Stanford at UCLA

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 23, 1952, page 65

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  LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23.-For a young man who was an all Pacific Coast Conference back and the leading yard gamer last year, but who isn’t rated in the first 10 on offense this season, Paul Leslie Cameron Of unbeaten UCLA is still one of the most feared players in the loop. The reason for the contrast in accomplishment is simple. Cam eron has been injured. He played less than 10 minutes in the first four games. Came the fifth, and with it Cameron and disaster to previously undefeated Stanford. Still hampered by an injured ankle and shoulder, the tall tall back fired three touchdown passes to lead the Bruins to their 24–⁠14 triumph. Cameron is due to go again this week, against Wisconsin at Madison. “Yes, he’ll play. If at all pos sible,” said his coach, Red San ders. “He needs the competition He was overthrowing his Icceivers last week.” Oddly enough, as good as he was, Cameron was hardly the Cameron of 1851 against the Stanfords. But in one half he

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  The Key West citizen, October 20, 1952, page 5 (results column)

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  Il FIJMBIES MAR PURDUE, IRISH TILT NEW YORK Up – Hanging up Mondays football wash, and, for goodness sakes, be careful--don’t let it drop: Everything seems to be rising these days, except footballs, and we wouldn’t be surprised after Saturdays wave of fumbles to see a campaign for non-skid pigskins. There were 21 fumbles in the Notre Dame Purdue game. Purdue, upset 26–⁠14, was guilty of II of these and eight times let the ball sqirt inuto Irish hands. A tumble, recovered by the Co piers on the Illinois e., cost Illinois its 1877 loss to Minnesota. Florida fumbled three times, Vanderbilt twice in the first quarter of t r game, won by Wander bilt 20. Kentucky fumbled six times against Mississippi State. But there were two odd incidents. Princeton lost the ball eight times by fumbles yet pummelled Lafayette, 4S-O. And Olympic Decathlon champion Bob Matthias of Stanford, who fumbled in the Indians early season victories, was given a foot. ball with handle as a hint. Bob didn’t tumble Saturday, so Stanford lost to UCLA, 24–⁠14. Sports writer’s should have been equipped with tabulators at East Lansing, Mich, where Michigan States Coach Biggie Mum trotted out 81 players in all >. he had four offensive platoons and even labelled his backfields--the “crusher” backs, No. 1; pony” backs, No. 2; and pepper” backs, No. 8 :. they hardly nodded as they passed each other on the field. 1t was a day of superb individual performances =. George O’Brien, Wisconsin guard and captain, kicked for the first time in a col lege game =. He proceeded to boot one “a yards, the ball dying on Iowa’s three >. Don Heinrich of Washington and Mitch Price of Columbia wrote new passing rec ords :. Heinrich three I’d passes in beating Oregon, 49-O. giving him total of n scoring heaves to beat the Pacific Coast record of “a set by Bob Waterfield, while at UCLA :. Price rewrote Columbia records although losing to Pc 27–⁠17 -. He completed Is passes for a total of 1888 during his career to beat Sid Luckman’s 1S0 =. And he piled up 1856 yards through the air to eclipse Paul Governali’s university record, 2,,61s yards to 2.5l3 =. Ted Kress of Michigan set a Big Ten rushing record by dashing off 21ss yards in 20 tries against Northwestern. Quarterback Sonny George saved face expertly in the Wake Forest North Carolina game .. When George missed a conversion try for Wake Forest it looked for sure as If il meant 7–⁠6 victory for the Tarheels :. But in the final rs seconds Sonny got another chance :. He kicked an 1s-yard field goal and won the game, 81 -. Eddie Erdelatz’ quote after his Navy middies had been smothered by Maryland, SS-7: “The tide never turned” T”

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UCLA leads 49–⁠43–⁠3 in 95 meetings, counting the 72 since this game.