The Campanile . =;:?--?/;;/iif ywa .*\\\ • ..,*\\\ ..,i\W • X^ ^ ///It. • • /. • ^V FOOTBALL, 1921 Ten years of Rice football have failed to produce such a disappointingly dis-astrous season as the Grey and Blue experienced in 21. Games that were lostwhen they should have been won, games that were shambles when they shouldhave been mere losses, made up a gridiron nightmare whose one soothing cir-cumstance was the smashing back of the A. & M. eleven on Armistice Day. Thisgame, a y-J tie, gave Rice a share with Baylor in second conference honors,while the Aggies and Longhorns split first b
The Campanile . =;:?--?/;;/iif ywa .*\\\ • ..,*\\\ ..,i\W • X^ ^ ///It. • • /. • ^V FOOTBALL, 1921 Ten years of Rice football have failed to produce such a disappointingly dis-astrous season as the Grey and Blue experienced in 21. Games that were lostwhen they should have been won, games that were shambles when they shouldhave been mere losses, made up a gridiron nightmare whose one soothing cir-cumstance was the smashing back of the A. & M. eleven on Armistice Day. Thisgame, a y-J tie, gave Rice a share with Baylor in second conference honors,while the Aggies and Longhorns split first between them in their memorableThanksgiving battle. To what can the results be attributed? No one can say definitely. The Ricewarriors at the outset looked to be as braw a gathering, of football players ascould be found in the State,—ten letter men from the 20 squad; a half-dozenstars from the freshman eleven; a hefty, speedy line and a well-balanced,aggressive backfield with Captain Eddie Dyer back to lead them; two sterlingcoaches in Verges of Ohio State and Hilty of Pit
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