Illinois at Stanford

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  Evening star, October 5, 1954, page 15

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  Determine Invited to Represent in Laurel international Victory Over illinois Discounted Stanford Coach Sees No Way TO Figure Game With Navy lines, wildly swinging his foot, indicating he wanted a punt. The quarterback didn’t see the signal and sent Fullback Bill Tarr off tackle. Oregon jammed so many men on the line that Tarr, a slow runner, didn’t have a chance for the two yards. So he took off around end and went IS yards for a touchdown. The third Stanford touch down was set up by a long pass that was completed when the ball bounced off an Oregon he’ll met and into the hands of q Stanford receiver. Attack More Versatile. Last year Stanford had a 7 2-l record, losing to Pacific and Southern Cal. and tying Califormia. One of it’s seven victories was over UCLA’S conference champions. The Indians primarily were q passing team last year with All American Bobby Garrett throw ing to Sam Morley and John Steinberg. All three were grad uated. This year the Stanford attack is more versatile. John Brodie Is the regular quarterback and will start against Navy, although Gus Gustafson played about three quarters against Illinois. more than he played all last season. AS for Navy. Taylor said he knew it had more fine run ming backs than Illinois, al though nobody with the potential of j. c. Caroline. This will be a Homecoming for Eddie Erdelatz,” Chuck added. That’s going to make it rough” Game time between the unbeaten teams is 2 o’clock Is o’clock Washington time), with a crowd of about $4,000, or half the capacity of the stadium, expected. NOTES-Idaho, coached by Skip Stanley, former George Washington University coach, will be in the vicinity this week end to meet College of Pacific. Idaho has lost all three games in Stahley’s first year, but the publicity representative said Skip was doing a great recruiting job and had made a tremendous i’m preston on the Idaho folks . The San Francisco football writ ers group is Just that. Radio and television people and the San Francisco Forty Miners are not welcome. This will be Navy’s first and perhaps only game with STAN ford. The Indians are not sched- uled to return the visit STAN ford’s hall-of-famers, the late Pop Warner and Ernie Nevers will be honored at halftime Saturday The teams have al. most opposite records in points after touchdown, with Navy hav’ ing made 8 of 10 and Stanfort having missed 6 of Z Erde’ : (See STANFORD, Page A-17)

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Stanford leads 6–⁠4 in 10 meetings, counting the seven since this game.