Oklahoma at Army

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, September 29, 1946, page 26

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  Army Rallies 10 Beat Oklahoma, Il 10 7, Without Blanchard Cadets Just Another Team Without Stor; FumbIes Mar Come WEST POINT, N. Y, Sept. 2S- Army’s dreams of a third straight all-victorious football season were twisted into a horrible nightmare for nearly two periods here today, before the Cadets pulled themselves together and turned back surprisingly powerful Oklahoma eleven, 21–⁠7. A capacity crowd of 25,500 in cluding President Truman and hun dreds of Oklahomans who had followed their team half way across the country, watched the Cadets come from behind on a series Of breaks to chalk up their second win this year and the Goth of string that began with the start of the 1914 season. Felix tDoc) Blanchard, Army,s AI-America fullback, sat this one out with an injured leg and without him Army was just another FOOT ball team. Oklahoma Scores First. Those in the stands sat google eyed as the big Oklahoma line hurled the Cadets back on their heels through 20 of the first 80 minutes and stunned them by accounting for the game’N first touch down in the second period. Fumbles, which dotted the entire contest. spoiled any chances either team had of scoring in the first quarter and Eddy Davis. Oklahoma fullback, opened the second period by kicking out of bounds on the Army 13. Glenn Davis, who had busy and none too successful afternoon try ing to carry the major share of Army’s offensive load in the absence of his touchdown twin, was driven back to his 6-yard line by the rugged Sooner forwards. Joe Green, Army back. stood in his end zone to kick, but he never had chance to get the ball away. The Cadet line collapsed and Nor man McNabb, a substitute guard, threw himself in front of the ball, smothering it and dropping to the turf for a touchdown. Dave Wal lace kicked the extra point and Oklahoma held TO lead. Pass Leads to Army Score. Late in the second period Army finally went into the air and Ar mold Tucker tossed 35-yard pass to Glenn Davis, who rambled an other 10 to put the ball on the Okla homa Is. Another pass from Tucker to Davis gained 9 yards and Rip Rowan picked up a first down on the 4. Tucker tipped short pass to Hank Foldberg, big Army end, across the goal line and Jack Mackmull converted,. tipping the score with less than minute of the first half remanning. Army got its first break in the third quarter when Barney Poole crashed through to block Charles Sarratt’s fourth down punt, giving the Cadets the ball on Oklahoma S 15-yard line. A 5-yard slash by Rowan and an 8-yard pass from Tucker to Davis carried to the 2-yard line,

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  The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, October 2, 1946, page 13

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  Williamson Rotes Texas, Notre Dame, Army Best Soaking weather and the new deal in football conspired to make the second week of this gridiron season one of the most upsetting ones in history, which had been anticipated by this statistical camp and many others. At that the System didn’t do so bad considering it batted 84.5 per- cent on 223 games reported. Among its especially good picks were Ken lucky 26 Cincinnati T, Whitman ‘ Whitworth 6, Wisconsin 28 Cal- ifornia 2, Hardin Simmons 21 Kan sas State ‘, Rhode Island IA Maine 13, Youngstown 20 St. Bonaventure IA, and others. It was practically alone on some of its selections. Last week the first 10 teams of the nation included at the top of the heap Texas for stampeding Col orado by 76 to O. A stampede of longhorns is irresistible. At second place barged in the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame by downing the Illini, 26–⁠6. Army had 8 little trouble, but is at third for pulling out over the Oklahoma Sooners, 21–⁠7. At fourth came the Uclans for submerging the Beavers of Oregon State by 50 to ‘. The next six leaders of the week are Georgia, Minnesota, Michigan, L.S.U., Stanford and Alabama.

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Oklahoma leads 3–⁠1 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.