Colorado at Washington

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, September 20, 1953, page 65

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  Huskies Bow, 2t-N, As Versatile. Soph Leads Fast Attack SEATTLE, Sept. ia slip perry do-everything sophomore, educated kickers and a sharp, smart line carried underdog Colorado to a 21–⁠20 victory over Washington today to spoil the debut of Coach Johnny Cherberg. The sophomore was Homer Jenkins. who ran, passed and quick kicked the favored Huskies dizzy. When Jenkins wasn’t plotting the Colorado attack, a Junior halfback, Frank Bernardo, kept the buffalo stampede moving. Another sophomore, Bill Lamont, kicked two of the all-important conversions for Colorado and Senior Roger Hunt delivered the Washington got away in front when Guard Jim Noe plucked a jenkins tumble out of the air and numbered n yards to score. Stung by that miscue, jenkins engineered a scoring drive that was climaxed by his 16-yard pass to end Gary Knafelc. Two touchdowns in the third period, one good for 40 yards on Bernardi’s pass to Knafelc and the other a 41-yard dash by still another sophomore, Full back Emerson Wilson, put Colo RADIO in front to stay. after it had trailed briefly at 1877. Two more Colorado touch downs were nullified by penalties. One came on a thrilling 27-yard run by Jenkins in the second quarter but a holding penalty wiped out the tally. In the clos ing minutes Bernardo pitched a short pass to Knafelc over the goal but this one was erased by a backf1eld in motion infrat ion. A crowd estimated at $1,000 watched the intersectional season opener in shirt sleeve weather. WASHINGTON = & 80 Colorado scoring-Touchdown Knafelc 81. Wilson. Conversions: Lamont Washington scoring – Touchdowns: Noe, Monroe t2). Conversions: Niles (2D.

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Washington leads 13–⁠7–⁠1 in 21 meetings, counting the 19 since this game.