Tulane at LSU

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 28, 1948, page 45

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  bowI.ConsciousW Wave Hands Tigers Worst Series Licking, A-0 BATON ROUGE, La, Nov. a. Bowl-conscious Tulane ran all over the soggy Louisiana State University Stadium field today to over whelm its traditional L. s. U. foe, 46 to 0. It was the worst beating either one of these two old rivals ever had given the other in a 45-game series. The most one-sided previous score was a 41–⁠0 victory for l.. S. U. in 1885. Tulane outgained L. 8. U. 346 to 108 yards rushing and 78 to o In yards passing. A capacity crowd of $4,000 saw the Wave roll over the L. S. U. Bengal Tigers after a scoreless first period. Three Shine for Tulane. Three workhorses of the Green Wave backfeld-Bill Svoboda, Bodie Price and George Kinek-started the scoring drive from Tulane’s 18 early in the second period. They pushed to the Tulane IS where q touchdown pass-Joe Ernst to XII nek-was called back for a clipping penalty. But the trio resumed the drive again and Price took the ball over from the 2. The next score was set up five plays later when pass by L. s. us Charlie Pevey was intercepted by Dolby Jones on the Louisiana State 20 and returned to the 4. Kinek took it over. Tulane drove soon after the half from its IA to the L. s. U. 28, where Joe Ernst tossed a pass intended for Svoboda. It bounced of him in to Sheffield’s hands. He juggled it, Kinek recovered and ran for the touchdown. Wave Keeps Rolling Along. Another Tulane drive began al most Immediately. It was climaxed when Ernst passed to Sheffield for IL yards to L. S. us 4. Svoboda pushed 1t over the goal line In two plays. Center Homer Dedeaux intercepted a Tiger pass early In the fourth quarter. ran it from the Tulane SO to the Bengal 80 and set up the next score. Johnny Sikora ran around left end for the touchdown The longest run gave the Wave its next score. Halfback Jimmy Glisson gathered in a punt on the Tulane II and ran SO yards for q touchdown. A 23-yard run by Sikora helped set up the last score. Bill Bonar took the ball over from the !.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 29, 1948, page 3 (results column)

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  NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-tR-W tn scattered exceptions, the m yri q owls could start printing programs today and begin hragging about who is going to serve the best football game. The debate over the outstanding rost-season attraction is bound to wax hotter than usual because six of the ten top teams in last week s next to the last Associa ted Pr ss poll are to square ‘f . three oi the annual fixtures. Tae Suear Bowl New Orleans might be excused 4or puffing out it’s chest little farther than the others, because it landed the No. 4 team, North Carolina. and the No 6. Oklahoma, the Big Seven cham pion Tie papa Of the Jan. 1 extrava- eanzas-the Rose at Pasadena- counters with one of the two un- hlemished powers in Bowl action, fifth ranked California, and North western, No. T. The Cotton Bowl at Dallas match os Southern Method St University, No in the last AP poll, and Ore gon, No 10. | seventh member Of the select f5@aft- t1a-ea,,lr15 (,iap,e,,, o1 zo npbea n and united will meet Missouri in lhe Gator Bowl at Jacksonville. Fla. Miami’s orange Bowl reached dawn to pick Georgia from the No l2 srot. Sponsors haven’t named an cTro-ent yet but are expected to- day to give the noi to Texas, waose record of seven victories, two de- feats and one t.e has failed to tring it into the first twenty teams. Dana x Billie, athletic director of the Longhorns. acknowledged that Teyas was being considered for the Miami bid and he left little dount ahcut the teams acceptance. The national championship as- rects have Leen removed from the Fowl events, so the boys can go ahead and argue 1t out. Michiean, the No. l team in the ! nation, can’t compete under Vest l srn Conference ruling forbidding re- turn trips to Pasadena. Notre Dame, ! No. 2, and Army, No. 3. trad.tionally shu,l the extracurricular activity. The Wolverines fin shed tn cir without tarnish, extend ing a two-year winning strea ak. Notre Dame is expected to do like wise Saturday in it’s finale agains- southern California Army had it’s perfect season spoil d in the annual service game spec .aole at Philadelphia Saturday by l battered Navy team that sledge- hammered its way to 21–⁠21 draw. Iris was one of the football ;hockers of all tiEle-a first slip ID for the West Pointers, whose platoons had stormed Ill opposition, and a moral victory or the lowly midshipmen, who had est 13 straight. Notre Dame and Clemson scored .rirmphs to keep their states clean The oppovtunist Irish, converting ‘umnles into touchdowns, stormed ,yer Washington, 46–⁠0. Clemson ripped Auburn. 7–⁠6, and now must ,lay The Citadel. Grange B owl bound Georgia ‘linched the Southeastern Confer nee crown by hum ling it’s state iyal, Georgia Tech, 2l-13. Tulane opped Louisiana State 46–⁠0 and trimmed Mississippi State AT, for runnerup honors. Wander .ilt, which grew in strength as the eason progressed, finished sue

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Officially, LSU leads 69–⁠22–⁠7; as played, 63–⁠20–⁠7 in the 90 games on file; the official count covers all 98 meetings, counting the 52 since this game.