The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28
,1obeaten Teams Al Texas,
Tennessee, Michigan,
State Toppled

yFW YORK, Oct. 27 - (P -
rta football seismograph still re-
.c,ed sunday from another series
a. ~aheavals that shook the pig
~ .+.ia world and toppled some of
en- nations powers from their
lofty positions
aao the same since little Gin
.sS y started it rocking by whip
. .ao Indiana's big nine champ.
r5 'vav back in September when
w.. W. b~asebalIers apparently were
4st Getting their second wind.
The most cesounding crash was
..s~d from Texas where a fight
Rice eleven tumbled mighty
r6vss from the unbeaten and
-s;tpd list with an 1913 upset of
~.+ounding proportion.
Deacons's Win
uo.vv damage also was conferred
.ne South where Wake Forest,
sa.,en for the first time only a
rock ago by North Carolina State,
listed Tennessee's perfect record
~i,5 = smashing 1876 triumph. and
W. twice.beaten. twice-tied Virginia
Tech squad handed N. c. State
ls first licking, 1916.
The six other major elevens with
mbeaten and united records -
G~mv. Notre Dame, Pennsylvania,
nc L. A.. Georgia. and Harvard
managed to keep their states
dean but there were plenty OF
ot5pr form r~eversals along with the
snsets that dumpeo Texas, Tenn
sssee and N. c. State.
Hapless Mississippi clipped
Arkansas 81; Southern Methodist
tranked Missouri 40; Illinois re-
FAMED prestige by nosing out
Michigan 1879; West Virginia trip
ned Syracuse, 1870; Kings Point S
Merchant Mariners squeezed past
Fordham. rs; moderated Gin
~innati staged another surprise in
oonouering Michigan State; 1877,
md Boston University's weak
squad scored a moral victory in
vino Browns Ivy league-s, 14-14.
Tar Heels :
North Carolina, Oregon and
Northwestern, unbeaten but once
led. kept in step with the first
TX by piliag up easy victories.
Army, held s~co~eless on the
ground for the first time since it
started its 24-game victory string,
look TO the air to overcome the
powerfully defensive Duke Blue
Devils, 1910 at the Polo Grounds.
The Cadets touchdown twins,
Jounior Davis ard Doc Blanchard,
piled up yardage on the ground
out it was Arnold fuckers passing
arm that forced the victory. Tuck
sr tossed three touchdown aerials,
two Of them to Davis TO keep the
Cadets rolling.
Another great passing perform.
ance was turned in by Notre
Danes Johnny Lujack who pitch
ed the Irish to a humping 41-6
victory over Iowa to give the ma
ton second ranking squad its first
triumph over the HaWkeyes in
Iowa City.
Powerful Pennsylvania rolled
ever Navy, 32-l9, with skippy
M5aisi dazzling the capacity crowd
IN Philadelphia''s FGranklin Field
with a truly All-American perform
a.ce. The Quakers closed the
sa.es in the second half by with
arawing Minisi and the rest of the
first team.
U. c. L. As Bruins passed an
other hurdle en- route to the Rose
Bowl in easy fashion by massacr-
ing Santa Clara 1877 while Georgia
SteamroIlered Furman, TOT. Har-
Yard headed into November with
d 30 record by defeating Holy
Cross, 1876.
Florida Loses
North Carolina polished off
FLORIDA, 40-19, but Oregon got
plenty of resistance from Idaho
0efore winning 26-13. Northwest
ems big nine conference leaders
look things easy with Alonzo
9'aggs College of the Pacific
visitors, winning 26-13.
Although Notre Dame overcame
ls Iowa City Jinx, Texas still was
"ood0oed by Rice. The Triumph
marked the Owls third victory
qyef Texas in as many years.
6ea'eA only by Louisiana State, z
D. IN their opener, the Owls, now
Io-olhg a Al record, scored first
u me starting period, were tied
[0! d. The half, and then scared
1acf with u points in the third
40aIter 10 clinch the contest. The
,oagnorns rallied under Bobby
Lsyne's leadership to tally seven
Eu-4's In the closing frame but
@s Owls held -esolutely to their
i've point margin.
-ayne gave a magnificent per-
9imahce connecting for IL out
~ passes for 100 yards - but