Sooners edge Missouri 20-3 in defensive battle
No. 2 Oklahoma barely defeats inspired Missouri 20 to 3 in Columbia. A blocked field goal and a 44 yard touchdown pass sauced the scoring after two second quarter TDs, despite four Sooners fumbles and a goalless second half. Roy Bell’s 78 yard run provided the decisive margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia, Mo
UPI
Oklahoma
Missouri
Sooners
Tigers
Greg Pruitt
Jack Mildren
Roy Bell
Pruitt
Mildren
Driscoll
Michigan State Tops Ohio State In Rain Delayed Win
Michigan State defeats eighth ranked Ohio State 17 to 10 in Columbus as Eric The Flea Allen scores twice on short plunges after capitalizing on two OSU errors. Boris Shlapak adds a 47 yard field goal. Morris Bradshaw runs in for OSU and Fred Schram kicks a 30 yarder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
UPI
Eric
Allen
Michigan State
Ohio State
Buckeyes
Ohio State and Michigan State Football Recap With Scoring
In a tense game, Shlapak kicks a 47 yard field goal for Ohio State after a Bradshaw 11 yard run by Michigan State. Schram adds a 30 yard field goal for Ohio State and Alien scores on a 2 yard run for Michigan State. Allen adds a 7 yard run for Michigan State with Shliapak’s kick. Attendance reported as 86,616.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State
Ohio State
MSU
Shlapak
Ohio
Nebraska Rolls Past Iowa State in 37-0 Shutout
No 1 Nebraska combines stingy defense with Johnny Rodgers rushes and Rich Sanger kicking to defeat Iowa State 37-0. Rodgers scores twice including a 62 yard punt return as Huskers push win streak to 19 and unbeaten streak to 28. Sanger booted three field goals, defense limited ISU to 124 total offensive yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
UPI
Nebraska
Johnny Rodgers
Rich Sanger
Iowa State
Rodgers
Sanger
Cyclones
Huskers
Mitchell fuels Penn State romp over Maryland in record day
Penn State star Lydell Mitchell ran for 209 yards and scored five touchdowns, vaulting to 1,174 rushing yards this season and 2,541 in his PSU career. The seventh ranked Nittany Lions beat Maryland 63-27 to stay undefeated at eight wins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Park
UPI
Penn State
Lydell Mitchell
Lions
Maryland
Mitchell
Michell
Lenny Moore
Kent State blanks Herd in Kent State 21-0 victory
Kent State stops Marshall inside the 20 eight times and wins 21-0. Renard Harmon runs 13 yards for a score, Jeff Murrey adds a 13 yard end around, and Art Hayes connects with Murrey on a two yard TD pass. Marshall fumbles four times and is held on four other possessions in the red zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent, Ohio
UPI
Kent State
Marshall University
KSU
Thundering Herd
Kent
Renard Harmon
Jeff Murrey
Art Hayes
Murrey
Marshall
Strock kicks twice as Hokies shut out Virginia 6-0
Virginia Tech defeats Virginia 6-0 as Dave Strock kicks two field goals, 31 and 30 yards, in a tight defensive game. Hokies' defense holds for first time this season to win at Charlottesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
UPI
Dave Strock
Virginia Tech
Gobblers
Virginia
Strock
Old Dominion
Illini Rally Edges Indiana 22-21 in Big Ten Thriller
Bloomington Ind. Illinois halfback Ed Jenkins scored a touchdown and added a two point conversion in the final five minutes to cap a comeback 22-21 victory over Indiana. The Illini seized their third straight Big Ten win after a rough start, while Indiana suffered its 11th straight conference defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
UPI
Ed Jenkins
Illinois
Indiana
Illini
Big Ten
Hoosiers
Jenkins
Mike Wells
Elias prepares for clash at Morgantown High Gym
George Elias, West Virginia middleweight champion and University student, meets Wisconsin ruler Don Lutz in a 8:30 pm pro bout at Morgantown High School gym. Elias rides a 10 fight knockout streak. Lutz has 19-3-2 record and is a Ring Magazine 9-2 favorite. The card includes two other pro bouts and three amateur fights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Elias
West Virginia
Morgantown High School
Elias
Wisconsin
Don Lutz
Lutz
Ring Magazine
Morgantown High Boosters Club
Sigma Nu Fraternity
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Army Beats Rutgers 30 17 at Michie Stadium
Army used Rutgers errors to seize control in the third quarter and pull away to a 30-17 victory over Rutgers before 39,841 fans at Michie Stadium in West Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
N.Y
UPI
Army
Rutgers
