Indiana at Pittsburgh

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  Evening star, October 24, 1948, page 39

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  PITTSBURGH, Oct. 23.-Little Louis (Bimbo) Cecconi, 165-pound Pitt halfback with a penchant for the dramatic, did it again today. He pitched the Panthers to a 21–⁠14 victory over Indiana University, in a movie ending to delight 17,118 amazed fans. Cecconi waited until the last minute and 13 seconds for a Herculean heave to halfback Jimmy Joe Robinson for touch down play which covered 63 yards. Robinson, a co-hero with Cecconi all day, added to the drama by juggling the catch on the Hoosier Is, circling around desperate detenders as he gained possession and then out-speeding the white-shirted secondary to pay dirt. Thus a lot of old scores were settled for Pitt. 1t was the first time in six tries the Panthers have beaten Indiana. It was the first time in 10 years Pitt has put together three victories in a row. 1t was only the second triumph over o big nine foe in the last % outings. Finally, Pitt scotched reports that st lacked spirit by winning after watching a 14–⁠0 lead wiped out by q fine Indiana last-l1alf comeback which had gained 14–⁠14 deadlock in the fourth period. That tie was the individual accomplishment of Halfback George Taliaferro, a 19o-pound football Jack of all trades. He took a screen pass and raced 80 yards to score. & In the third period. Tahaferro put Indiana into the ball game by flip. sping to Halfback John Mcdonnell who ran go yards for the first In. Ediana score. u Robinson was instrumental in tht Afrst Pitt touchdown, a beautifully fashioned 62-yard drive after tht slopening kickoff. Robinson bilkee i Indiana into anticipating a running play, then veered back sharply ane tipped a touchdown pass of % yard’ B to End Bill McPeak. 8 Cecconi guided Pitt to its secont 7 score in the second period after { tumble by McDonnell-recovered b! McPeak-on the Pitt 20 ruined { Hoosier drive. With that impetus I the Panthers rolled II yards to , 4 score. Little Bimbo kept the driv’ alive with runs of Is. 7, II and i 4 yards, the last to the Indiana 2 from

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  The Daily Alaska empire, October 25, 1948, page 3 (results column)

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  &1AsAikg8 5 ga Agiklg8@6 FOOTBALL { SCORES Here are the final football scores of games played over the weekend: Wash ngton 0; California 2l. Oregon State 28; UCLA O. Idaho 39 Montana O. Southern California T; Stanford 6. Washington State T: Oregon 33. East Texas State IS; West Texas :. Utah 20; Brigham Young T. St. Marys 33; Denver g. Boston College 13; Mississippi 32. Syracuse O; Northwestern 48. Temple T, Oklahoma ARM 41. Tennessee Tech. 0; Tennessee Al. Toledo 2l; Springfield IA. Connecticut G. Brown 49. Case 26; Carnegie Tech 20 Miami 21; Ohio University 0. North Carolina State ‘; Chatta- looga 0. Tufts 13; Williams IA. Kentucky 25; Marquette 0. Cincinnati 16; Butler T. Iowa State ‘; Missouri 49. Michigan 27: Minnesota IA. Maryland 47 George Washington 0. Bates 31 Maine 0. Duke ‘; Virginia Tech. 0. Michigan State fl: Penn State IA. Wesleyan 27; Amherst 0. Lafayette 19; Bucknell ‘. Florida T; Georgia Tech 42. Notre Dame 27; Iowa 12. Nebraska T; Kansas 27. Alahama 10; Mississippi State ‘. Purdue 6; Illinois 10. Vanderbilt 35; Yale 0. Ariny 27; Cornell 6. Dartmouth IA; Harvard T Colgate IA; Holy Gross 13. Wisconsin 32; Ono State 34 Norwich c; Coast Guard 19. Wash. & Lee T; West Virginia 14. William & Mary 6; St. Bonaven- lure T. Indiana 14; Pitt 21. LSU T; North Carolina 34. Princeton IS; Columbia II. Navy 14; Penn, 20.

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Indiana leads 7–⁠2 in nine meetings, counting the three since this game.