Missouri vs. Maryland

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  The Daily Alaska empire, January 3, 1950, page 3

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  Charlie Justice, 27–⁠13. in the Cotton Bowl at Dallas. Maryland, one-point underdog, blunted Missouris vaunted attack with stout line play and won the Gator Bowl feature at Jacksonville, 20–⁠7. Close to half million fans swarmed into bulging saucers from Tampa to Tokyo to watch the post season football activities. IN PASADENA The largest crowd, Rose Bowl record turnout of 100,963, jammed the vast arena in Pasadena to see the Big Ten maintain a four-year jinx over the Pacific coast, against all prevailing odds. In other games. Texas Western won over Georgetown, 33–⁠20, in the Sun Bowl; Florida State beat Wofford, 19–⁠6, in the Cigar Bowl, the U. s. Air Force triumphed over Army’s All-Stars, 1914, in the Rice Bowl at Tokyo; McMurry whipped Missouri Valley, 1913, in the Ole ander Bowl; Prairie View topped Fisk University, 27–⁠6, in the Prairie View Bowl; Stanford downed Ha- waii, 74–⁠20, in the Pineapple Bowl at Hawaii; and St. Vincent downed Emory and Henry, 7–⁠6, in the Tan gerine Bowl. In contrast to these mild-weather affairs, the Ice Bowl game at Fair banks, Alaska, was played in ten inches of snow and 10-beloW-zero temperature. The University of Alaska won, 80, over Ladd Air Base on a field goal.

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  Evening star, January 3, 1950, page 15

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  1t was Jim Tatum’s triumph. Against Missouri team which had scored at least three touchdowns against every opponent except Oklahoma, the large mans Maryland squad throttled the Tigers so completely that it wasn’t contest 1t was more one-sided than the 20–⁠7 score indicated. 1t is significant that a Maryland guard sophomore Bob Ward. was chosen the most val liable player by landslide. His stiffest COM petition came from other linemen. The only backf1eld man on either side to poll more than a scattered vote or two was Bob Shemonsk of Maryland, who scored two touchdowns He

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Maryland leads 6–⁠0 in six meetings, counting the five since this game.