Nevada at San Francisco

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  Evening star, October 7, 1948, page 56

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  Nevada’s Heath Takes Grid 0ffense Lead With Aerial Display NEW YORK, Oct. Stan Heath of Nevada, who went on an aeria spree against San Francisco last Saturday, is the new individual Of fensive leader among the Nations college football stars. The Nevada quarterback held the No. l spots in both forward pass ing and combined yardage gained By running and passing in the weekly statistics announced today by the National Collegiate Ath. 1etic Bureau. In two games, Heath has com. pleted “a passes in So attempts fol GIL yards and picked up an nadditional Is yards on four running plays. His total yardage of 636 is far ahead of his closest challenger Lindy Berry of Texas Christian who, like most of the leaders, has appeared in three games. While leading Nevada to a 26–⁠7 triumph over San Francisco Satur. day, Heath completed l8 of SO passes for BIG yards and all four Of his teams touchdoWns. Berry has gained 466 yards on So running plays and II passes out OF A attempts His LOT plays in three games make him the hardest-working back among the major colleges to date. The seasons best all-around performance in a single game was turned in last Saturday by Charlie Justice of North Carolina, who car ried the ball 81 times for LOG yards and completed 13 of % passes for 1913 yards in leading the Tar Heels to 2l-l4 victory over Georgia. He also returned three punts 125 yards, ran back one kickoff 20 yards punted four times for a 42.5 aver age and scored three touchdowns. His efforts brought him from no. where into fourth place among the total offense leaders, behind Heath Berry and Clyde Scott Of Arkansas who has accounted for 443 yards In three games, a dozen more than Justice. The Carolina star also is sixth in passing and third in punt ing.

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San Francisco leads 8–⁠2 in 10 meetings, counting the two since this game.