Indiana at USC

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 3, 1953, page 13

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  |Indiana’s S Showing Against use Sounds Warning by Big Ten LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3.-Underrated Indiana met defeat but proved one thing for the benefit of the powerful Trojans of Southern California. No team from the Big Ten must be taken lightly. including undermined Indiana. use subdued the Hoosiers, 27–⁠14, before 49,578 fans last night. The outcome was hardly to the satisfaction Of the critics who rated Troy by 20 points or more. Indiana held, and even domimated the Trojans, to a TT score for the first 80 minutes of the game, the first between the two schools. Lads Of Troy Wake Up. Then the irritated lads of Troy woke up, got down to work and proceeded to take charge of the affair. They scored twice in the third period and once again in the final. | But still the battling Hoosiers steered by a game little junior quarterback named Florian He linski, managed to put together a 71-yard drive and score its second touchdown against one of the best defensive teams in the Nation. The unabaShed HooSierS soundly trounced the week before by Ohio State, drove the first scoring nail. Fullback Les Kun picked off a Trojan pass and Indiana moved crisply So yards in 13 running plays for a touchdown. Helsinki made the final foot on a sneak play. Quarterback George Bozanic Troy’s outstanding performer led his team so yards in 10 plays in return and passed for Is yards to End Ron Miller to even the count at TT. tumble Gives use Break. Indiana came afield after the half still full of fight. But a tumble with a dew-dampened ball gave use possession on the Hoosier 26. Bozanic hit Lindon Grow, his right half, for Is yards on a pass and moment later Left Halfback Aramis Dandoy skipped 6 yards through a big hole to make the score 14–⁠7. Bozanic again whipped the Trojans “a yards in 10 plays and a pass, Leon Sellers to Al Baldock, made it 20–⁠7. The HooSiers came through with their second scoring thrust but use iced the contest in the final minutes when Bozanic, a power on both offense and defense, stepped in. He intercepted a pass and rushed back untouched 80 yards for a touch down and the 27–⁠14 final score. use had the better of the statistics, but hardly an edge in the spirit department.

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USC leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.