No. 94: 94-Yds. of Offense Marks Bowl Win

No. 94 - 94-Yards of Offense Marks Optimist Bowl Win

North Texas first bowl appearance in program history came at the 1946 Optimist Bowl in Houston, Texas against the College of the Pacific.

The Eagles, who most of you know won the game, were only able to amass 94 yards of offense on their way to the 14-13 victory over Pacific.

Ned McNeil led the scoring off with a 58-yard interception return in the second quarter, but the Eagles saw Pacific come back in the second half, scoring two straight touchdowns, but missing the last extra point.

After losing starting quarterback Fred McCain in the first quarter after he was ejected for fighting, North Texas stormed down the field on the final drive for the go ahead score.

The Eagles gained 67 of its 94 total yards on the final drive and scored on a nine-yard TD reception by Louis Reinzi from Billy Dinkle with nine seconds left.

Dinkle would then boot through the extra point to give North Texas the lead and ultimately the win.

With the win, the Eagles sent Hall of Fame Coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the inventor of the T-formation, off with a loss in his final game.

Previous Days and Schedule

No. 100-	100-yard fumble return for TD	No. 75-	Monday, June 27	No. 50-	Friday, July 22	No. 25	Tuesday, August 16
No. 99	Fitzgerald Goes The Distance	No. 74-	Tuesday, June 28	No. 49	Saturday, July 23	No. 24	Wednesday, August 17
No. 98	Sears Woods' Stuns Knoxville	No. 73-	Wednesday, June 29	No. 48	Sunday, July 24	No. 23	Thursday, August 18
No. 97-	NT Blows Out Decatur Baptist	No. 72-	Thursday, June 30	No. 47	Monday, July 25	No. 22	Friday, August 19
No. 96-	96 Years Of Football	No. 71-	Friday, July 1	No. 46	Tuesday, July 26	No. 21	Saturday, August 20
No. 95-	The Jump To Division I-A	No. 70-	Saturday, July 2	No. 45	Wednesday, July 27	No. 20	Sunday, August 21
No. 94-	Optimist Bowl Offense	No. 69-	Sunday, July 3	No. 44	Thursday, July 28	No. 19	Monday, August 22
No. 93-	Thursday, June 9	No. 68-	Monday, July 4	No. 43	Friday, July 29	No. 18	Tuesday, August 23
No. 92-	Friday, June 10	No. 67-	Tuesday, July 5	No. 42	Saturday, July 30	No. 17	Wednesday, August 24
No. 91-	Saturday, June 11	No. 66-	Wednesday, July 6	No. 41	Sunday, July 31	No. 16	Thursday, August 25
No. 90-	Sunday, June 12	No. 65-	Thursday, July 7	No. 40	Monday, August 1	No. 15	Friday, August 26
No. 89-	Monday, June 13	No. 64-	Friday, July 8	No. 39	Tuesday, August 2	No. 14	Saturday, August 27
No. 88-	Tuesday, June 14	No. 63-	Saturday, July 9	No. 38	Wednesday, August 3	No. 13	Sunday, August 28
No. 87-	Wednesday, June 15	No. 62-	Sunday, July 10	No. 37	Thursday, August 4	No. 12	Monday, August 29
No. 86-	Thursday, June 16	No. 61-	Monday, July 11	No. 36	Friday, August 5	No. 11	Tuesday, August 30
No. 85-	Friday, June 17	No. 60-	Tuesday, July 12	No. 35	Saturday, August 6	No. 10	Wednesday, August 31
No. 84-	Saturday, June 18	No. 59-	Wednesday, July 13	No. 34	Sunday, August 7	No. 9	Thursday, September 1
No. 83-	Sunday, June 19	No. 58-	Thursday, July 14	No. 33	Monday, August 8	No. 8	Friday, September 2
No. 82-	Monday, June 20	No. 57-	Friday, July 15	No. 32	Tuesday, August 9	No. 7	Saturday, September 3
No. 81-	Tuesday, June 21	No. 56-	Saturday, July 16	No. 31	Wednesday, August 10	No. 6	Sunday, September 4
No. 80-	Wednesday, June 22	No. 55-	Sunday, July 17	No. 30	Thursday, August 11	No. 5	Monday, September 5
No. 79-	Thursday, June 23	No. 54-	Monday, July 18	No. 29	Friday, August 12	No. 4	Tuesday, September 6
No. 78-	Friday, June 24	No. 53-	Tuesday, July 19	No. 28	Saturday, August 13	No. 3	Wednesday, September 7
No. 77-	Saturday, June 25	No. 52-	Wednesday, July 20	No. 27	Sunday, August 14	No. 2	Thursday, September 8
No. 76-	Sunday, June 26	No. 51-	Thursday, July 21	No. 26	Monday, August 15	No. 1	Friday, September 9

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