SMU at Notre Dame

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  Evening star, October 14, 1951, page 48

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  Pouring Rain Is Best Defense Against Mustangs, Leohy Says SOUTH BEND, Ind, Oct. 13.- Fred Benners threw that football about as straight as it’s humanity possible. and that’s the whole story” That was Coach Frank Leahy’s explanation Of his Notre Dame teams 27–⁠20 upset by Southern Methodist today. H. N. Russell, coach Of the triumphant Mustangs. tempered his glee over SINUS first win over Notre Dame with the observation that “Benners threw ‘em and everybody caught ‘em. We figured we’d have to throw a lot to win. And that’s the way we went. Its just like a baseball game. II you hit ‘em where they amt. you’re a hero. If you don’t you’re not. sas mo, we didn’t have any preconceived plan of attack. When Fred started to hit on his passes, we just kept throwing them. We used the same pass patterns we’ve always used” Rain Best Defense. Leahy was slumped on a bench slipping a cup Of coffee. when reporters burst into the Notre Dame dressing room. Naturally. we tried to set up a pass defense when Southern Meth odist kept hitting those passes. Starting the second half, we switched from five to a four man line. Il guess Georgia Tech used the best possible defense against Southern Methodists passing-aI pouring rain” Georgia Tech beat SMU, 21–⁠7, in the seasons openerD Benners, perching a gallon hat jauntily on his head, refused to take any undue credit for his great aerial show. “Shucks, I was back there way back-tossing-with plenty of help from my teammates” said

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Notre Dame leads 10–⁠3 in 13 meetings, counting the nine since this game.