The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-16
BY JACK GUENTHER United Preas Staff Correspondent

BY JACK GUENTHER United Press Staff Correspondent
 New York, Dec. ie-x(Up)-The re- turn of Minnesota to the mythical national championship, the revival oe the Army and Navy as major powers and an unprecedented wave of upsets which knocked ell but three nanno teams from the per- feet record ranks were the doI1l- lnant developments in college foot- ball during 1e4l.
 The Golden 0ophers, heading the parade with . second straight un- defeated season which stretched their string of triumphS to i7, won most of the national honors. They won the Western conference and national titles for the second year, placed two men on the United Press All America, and earned for Bernie Dierman the United Press noril- ination as coach of the year.
 Only two other teams kept pace with Minnesota and ended their reasons undefeated and united. They were Duke, which won high scoring fonorS with 3ii points In nine games and captured the south ern conference pennant, and Du. quesne, which also won nine straight Independents. While they attained their first undefeated season since 1880, the Irish of Notre Dame missed e perfect record when tied by Army.
 The Cadets came Q long way back from the depths to which they fell In le40. Under the lead- erShlp of Earl Blalk, who left Dart mouth for West Point, they began building up and ended the season with their best record in years. Navy, meanwhile, turned out one of the best elevens in Annapolis history and lost only one game .- that by e single touchdown to No- tre Dame.
 First Fowl Bid
 Races In the various sections gem orally were scrambled. Oregon State took advantage of Stanford's sur- pflsing collapse to win the Pacific coast conference championship and hltS first Rose Bowl bid--later can- celed by the war although twice beaten. The Texas Aggies wrapped up the Southwest title for the third straight year although crushed, 23- O. by Texas, and returned to the Cotton Bowl to represent the con- ference.
 After q two year lapse, Missouri returned to power as champion oi the Big Six and was invited te meet Fordharn in the Sugar Bowl The Tigers, although beaten bS Ohio State In the opening game came up with one of the nations strongest running attacks. Utaf repeated Rs Big Seven champion while Tulsa took the Missouri val Icy title.
 In the South, Mississippi State replaced TenneSS:e as southeast. ern conference champion but deor- gias Bulldogs, although defeated were invited to tho orange Bow to play Texas Christian and anoth. CT Southeastern team, twice-beaten Alabama, was chosen 10 oppose Tex. as A. & M. !n the Cotton Bowl.
 Four FIOps
 Although the weather was un!- foFTnly good and attendance fig. ures hit new highs in most sec. tons, all but the three mentioned teams were either defeated or tied Stanford, Boston College. TennesSeC and Nebraska -- who suffered only one defeat among them in the reg. ular lo40 SeaSon-collapsed entire. ly. Tulane and Texas-both rated aS powerhouseS aS long as c year ago - were deeisively beaten in Shockers which ranked along with lowly Pittshurgh's conquest of Ford. ham.
 Sectional strength centered in the middle west where Minnesota, MS. souri, Notre Dame, Michigan, Ohio State and Northwestern were out. standing and in the southwest where Texas A. & M. and Texas despite its late lapse, ran wild over intersections foes. The Pacific coast was badly battered in inter. sectional competition while only DuqueSne. Fordharn and Pennsyl. vania, which again mastered the Ivy League, upheld the banner oi the east.
 Generally speaking. the offensive gained strength and there was { minimum of tie games. Two nev rules, removing the limit on sub stitutions and loosening up passing aided the attack and failed to slow up the game as expected. New de- fensive line-upS, notably those de. vised by Dick Harlow at Harvard were introduced successfully along with plenty of defensive shifts.
 The TT" formation fell apart a Stanford, but 1t was used with gooC results ct Missouri. Notre Dame anC Army both worked plays from thil formation while utilizing the straigh pass from center. Laterals fell iron use except at Texas but forwards were built deeper than ever int most of the major offensives anC figured prominently in big games.
 Coaches Move
 Seventeen coaches transferred tC new jobs. Frank Leahy, who went from Boston college to Notre Dame was the most successful rookie al- though Paul Brown, who climbed from Massilon. O., high school tc Ohio State, was a close second Howard Jones, longtime exponent of the power play at Southern Cal. ifornia, died in the spring while Bot zuppke. after long fight, resigned at Illinois.
 Although Bruce Smith of Minne- sota and Bill Dudley of Virginia won most of the national individual awards, they lacked the popular ap- peal of Tom Harmon and John Kim brough of l94O. Dudley, Smith, Bot Westfall of Michigan and Frank Sinkwich of Georgia comprised the United Press All-America hacktield behind line composed of Holt Rasi Of AlahaFaM and Trta YAown aaR Arnk,.a