No. 9: Dinkle's 9-yard Bowl-Winning Touchdown

No. 9 - Renzi To Dinkle Wins Optimist Bowl

With the score tied at 7, Pacific scored with just three minutes remaning in the 1946 Optimist Bowl, and Amos Alonzo Stagg was in very good position to win his final college game, this one over North Texas.

First year coach of North Texas, Odus Mitchell, would not have that happen. Pacific missed the extra point, and North Texas now had an opportunity to win outright down 13-7. North Texas took the ensuing kick back to the 28 yard line. With starting quarterback Fred McCain sent off for fighting earlier in the game, North Texas started to make its comeback. Joe Gleb passed to Luther Famboro for 28 yards. With the ball on Pacific's 44, North Texas threw two incompletions. Bobby Furrh rushed for 10 on a draw play to move the chains, and Pacific was penalized for 15 yards.

North Texas, set up on the 14 yard line, got another five yard penalty to bring up first down on the nine yard line.

North Texas threw incomplete on first down. And on second down. And third down.

With nine seconds left, and the game in the balance on fourth down, Louis Reinzi found Billy Dinkle between the goalposts for a nine yard touchdown grab to tie the game. Dinkle converted the extra point and North Texas won its first bowl game by a score of 14-13.

100	100-yd fumble return for TD	75-	"Mean Joe" Greene	50-	Gross and Washington	25-	Conference Titles
99	Fitzgerald Goes The Distance	74-	NT Downs No. 20 SDSU	49-	Keith Chapman FGs	24-	Talking About Willis
98	Sears Woods' Stuns Knoxville	73-	Fry & the new Mean Green	48-	Cody Spencer	23-	Rev. Maher Dominates Southland
97-	NT Blows Out Decatur Baptist	72-	Yaege's Stellar Season	47-	First Homecoming	22-	Walker Passes Rice
96-	96 Years Of Football	71-	Steve Ramsey's TDs	46-	Meager Against SMU	21-	Cobbs 100-Yard Games
95-	The Jump To Division I-A	70-	Little's 1970 Season	45-	Cobb Scores 45	20-	Fouts Arrives In Denton
94-	Optimist Bowl Offense	69-	7 All-Conference in '69	44-	Not A Day To Rush	19-	Haynes Scores 19 TDs
93-	Michael High KR Yards	68-	A Consensus All-American	43-	Patrick Cobbs	18-	Miracle In the Desert
92-	Gowin 92-Yard Punt	67-	Armour Anchors NT Offense	42-	Craig Robertson	17-	The Ramsey Plan
91-	Chancellor Saves The MGRN	66-	Love Tops 1,000 Yds	41-	Erric Pegram	16-	2002 All-Conference Record
90-	Renfro/Haynes Tally 90 pts.	65-	St. Clair's Win Pct	40-	Fry Win Total	15-	Renfro All-America
89-	Redwine Bursts Onto Scene	64-	Spider's Special Season	39-	Jack Sisco and 1939	14-	Vidal Carlin
88-	Mean Green Robbed	63-	NT & Navy Light Up The Scoreboard	38-	2002 NMSU Win	13-	Shanklin's Big Year
87-	Fitzgerald Fries Competition	62-	Khoury's 62-yd FG	37-	Dunbar TDs (so far)	12-	Andrew Smith
86-	Mean Green 86 The Toads	61-	Kennedy's 61 TFL	36-	What A Rush	11-	Scott Hall
85-	Adrian Awasom	60-	Fouts Field	35-	Galbreath Seals NO Bowl Win	10-	10 Wins in 1947
84-	Brown Delivers For NT	59-	The '59 Sun Bowl Squad	34-	Ja'Quay Wilburn	9-	Dinkle's Winning TD
83-	83 All-Conference Selections	58-	Mitchell Claims COY	33-	Ray Renfro	8-	Friday, September 2
82-	Corky Nelson	57-	Thomas Scampers For 57	32-	The First All-American	7-	Saturday, September 3
81-	One Of The Greats	56-	Scott Davis Completion Pct	31-	31 NT All-Americans	6-	Sunday, September 4
80-	Cedric The Sack- Getter	55-	Gill, NT's First Retired Number	30-	Former NCAA Record 30 TDs	5-	Monday, September 5
79-	"Blow George, Blow!"	54-	Pair's Punts	29-	29,473 Fans	4	Tuesday, September 6
78-	J.T. Smith Joins the NFL	53-	OSU's 53 Passing Yards	28-	Abner Haynes	3-	Wednesday, September 7
77-	North Texas Goes 10- 1	52-	Fouts Field Opens	27-	Maher Destroys Passing TD Mark	2-	Thursday, September 8
76-	Blizzard Battle With FSU	51-	Bahnsen Named All-American	26-	Consecutive SBC Wins	1-	Friday, September 9

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