Sooners Find Santa Clara Tough Again
Oklahoma holds off Santa Clara 28-21 as George Thomas scores three touchdowns setting a new Big Seven scoring mark. Santa Clara, defeated only briefly by the Sooners, suffered seven fumbles to six by Oklahoma in a battle before 59,000 at Norman.
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Oklahoma
George Thomas
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Wsborn
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Vargas
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Tipps
Cecconi Leads Panthers To 19 0 Win Over Penn State
Lou Cecconi, Pitt halfback known as Bimbo, scored two touchdowns and threw a third pass as Pitt defeated Penn State 19 to 0. A 44,571 crowd braved intermittent snow squalls and freezing rain in Pittsburgh.
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Bimbo) Cecconi
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Newberry Indians Upset Presbyterian With Late Scores
Newberry's Indians rallied in the final quarter to defeat Presbyterian 20 to 14 before about 5 000 fans in Newberry South Carolina Hank Witt sparked the comeback by throwing a touchdown pass to Jack Hall who sprinted 33 yards after catching it The play set up the go ahead score in the closing minutes Max Dubose gave Newberry a second fourth quarter TD with a 73 yard punt return scamper
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Presbyterian
Hank Witt
Sparkplug
Jack Hall
Hall
Max Dubose
Buzz Tedard
Purdue Defeats Indiana To Retain Old Oaken Bucket
Purdue beat Indiana 14 to 6 in Bloomington as John Kerestes scored twice late in 95 yard drives. Indiana finished the season without a Western Conference win and Clifton Anderson of Cape May set two league records.
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John Kerestes
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Clifton Anderson
Cape May
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Davidson Defeats Rollins 25-0 Behind Lambeth Passes
Davidson College Wildcats defeat Rollins College Tars 25 to 0 in Orlando. Lambeth, 12 of 22 passing for two touchdowns, aided by Jake and Ham Wade, led a 382 yard offense including 266 passing. Rollins, missing several regulars, managed 117 yards and six passing yards. Runyan and H Wade also scored.
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Tech Edges South Carolina 13 3 in Rough Tilt
South Carolina’s running game produced early success led by Steve Wadiak but Georgia Tech rallied late. Darrrell Crawford Colin Anderson Buster Humphreys and Bobby North sparked a 12 2 fourth quarter surge but Tech held to win as 20 000 fans watched.
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Darrell Crawford
Colin Anderson
Buster Humphreys
Bobby North
Red Patton
Georgia
Missouri Rallies From 20-Point Lead To Beat Kansas 34 28
Missouri Tigers overturned a 20 point halftime edge to defeat the Kansas Jayhawks 34 to 28 in Lawrence. The crowd near 40,000 saw Missouri clinch second place in the Big Seven and keep alive postseason bowl hopes.
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Tech Scoring Slowed In First Half Against South Carolina
Georgia Tech led South Carolina 3 0 at halftime as Bill Killey a Lowell mass junior end connected on a 21 yard field goal. The game highlighted slow defense and early scoring with Tech advantage before final.
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Wadiak
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Mass
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Lon Ekimoff
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Trojans Beat UCLA 21 7 In Crosstown Showdown
In Los Angeles on November 19 USC used fourth string QB Dean Schneider to edge UCLA 21 to 7 before 75028 fans. The victory knocks UCLA from Rose Bowl contention as California had already clinched a share. The Trojans broke a 7 7 deadlock late and added a TD in stoppage time.
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Freshman Papoose Shock Wake Forest 13 0
William and Mary freshman team defeated Wake Forest first-year players 13 to 0 in Williamsburg. John Connors led the offense as the Papooses dominated with 258 rushing yards and contained Wake Forest aerial attack.
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Holy Cross Falls to Navy in Worcester
Navy defeated Holy Cross 20 to 7 at Fitton Field in Worcester. Temple University’s team scored three touchdowns in the first half and held off Holy Cross’s late aerial attack. The Crusaders suffered their eighth loss of the season, a record for Holy Cross in 54 years of grid play.
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Tulane Trots Virginia With Early Punch In Charlottesville
Tulane moved to 28-14 over Virginia as Ed Price led the Green Wave ground scheme and Joe Ernst connected on two passing TDs. Virginia's Johnny Papit ran 113 yards on 19 carries but the Cavaliers fell behind 14-0, battled back to draw even in the second half, and the crowd of 30,070 saw a decisive Tulane win.
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