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Owls QB Vernon Glass, who was a three-year football letterman (1948-49-50) and a three-year baseball letterman (1949-50-51), threw 4 touchdown passes in the first game at Rice Stadium seventy-five years ago yesterday on September 30, 1950. (Thanks, Mike Ross and Scott Wise!)
Trivia Question:
Seventy-five years ago today on September 30, 1950, Rice played its first game at Rice Stadium. Name the Owls quarterback who threw four touchdown passes in the game. For a bonus point, name the other sport that he lettered in at Rice. Email your answer(s) here.
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Naval Academy graduate John McMullen ’40 owned the Houston Astros from 1979 to 1990. Tomorrow, Navy football hosts Rice in Annapolis. (Thanks, Tom Stallings and Mike Ross!)
Trivia Question:
Name the Naval Academy graduate who owned the Houston Astros. Email your answer here.
Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Guy Rollins for the guest trivia question!
Two-time All-American baseball player Damon Thames ’00, the cousin of Rice freshman football player Ty Thames, was inducted into the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Guest Trivia Question:
Name the Rice freshman football player whose cousin is a member of the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame. Email your answer here.
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In 2014, Brandon Finnegan became the first player to play in a College World Series (for TCU) and a MLB World Series (for the Royals). Tomorrow, the Owls volleyball team hosts the Horned Frogs (including Coach Volpe’s daughter Alice) at Tudor Fieldhouse. (Thanks, Steve Gilliland, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Trivia Question:
First, Ted Richard also correctly answered Tuesday's trivia question!
Who became the first player to play in a College World Series and a MLB World Series in the same year? Email your answer here.
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Current Rice head football coach Scott Abell was drafted by the Kansas City Royals and spent two years in the minor leagues. (Thanks, Andy Williams, Melinda Clark and Mike Ross!)
Trivia Question:
Name the current head coach at Rice who was drafted by the Kansas City Royals and spent two years in the minor leagues. Email your answer here.