LSU at Holy Cross

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  The Tacoma times, Tacoma, Wash., October 10, 1939, page 11

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  THOMASSAYS MAJORITY OF UPSETS WERE NOT UPSETS NEW YORK The weekend football picture was splotched with unexpected results from coast to coast today, but one Of the best coaches in the business says the majority of these were not upsets. Frank Thomas. who brought a mighty Alabama team here to upset” Fordham. 7–⁠6, believes most of these early season sur prises result from a general level ing off process that football is undergoing. Alabama’s triumph was one of three that stamped the South as the sectional powerhouse this year. Louisiana State, beaten In its first start by Mississippi, bounced back to crush Holy Cross, rated along with Ford ham and Pitt as the best in the east, 26–⁠7. Duke, seek ing a second straight trip to the Rose bowl, breeZed to a $40 victory over Colgate. Dixieland boasts four more powers in Tennessee, Tulane, Miss issippi and Mississippi State. Ten

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  Evening star, October 8, 1939, page 27

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  L. ). j. Air Raid Puts Holy Cross Hopes On Skids, b-7 BY the Associated PTeSS. WORCESTER, Mass, Oct. THE Holy Cross Crusaders hopes Of becoming q national football power died today when rangy Ken Kavanaugh caught and intercepted four passes that gave his under-rated Louisiana State forces q 26–⁠7 victory before q shocked crowd Of $4,000. That 6-foot-3 wingman, q ZOO pound senior from Little Rock, Ark, made the Crusaders efforts to MAIN tain their zone passing defense appear childish as he sauntered into their end zone, caught three passes tossed by Leo Bird, understanding for the great Shines, that measured IS, 20 and 5 yards. His fourth touchdown was an 90 yard runback of q desperate pasl tossed by the befuddled Hank CSiardi.

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LSU leads 2–⁠1 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.