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Penn State Nips Huskers Texas Nudges Sooners Smith, Bordogna Lead Improved NU in 15 7 Loss O.U. Beaten BV WAI 1 DOBBINS Our Nebraska Cornhuskers, sparked bv a pair of daz runs bv Johnny Bordogna and Bob Smith, threw a ejntoPenn Stat during a third prrind surge, but finally Final Statistics HVsEflSB VtHI JKK. JT TB qwBB Jfcr til nr npB' Jfc touched him on the CASOT TFm ikdi flHHHk EHkP Jf jMI KUv Ka on the Pfena state 14. 1 holdini penalty pulsing a Pent StaU carried t. the Ne capitalized on a fumble to hug a9 ard scum srorp ln the ast tw0 minutes of hat put the leathei th.

ba Kame J2? ill 5fM f'Hirth down and approxi Ittto saved the day mately six yards to go, Bobty Decker tried i Held goal Croat! the ikcr nflense bogged 1Vnn state 28. Carl Pfirman came THE HARD WAY John Bordoerna crashes through the Penn State defenses on a quarterback sneak from the 1 vard line for Nebraska ejnfflc touchdown. On the previous play, as a halfback, Bordogna tripped up on the one. (Staff Best Performance ot 1951 for NU Fenn State had shoved the Scarlet all over the field during most of the first quarter which Early in the second beriod the Ka.ina flip to I'ele Shopa gain tai rare anet reaa sl.OI Sza Art Bettl in the open for a touchdown pass thrown from the 19. I as and the half ended, 6 0 IT WAS thil same Leonard who ime back to put Coach Hip" Lngles lubback in he lea.l early in he fma! i he angled a kick from placement through the upright.

the Husker 1 Th made it 9 to 7 of the Staters. Nebraska fought right marching from their own Lions' 15 yard stripe wher back I On Miscues Texas played without the se ices of its great running back Dawson, whose father died denly in Dallas Saturday mo ing. But Carl Mayes, who over for Dawson, was one of bright lights in the Longhorn Oklahoma, national champi last year, thus suffered its sea defeat in two weeks. Texas and M. last week beat the Soi s.

14 7. T. Jones was the heart of the Texas attack, his quarterback Ing, passing and running leading to the Longhorn touchdow and almost getting two more. In the fourth period, after a Texas drive of 90 yards stalled on the Oklahoma two, Oklahoma tried a pass from behind its goal line. Billy Vessels caught it but! was hit on the one and so badlv: injured he was carried from the field on a stretcher.

At the same time Eddie Crowder, Oklahoma quarterback, ran into a goal post and hurt himself slightly. The goal post was knocked down. All the scoring was in the first half with the safety coming early in the opening period. Bobby Dillon knocked Frank Silva down in the end zone as the Sooner back tried ot run out a wild backward pass from Crowder. A RECOVERED Oklahoma fumble set up a Texas touchdown later in the first period.

Joe McDonald pounced on the ball when Silva dropped it on the Oklahoma 21. A 16 yard sprint by T. Jones set up the score, made when Carl Mayes hammered over from two feet out. June Davis kicked the extra point and Texas led. 9 0.

Then in the second period Occurred an Amazing Oklahoma recovery. The Sooners hadn't netted a single yard in the first period and appeared to be getting nowhere when Bob Raley intercepted a Crowder pass on the Oklahoma 49. and, with Jones running and passing, pushed to the Sooner four. But Jim Weatherall and Ed Rowland tossed the Texas ball carriers for repeated losses and, Oklahoma took over on its With Buck McPhail. Dick Heatly.

Billy Vessels and Crowder batter i ing the line and sweeping the ends, the Sooners rushed to a touchdown. Crowder made it with a two yard sneak over guard. Weather all kicked the extra point. 'Clipper' WCI Decide on Tow LOS ANGELES. (INS).

Joe Di Maggio, the all time New Yor Yankee great, confirmed upon hi Huskies Massacre Weak Oregon, 63 6 DALLAS. Texas shat i Twd1. J1' THE SOONER I Mustang Aerials Upset Irish, 27 20 SO LONG, IT'S BEEN GOOD TO KNOW YA Bob Reynolds (left) shakes hands Teammates say goodbye to Fullback Nick Ad while Bob Smith (17) and Johnny Bordogna duci (22), who leaves for the army Monday. (20) stand by. (Staff Photo by Frank O'Neill 0ffside penally against Nebraska on the nct down was a deciding factor in the final out.ome, although Penn State ck the vr () TWICE the next five minutes easterners to possosslon On the first plav the Omaha frosh, try receiver, was rushed Ne It took the Lions three plays before the hard charging Shopa Again Leonard nossed the try for point and the TTeMZf Husker 43.

