The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 1949 Page: 8 of 8
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THE THRESHER
L.S.U. Beats Owls 14-7;
Rice's End Defense Weak
At Baton Rouge Saturday night
a fired-up team of underdog Tigers
stunned the Rice Owls to the tune
of 14-7. In the misty rain which
hampered both squads the Owls
must have had water in their en-
gine because the flashing attack
they showed against Clemson just
didn't materialize on the slippery
turf.
It was a game decided for the
most part by breaks, and the fail-
ure of Rice to capitalize on the two
or three golden opportunities that
presented themselves in the first
half hurt. LSU fumbled midway in
the first half, and Rice marched to
the thirty-one where they were forc-
ed to kick. Another fumble immed-
iately gave the Owls the ball on
the fifteen. Again the feathered
flock failed to add to its score, and
the magnamimous Tigers gave the
visitors another chance when it
fumbled on the nine yard line. The
Owls failed to move when the chips
were down again, and another good
chance went by.
Unfortunately, the Tigers took
better advantage of the breaks
which figured prominently in both
LSU touchdowns. After driving
some eighty yards, mostly around
end and off tackle, the Tigers end-
ed up on Rice's five. Chester Free-
man was hit by a vicious tackle,
and fumbled on the Rice one. The
ball squirted over and towards the
sideline when Charlie Cusimano beat
plenty of players in a race for the
pigskin. Griffith converted, and the
score was knotted. Then in the
fourth quarter Harold Riley broke
through a hole in the forward wall,
but the elusive ball was jarred loose
from him on the Owl's seventeen.
From there it was Katie-bar-the-
door, and Freeman went around end
to score the winning touchdown.
The Owl TD was a work of art,
with the big little man, Sonny Wa-
att, carrying seventy-two yards.
This came with the game only five
minutes old, and was the principle
factor in Wyatt's being the top
ground gainer for the game; Har-
old Riley was the number two Owl
ball-toter. The game was very close
statistically, and the only thing that
ruined the play from a Rice Insti-
tute point of view was that LSU
won.
From a defensive standpoint Rice
has not looked too good on plays off
tackles, and around end both in the
Clemson game and against LSU.
This weakness will have to be elim-
inated before Rice can regain the
place that was expected of it in
the Southwest Conference chase.
Tobin Rote and other Owl quarter-
backs must have better protection
than they were given if they are to
be expected to pass efficiently
enough to loosen up the defense.
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 1949, newspaper, October 7, 1949; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230817/m1/8/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.