Duke vs. USC

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  Evening star, January 3, 1939, page 13

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  Trojan Triumph Provides Most Bowl Thrills Final Football! Fling Marked by Violence, High Hysterio Texas Christian and Tennessee got throwing holds on the national football championship and Dukes dreams Of football empire faded in the bleak atmosphere of the Arroyo Seco as the football season ended yesterday on note of violence and high hysteria. = Only boVl game to end all bowl games can settle the mythical title chase now. Texas Christian effectively drubbed Carnegie Tech, Is to 7, in the New Orleans Sugar Bowl yesterday, while Tennessee rolled steadily to a ITO win over Oklahoma, hitherto inviolate, in the Orange Bowl at Miami to preserve the seasons two most enviable records. But if the Horned Frogs and the Volunteers gained the greatest glory, twice-beaten Southern California provided the drama. With little over a minute to play and Duke protecting a 80 lead, Doyle Nave, fourth string quarterback, threw four complete passes to accomplish a 7–⁠3 triumph for the Trojans in the Rose Bowl as 1000, the days biggest crowd, looked on. This defeat ended season in which the Dukes from Durham, N. c., had marched through teir schedule undefeated, united and unscored upon, lone major aggregation to &C complish the feat Battling Keen in Texas. Elsewhere on the bowl horizon Utah slapped New Mexico, 26–⁠0, in the Sun Bowl game at Ell Paso with 1880 in. the stands and Texas Techs passes bounced back and bit the Red Raiders as ST. Marys won, 20-l3, in the Cotton Bowl at Dallas before 10000. In two intersectional all-star games the West drubbed the East by 14–⁠0 and the North punched out a hard-earned touchdown to whip the South, TO. Two of the Nations biggest foot ball regulations emerged unscathed in the bowl games. They belonged to Davy OBrien and Tennessee. OBrien completed II out of % passes, l for touchdown, and place. kicked field goal to lead the T. C. U. victory march. Trailing at the half for the first time this season, 7–⁠6, the Frogs scored on O’Brien’ S touchdown pass and Dayey’s field goal in the final periods to take a solid, willy Carnegie eleven. The Skibos also scored by air before $4,000, biggest gathering in Sugar Bowl history. Orange Bowl Fight Bitter. Tennessee and Oklahoma fought it out in a conflict that was just a shade behind the second battle of the Marine in bitterness. The fisticutting on both sides couldn’t OBJ scure the Vols all-around effective ness. however. They bottled up the Sooners’ aerial thrusts when the going got tough and broke George Cafego and Babe Wood, the run ming backs, loose at opportune moments as an overflow crowd of 32.l91 watched. Tennessee, like T. C. u, thus emerged from the season undefeated and united. These two have no more worlds to conquer. It was left to Southern Califor- MIA, whipped by Alabama and shaded by Washington, to burst the Duke bubble. The men of Troy had the better of it in the statistics all the way. But when Tony Ruffa, the stumpy Duke man of all work, place-kicked a field goal it seemed they were licked. Then Howard Jones lifted Grenville Lansdell and sent Nave in at quarter. He was the business. Nave drove pass to AL Kruger for IA yards and then aerialed to the same operative for 10. A short pass with two cooperating lost 2 yards. Then, with time running out, Nave threw one 18 yards and the Dukes were licked. = Texas Tech Starts Late. Utah’s triumph over New Mexico was high-l Lighted by steady ground gaining and first period in which the Utes got two touchdown jump on the Lobos. st. Mary’s worked in similar fashion against Texas Tech, holding a 300 lead at the start of the final period, the last touchdown coming as the result of Herbert Hoover Smiths return of an intercepted pass. The Red Raiders then started on their aerial game in dead earnest and scored two touchdowns, one on a screen pass which Elmer Tarbox carried 80 yards, the second on a 32-yard heave. Passing, which contributed might lily to the days events, was the dominant factor in the East-West

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, January 3, 1939, page 3

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  ROSE BOWL GAME WON, 305E(0ND5 Southern California De- feats Duke University by Score of ! to } PASADENA, Cal, Jan. 3.-South- ern Californias mighty Trojans rode to the peak of the comeback trail yesterday afternoon with a 61-yard touchdown drive in the last 30 sec onds of the Rose Bowl game and de- feated Duke University to 3 before 1000 fans. The substitute “story book” half back Doyle Nave, made four con- secutive passes to end Al Kreuger, the fourth pass good for 18 yards into the end zone just few seconds before the game ended It was a great Rose Bowl battle for three quarters with Eric Tipton, Dukes one-man offensive the threat. He consistently kicked Cali

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  Imperial Valley press, January 5, 1939, page 4

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  Nave VIII Receive Letter LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5. CUPD = Award of a football letter to Doyle Nave, hero of the Rose Bowl game, was recommended today by Coach Howard Jones. The bStitUte quarterback warmed University of Southern California’s S bench most of the season hence has Only third of the 165 minutes of playing time required for a letter His teammates concurred thai Nave deserved the emblem for the four straight passes he shot to Al Krueger for the 7–⁠3 victory over Duke in the dying seconds of the New Years game.

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USC leads 3–⁠0 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.