game Louis
iana State had all the better of the
first half, going into the rest per
iod with a lead of 9 to 7, but A.
& M. ran wild in the second half
and the final score was Aggies 63,
Louisiana State 9.
Years of victory for A. & M.
were: 1906, 1907, 1914, 1917, 1922,
1923 and 1943. Louisiana State
came out on top in 1908, 1916, 1921
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Intramurals
By Max Mohnke
Three teams drive down the
stretch into the final week of play
to decide the Intramural football
and basketball champion. Fourth
Company, First Company, and N
Company all have a mathematical
chance of winning one of the two
crowns. The football finalists have
already been decided—Fourth Com
pany meeting First Company Wed
nesday at 4:10 for the title; how
ever, the basketball situation is
still of a complex nature. The win
ner of the First Company-N Com
pany tussle will gain the right to
play Fourth Company in the final
round of play.
Fourth Company, L Company,
First Company, and N Company,
won top honors in basketball Lea
gues A, B, C, and D respectively.
That immediately put each of these
teams into the semi-finals for the
school championship. Of the two
games scheduled in the semi-final
round of play, one ha salready
made history, while the remaining
match is set for one day this week.
In the only game played, Fourth
Company defeated L Company 17
to 14 in a close, hard-fought battle.
Brunow looped 6 points through
the mesh to take high-point honors
for the day. This victory entitled
Fourth Company to gain the final
round of play, one has already
Company from the race.
Winners in the various football
leagues were: Third Company—
League A; Fourth Company—Lea
gue B; K Company—League C;
and First Company—League D. In
the semi-final round of play in
football. Fourth Company squared
off against Third Company and
First Company met K Company.
These two encounters were thrill
ing games in themselves. In the
former, Fourth Company capital
ized on some breaks early in the
game to take the lead 7 to 0, which
they never relinquished. In the
other fray, First Company’s well-
drilled “nine” had little trouble in
disposing of K Company, 9 to 0.
Three of the points were the result
o fa field goal fro mthe toe of J.
R. Wade.
Play in these two sports will
wind up this week, weather per
mitting. Starting Wednesd a y,
December 15, play will begin in a
sport relatively new to most Ag
gies—Intramural Speedball. This
sport could best be described as a
cross between football and basket
ball. It takes quite a bit of speed
and endurance to play the game
appropriately, and it is one of the
best sports offered in intramural
competition. The schedule of games
should reach each Athletic Officer
sometime today, as Intramural
Speedball will get under way to
morrow.
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vict. The plot is moldy, but insig
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A. & M. Makes Record
In 49 Seasons Playing
Aggies Take Stock Before
Orange Bowl Game, January 1
In 49 seasons of gridiron play, A. & M. has meet 71
teams from 20 states for an all-time record of 258 games
won, 12 games lost and 28 tied. In these 398 games A. &; M.
has made 6,959 points, to 2,515 for her opponents.
Football at A. & M. began in-f
1894 with A. & M. losing to the
University of Missouri and Texas
winning from the Ball High School
of Galveston. No games were play
ed in 1895 but contests have been
held each succeeding year begin
ning in 1896.
A. &M. has the edge on all op
ponents which have been met a
number of times with the exception
of Centennary and the University
of Texas. In nine games with the
Shreveport school, Centennary has
emerged the victor on six occa
sions, scoring 62 points against
A. &M., while A. & M. has won
three games and has scored 34
points. The record with the cadet’s
oldest rival, the University of Tex
as, shows A. & M. has won 15
games, Texas has won 31 games,
and four have resulted in a tie. In
these 50 games Texas has scored
608 points to 306 for A. & M.
In addition to Texas colleges,
normals, institutes and univirsi-
ties, A. & M. has met teams from
schools in Alabama, Arizona, Ar
kansas, California, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan,
Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska,
New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah,
and Washington.
A. & M.’s first undefeated sea
son was in 1902, nine games play
ed with seven wins and two ties,
these with Trinity University and
Texas. It was the custom in earlier
years to meet the same opponents
two and three times in a single sea
son. In 1902 records show a win
from Texas as well as a tie.
A. & M. won the championship
of the State in 1909 and 1910, but
in 1909 there was a 0 to 0 tie with
Texas Chrisitian University, and
in 1910 A. & M. lost to Arkansas
5 to 0. The 1912 team was called
“Champions of the South” but
there was a loss to Kansas State,
10 to 13.
The Southwest Conference dates
from 1915. No championship team
was designated in the years 1915,
1916, 1918, and 1933. In number of
championships won, A. & M. leads
the other schools—Arkansas, Bay
lor, Rice, Southern Methodist Uni
versity, Texas Christian Universi
ty and Texas—with seven and an
additional tie with Southern Me
thodist University in 1940. A. & M.
won a clear title in 1917, 1919,
1921, 1927, 1939 and 1941. A. & M.
was undefeated and untied in 1917,
1919 and 1939. In addition, the
1917 and 1919 teams were unscored
upon. The 1939 team was voted
first in the nation by sports au
thorities.
Against teams from the South
west Conference, A. & M. has a re
cord of 105 wins, 75 losses, 20 ties,
and has scored 2,380 points against
1,684 for her opponents.
A. & M. has played in three bowl
games; defeating Tulane 14 to
13 in the 1940 Sugar Bowl; defeat
ing Fordham in the Cotton Bowl
in 1941, 13 to 12, and losing to
Alabama in the Cotton Bowl in
1942, 21 to 29. A. & M. was the
selection from the Southwest to
meet Centre College in an inter
sectional game in Dallas in 1922,
A. & M. winning 22 to 14. A. & M.
is to play Louisiana State in the
Orange Bowl in New Year’s Day,
1944.
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cation practices in the separate
states so that certified seed will
have a more definite national and
international meaning, Dr. Hum
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