Scarlet Knights
Michie Stadium
Irish romp by Panthers seventh time
Notre Dame crushed Pitt 56-7 as Ed Gulyas and Larry Parker each scored thrice and twice, with 326 rushing yards on the ground. Pitt fumbled twice and a kickoff to set up three Irish scores, while Cliff Brown added 92 rushing yards and two-point conversions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
UPI
Ed Gulgas
Larry Parker
Notre Dame
Pitt
Irish
Cliff Brown
Subs
Brown
Tom Gatewood
Willie Townsend
Darryll Dewan
John Hogan
Georgia Tech tops Navy 34 to 21 on Ford interception spark
Georgia Tech defeated Navy 34 to 21 as Jeff Ford set a school career record with a key interception return and the Yellow Jackets rose above .500. McAshan connected on a late TD drive and Tech added two field goals and several scoring plays to secure the win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
UPI
Jeff Ford
Georgia Tech
Yellow Jackets
Navy
Mapen New
McAshan
Tigpen
Tech
FG Bonifay
Ford
Lang
Pease
Lanning
Hennessey
Thigpen
van Loan
Stavek
Ates Onch
Marinaro ends home career with 176 rushing yards
Ed Marinaro closed his home collegiate career with 176 rushing yards two touchdowns and a two point conversion to help unbeaten Cornell beat Brown 21 7. The win gave Cornell its seventh straight victory and sole possession of first in the Ivy League while pushing Marinaros career NCAA rushing total to 4308 yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
N.Y
UPI
Ed Marinaro
Cornell
Brown
Big Red
Marinaro
Boston College Upsets Syracuse for 10-3 Victory
In Syracuse, Ray Rippman connected with Ed Rideout on a 23-yard third quarter TD pass to lift Boston College past Syracuse 10-3. Syracuse led 3-0 until BC’s Rideout score, with Kline adding a 37-yard field goal and Syracuse’s Baugher replying with a 25-yard FG. The win improves BC to 6-2 and boosts bowl bid prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N.Y
UPI
Ray Rippman
Ed Rideout
Boston College
Boston
College
Rippman
Rideout
John Kline
Erle Baugher
FG Baugher
Berridge
Ebc
Kline
Dartmouth Stumbles as Columbia Edges With Field Goal
Columbia edged Dartmouth 31-29 after a 34 yard field goal by Paul Kaliades with 48 seconds remaining. Don Jackson directed a late drive from his own 23, connecting with Mike Jones for 20 and 16 yards. Cornell also won 21-7, keeping Dartmouth from a share of the Ivy lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
UPI
Columbia
Paul Kaliades
Dartmouth
Indians
Cornell
Brown
Lions
Don Jackson
Jackson
Mike Jones
Wisconsin rally clinches 14 10 homecoming win over Purdue
Wisconsin, down late, used a 40 yard Graff to Hannah pass to reach Purdue 11 and Al Thompson sprinted in from the three yard line with nine seconds left for a 14-10 comeback victory. Neil Graff connected for the late drive as the Badgers improved to 3-3 in the Big Ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
UPI
al Thompson
Wisconsin
Purdue
Badgers
Neil Graff
al Hannah
Wolverines Rout Iowa in Big Ten clinching blowout
Michigan remains the Big Ten leader with a 63-7 win over Iowa. Sophomore Ed Shuttlesworth scored three times in his first at fullback, sparking a fourth straight dominating performance as Michigan cruised past Iowa. The Hawkeyes scored early on a Sunderman to Triplett pass but the Wolverines answered with four third quarter TDs and anchored the victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
UPI
Ed Shuttlesworth
Michigan
Iowa
Wolverines
Ohio State
Michigan State
Purdue
Hawkeyes
Frank Sunderman
Dave Triplett
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boris Shlapak
Morris Bradshaw
Fred Schram
Brad van Pelt
Doug Halliday
Buckeye
Spartan
Pat Yg
Mary
Behbahani
Ps— Mitchell
Vitiello
Ps—Mitchell
Mary—Neville
Ps—Cole
Hutnagel
Ps—Donchez
Mary—Emrich
Neville
Bahbahani
Ps—Andrew
Mary~Bungori
Shugars
Ps—Nagle
Joachim
Maryland Penn St
Kent State Blanks Herd
OMEGA
Saintes
High Street
Hotel Morgan
VPI
Illini Nia
Panthers
L. Parker
Minnix
No—Gulyas
Thomas
Kinskey
No—Gatewood
Sera Townsend
Thomas i
Dewan
Ae Funkies
Big Leagues
Chestnut Ridge Road
W. V. U. Medical Center
THE
Dominion Post
Morgantown
W.va
UPI Telephoto
Bob Minnix
Graff
Thompson
Mich—Shuttlesworth
Tripiett
Sunderman
Kokolus
Mich—Shuttiesworth
Mich—Taylor
Mich—Doughty
Mich—Rather
Slade
Mich—Walker
Mich—Thornblade
Sd Athade
Rockies
Alps
Aspen
Vail
Steamboat
St. Moritz
Davos
Zermatt
TWA
U.S.A
Europe
Morgantown Travel Service
Ihotel Morgan
Homesite
Clay ST
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!