UCLA at Stanford

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 9, 1959, page 20

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  Syracuse passed what figures to be its severest test before a probable Cotton Bowl match with Texas by slipping past Penn State. 20-l8. on two conversions. With due respect for the Nittany Lions. Syracuse was the better football team. 1t could be the best in the country. The UCLA Bruins, Syracuse’s last opponent. showed signs of coming to life with a 55–⁠13 pasting of Stanford on Saturday. Even so. the Bruins don’t appear to be in a class with the Orange. The Syracuse backs figure to pad their already healthy averages against Boston U. and Colgate. Syracuse had not beaten Penn State at Beaver Field since 1884, and just when 1t appeared the Orange was going to break the jinx in a most convincing man. ner, the Lions struck back, Roger Kochman’s 100-yard punt return and the blocked kick by Andy Stynchula that gave Penn State the ball on the Syracuse 1-yard line made it tight, Superiority Proven But the superiority of the Syracuse club was shown with AIS remaining. The Orange moved the ball inside tackles for IS yards in 10 plays to run out the clock. Their touchdowns were on drives of Sc yards in IL plays, Al in nine plays and 43 in six plays. Penn State drove for only one Of its touch downs, and it never seriously threatened in the second half until the quickies. The tough Syracuse line is SC fast that Penn State virtually gave up on passing, attempting six and completing three. And in winning seven straight the Lions had averaged 10 passes a game. The Syracuse ends crashed so quickly that three times they threw Penn State quarterbacks for losses of from 10 to 13 yards. Penn State made 1T yards rushing in the first half and needed only II in the second to account for as many yards rushing in one game as the previous six Syracuse opponents But in the second half Penn

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UCLA leads 49–⁠43–⁠3 in 95 meetings, counting the 65 since this game.