re: REMINDER: Texas A&M was outgained in total yardage by Rice.

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The "Bench Tackle of 1954" is the one play that college football will never forget. Just as it appeared that Rice halfback Dicky Maegle would score on a 95-yard touchdown run, Alabama's Tommy Lewis leaped off the Crimson Tide bench to tackle the Owls' All-America running back at the 42-yard line. Referee Cliff Shaw ruled that Maegle would have scored had it not been for Lewis' bizarre play and awarded the touchdown to Rice. Later, Lewis admitted that he was just "too full of Alabama" to watch Maegle race down the sideline for a touchdown.

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