Montana at UCLA

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 20, 1946, page 3

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  H ::,I Q G :. 1|1 7IIss 3 ez 5 A1 syasSSz5y sIa,E 1z 9s < N &kAs- -&AtzGs 1Yz& FOOTBALL LEADERS NEW YORK. Nov 20-The best of fensive record in college football is owned today by the all-victorious Bruins of UCLA, who stake their claim to the Pacific Coast con- ference championship and their hopes for a Rose Bowl berth on Saturdays struggle with Southern California. Statistics announced by the Ma ticnal Collegiate Athletic Bureau show that the Bruins jumped from third to first place among the na ticn’s offensive leaders by rolling up a combined total of 562 yards in their 61–⁠7 rout of Montana last week, 387 O. them on the ground Tn brushing aside eight opponents so far this season, UCLA has cov- cred a tctal c1 3.279 yards on both running plays and forward passes for an average gain of 4099 yards per game. Notre Dame, which last week shared the top spot with Boston College, slipped to second place with an average of 399.6 yards per game, although the Irish piled up AIS yards in their 27–⁠0 triumph over Northwestern. These figures from the officials Service Bureau of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in dicate busy times ahead for the Trojans of Southern Cal, who run smack into NoIre Dame a week after their UCLA engagement Ii UCLA, which sports the of fensive lead for the first time this year, can protect it through the season, it will be the first Pacific coast team in the Bureaus history 10 win that honor Although Notre Dame lest ground in the battle for total offensive honois, the Irish regained the lead III the rushing department moving up from second position to replace Detroit, which dropped to third after Hard.n-Simmons. The Irish have averaged 302.3 yards per game on their running plays in seven contests. Army, sii. unbeaten and recog- nized as the nations No. team, ic So bettcr than taf1fh in hot h rushing ana total offense. Nevada continues to top the for- ward passing teams, ranked on the average yaIdage gained.

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UCLA leads 7–⁠0 in seven meetings.