Evening star., 1943-11-29
Flood That FIahens
Irish Ruins F. & NJ,
Randolph Field
BY TED MEIER,
Associated Press Sports Writer

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NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-That long
delayed wave of upsets that usually
marks every college football season
struck unexpectedly last week and
left In its wake the wreckage Of
Notre Danes dream for perfect
season.
Perhaps even more shocking than
last years 55-12 rout of mighty
Boston College by Holy Cross was
the sizzling news late Saturday that
Great Lakes had completed 46-
yard pass in the last 80 seconds to
humble the fighting Irish, 1914.
Other Records Smeared.
Coming in the last regular week
Of the l943 campaign the wave of
upsets also bowled over unbeaten
and united Randolph Field of
Texas; Franklin and Marshall of
Lancaster, Pa, and almost gave un-
derdog Cornell victory over
Pennsylvania. Virtually overlooked
was Nays 1870 triumph over Army
in the game that was expected to
be the outstanding one Of the week.
Behind, 1877, Notre Dame had
taken a 14-12 lead on Creighton
Miller's touchdown with one min
ute to play, a touchdown that
apparently assured the Irish their
10th straight victory and their first
unbeaten, united season since the
1890 Knute Rockne team.
But the Sailors put on a regular
movie finish after that. The Irish
kicked of to the Sailors 81. Steve
Lach completed pass to the Irish
46. On the next play he faded
back while Paul Anderson cut be-
hind the Notre Dame secondary
and shared Lach's perfect peg on
the without a soul near him.
There can be little doubt, however,
that the Irish still rank as the No.
l team in the country on the basis
of their victories over Pitt, Georgia
Tech, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois,
Navy, Army, Northwestern and the
Seahawks.
Hamberg's Kicking Tells.
Navy, aided greatly by Hal Ham,
berg's coffin corner punting, showed
over two second-half touchdowns
for its fifth straight victory over
Army and won the Eastern cham
pionship. Like the Seahawks, Navy
finished its season beaten only by
Notre Dame. The Seahawks
trounced Minnesota, $40, in their
last game.
Randolph Field went down before
southwestern Louisiana Institute,
60, while Bucknell defeated F.. and
M, 2l-13. A cof11n corner punt by
Alvin Dark that went out on the
Randolph 1 in the third period
paved the way for the s. L. I. score.
Glenn Dobbs, star Randolph for
ward passer, gambled on an aerial
from the end zone. Fred Jacobs,
reserve S. L. I. half, intercepted 1t
on the 18 and ran for the only
touchdown of the game.
Although defeated, Randolph
Field was selected yesterday to op-
pose Texas in the Cotton Bowl on
New Year Day. Texas won the
Southwest Conference title by beat
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giving.
Sectional Leaders.
Except for the bowl games and a
March Field-Del Monte Preflight
game on December IL, the season
is over The outstanding teams in |
their sections included Navy, Dart
mouth, Army and Penn in the East;
Duke, L. S. U. and Georgia Tech
In the South; Texas, Texas Aggies
and Tulsa in the Southwest: Pur-
due, Notre Dame, Northwestern,
Great Lakes and Iowa Seahawks in
the Midwest; Oklahoma in the Big
Six; Colorado College in the Rocky
Mountains and Southern California,
Washington, College of Pacific,
March Field and Del Monte Pre-
flight on the Pacific Coast.
Here's the lineup of the bowl
games: Southern California and
Washington in the Rose Bowl;
Georgia Tech and Tulsa in the
Sugar Bowl; Louisiana State and
Texas Aggies in the Orange Bowl;
Texas and Randolph Field in the
Cotton Bowl. An opponent still is
to be named for New Mexico in the
Sun Bowl. In addition, the annual
East-West game will be played at
San Francisco.