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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 27, 1946

Page

5

Rice Upsets Texas 18 13 Ends Longhorns Perfect Record

Rice defeats Texas 18 13 in Houston as Don Anderson opens the scoring and Virgil Eikenberg connects twice to End Mindell Williams. Texas anteed two Ray mond Jones plunges, Layne falters with an interception in the final 40 seconds. Rice dominates with sustained drives and a sharp defense before 30 000 spectators.

Houston Texas Rice Longhorns Jess Neely Bobby Layne Don Anderson Owls Raymond Jones Layne Virgil Hikenberg Mindell Williams Eikenberg Williams Jones Water Sweer tereersBssess Seeses Bechtel Watmsefone Oeeeers Os Wetz Nichols Lgissee Collins Price T Nassee A . Harris Umbig Sesases Mitchel ‘Malmberg Kellev Gram Ves McCallike

Upper Iowa Noses Out Parsons 7-6 in Iowa clash

Special to The Gazette Fairfield Iowa Upper Iowas offense clicked once in Saturdays Iowa conference game but it was enough to edge Parsons 7-6 Left halfback Bob Hall scored the decisive touchdown from two yards Arbe Bareis added the extra point Parsons answered with a second quarter passing TD Don Wire to Bill Schumacher for 12 yards Parsons held nine first downs to Upper Iowas seven and totaled 98 yards to 93 for the winner

Gazette Fairfield Upper Iowa Iowa Parsons Bob Hall Arbe Bareis Don Wire Bill Schumacher

Illinois Forward Wall Halts Michigan 13-9

Illinois upset Michigan 13 to 9 as a stout forward wall stopped two late Michigan drives from inside its own 10 yard line. Sam Zatkoff’s third period interception return swung the game after Michigan led 7-7. Illinois then held on to ruin Michigan’s first place tie prospects in the Big Nine.

Illinois Michigan Ann Arbor Mich Wolverines Illini Northwestern Sam Zathoff Siniend Bob Chappuis Bob Wiese Jim Brieske Iun Paul Patterson Don Maechtle Zatkoff

Lujack's Passes and Irish Line Open Big Win Over Iowa

Notre Dame powered past Iowa 41 to 6 in a Saturday game before an announced crowd of 52,311. Johnny Lujack starred in passing wizardry while Notre Dame's line play disrupted Iowa, repeatedly forcing turnovers and scoring on misplayed passes. The Hawkeyes fumbled four times, recovered by the Irish, as Leahy used multiple complete teams to overwhelm Iowa’s defense and offense.

Iowa City Notre Dame Iowa Hawkeyes Hawks Frank Leahy Army Texas Johnny Lujack Ben Raimondi Indiana Lujack Leahy Towa Emlen Gremlin

Weep Reading Opens Hawkeyes Kickoff With Notre Dame

Notre Dame won the opening toss and used the wind to pressure Iowa as Dick Woerner fumbled early. Lujack recovered for Notre Dame on the Iowa 29, Banks made a four yard loss tackle, and Lujack connected on a high lazy pass for a score as Fred Earley converted. The game began with a rapid exchange of punts and a brisk Iowa ground march from the Town 42.

Earl Banks Lujack Terry Brennan Hoerner Bob Sullivan Fred Earley Lowa Smith

Football results sweep from Midwest and Southwest conferences

Football scores list multiple games across conferences. Lawrence defeated Coe 37 to 0 while Ripon beat Monmouth 20 to 6 and Grinnell trailed Cornell 20 to 6. Other notable results include Texas A&M 17 Baylor 0 and Oklahoma 31 Iowa State 0.

Midwest Lawrence Coe Knox Beloit Ripon Monmouth Cornell Grinnell Marquette Arizona

Ohio State crushes Minnesota 39-9 to prove new offense

In Columbus, Ohio State used a revitalized attack to overcome Minnesota. Despite a 9-7 Gopher lead early, the Buckeyes rallied with a sharp passing game and new formation to seize control, scoring twice after turnovers and settling the outcome with a 39-9 victory at Ohio Stadium.

John G Dietrich Columbus Ohio Ohio State Minnesota Ohio Stadium Paul Bixler Buckeyes

Ohio State Drives Past Minnesota in First Half Scoring Burst

Ohio State opened with a 70 yard march led by Bob Brugge who ran 31 yards for six play TD. Brugge added a 24 yard scorer on another drive and connected with Ernie Parks for a 29 yard TD pass as OSU led 26 9 at halftime. Minnesota defense held later in the period.

Minnesota Ohio State Berne Bierman Husky Gophers George Spencer Bill Elliott Ohio Everette Faunce Gordon Soltau Buckeyes Jas “Whislin Joe Whisler Johnny Stangis Golden Gophers Bill Bye Bill Beiersdorf Merland Kispert Bob Brugge Brugge Ernie Parks

First Place Still Belongs To Lawrence

Special to The Gazette Appleton Wisconsin Coe College dropped its third Midwest conference contest Saturday losing 37 to 0 to league leading Lawrence Vikings. Lawrence dominated with a strong line and efficient scoring drives starting with Carl Giordano on the eight yard run and finishing with multiple scoring plays including passes from Giordano and a Bartosic plunge. Lawrence led 24-0 at halftime and extended the margin in the second half as Coe struggled to move the ball and fumbled at key moments.

Gazette Appleton Wis Coe College Vikings Lawrence Billy Arnett Coe Viking Kohawks Carl Giordano Giordano Moriarty Don Rummell Bartosic Kenny Popps Davis Vike Radtke Arnett Glenn Genz Marty Thorson Supiano Boya Nielson Bruce Larson Chuck Elias Hubers Dick Flom

Tulsa Crushes Kansas 56-6 at Skelly Stadium

The Tulsa Golden Hurricane rebound from a loss to Detroit by routing Kansas 56 to 6 before 13,000 at Skelly Stadium. Kansas managed only one touchdown against Tulsa’s dominant defense and strong offense, as Tulsa did almost everything right in the game.

Tulsa Okla Ins Tulsa Golden Hurricane University of Detroit Kansas Jayhawk Skelly Stadium Kansas Hurricanes

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