NEBRASKA fans, piUng out of v' th(, hat)t, fof the wjfh tht5 general im of aa com tf) lo to Texas Chnstia Smith and Berdogfl first minutes and his filth connection in that span resulted Ben too Maaalewhite. San stoii eawerek place kicked the first of his three extra points. I de, V.tie Dame, ranking fifth ally, pulled up 7 b' when Freshman Paul Reynolds of Springfield. 111., rocketed 29 yards off the novel formation which the Irish used nearly as much as the Then before the first quarter ended, Benners made his ninth completion in 18 heaves good for a 3eyard payoff to Rusty Russell. Navy Scuttled Bv Rice Aerials mashed Navy, 21 14, on the pinpoint passing of Dan Drake and the wonderous catching of Big Bill Howton.

A Texan, Bob Hempel of Galveston, broke through to block Bill Burkhalter's punt after 1:35 of play, picked up the ball on the 16 and gave Navy a quickie score It looked like the crowd of 58,000 was going to see the Duke Off Floor To Win, 27 21 Kissler. BY NORRIS ANDERSON 'We showed improvement and the beys tried hard." That was Coach Bill Glass ford's dressing room verdict on Nebraska's 15 7 loss to Penn State Saturday. "If we keep improving in our basic fundamentals and get some confidence, I think were going to give someone a hard time." Rip Eagle, the greying Penn State mentor, gave credit to Hus ker fight and determination. "Bill Olassford's youngsters never gave up," he said. "I think they will improve with experi He praised the hard running of John Bordogna and Bob Smith, Husker halfbacks.

Neither team suffered any injuries aside from the usual bumps and bruises. Neuraskus best 1951 per formance, although there is still vast room for improvement. Husker blocking, in particular, still looked weak. At many times, the Husker backs seemed to be fighting the hard charging Nlttan Lions single handed. Defensively, the Huskers looked pretty rugged at times.

"We showed we could stop 'em when it counted," Glassford commented. Tackle Jerry Minnick, 19 year old Cambridge sophomore, had an especially fiood day. He was the Huskers' defensive leader. Fullback Nick Adduci, who was nlavinsr his last Pme h. fore induction in the armv, was presented a shaving kit bv the squad after the game.

Smith the Grand Island snnh nact tnis to say about yard run which ended Penn State 22 yard line "I felt that guy in I me. but I thought I could him. I should have around more, I guess." 59 on the ack of A'lggled DON VOGT, 220 pounds, and Ray Novak, 200, the Huskers' backfield heavyweights, did not The game marked Bordogna debut at halfback. He responded with a top running performance and showed both agile footwork Norris'uartei backine continued THROUGHOUT galloped 53 yards to be Praised Staters the Nebraska kids game," he sad. Obviously impressed with the performance of the ornhukerss.

he commented, "they are as good as any team we have played this going to really hurt some team of these days and I mean Scout Frank Pa the team as "100 pel both offensively at since they played He praised in thev beat the Lions. Photo by Bob Gorham.) Bears Outpaw Cougars PULLMAN, Wash. (INS). California had to pull out all the stops to snatch a 42 35 victory from a fighting band of Washington State ugars before 23.0U0 football fans Washington St.de' came with an ace ot tying the score on tl last play of the game. MIGHTY Cahforni conference's perennial Rose Bowl representative, broke a 21 21 half time tie with three touchdowns in the third quarter.

But in the final hington state reared to fHm arid stopped the is dead in their tracks. on State made its last in the last minute of California chose to re With six seconds left to plav the Cougars tried an onside kick, which rolled only a few yards fter a lap from the kicker. End left play, Hallback Hud Roltler Ihre mighty pass to Barker, who had sprinted to the California 12. The Golden Bears had a reception committee waiting with Barker, and the ball was batted back and forth among them until it finally fell to the ground incom Iowa Comeback Nips Panthers IOWA CITY, 1 overcame the Pit' Pittsburgh's Bill Reynolds fumbled an mint on his own 20. Three plays later Bert BritJtmann carried the hall over The Panthers stored again in the second and fourth quarters, but Iowa held the lead with an early second canto I and three i the Undefeated ols Bury Chattanooga Sequoia Handicap on bv Galavon and one furlong race! passes in 41 attempts tot ISf yard) and four touchdowns to pilot Southern Methodist to victory over bewildered Notre Dame, 27 20.

The i foot 3 inch senior shuttered all of his own aerial records in unharnessing the most furious passing game ever fired at I Notre; Dame team. a THE IRISH. the SMU defense that shielded Benners like he was a hunk of; uranium, bowed to their first defeat in three starts this season. The Mustangs were up in the i the Iten tiers Threw Them Straight SOUTH BEND, Ind. iTPi.

"Fred Benners threw that football about as straight as its humanly possible, and that's the whole storv." That was the explanation of his team's 27 20 upset by Southern Methodist by Mournful Prank Leahy ot Notre Dame. It kept the crowd He spiraled 11 passei in the Huskers By Penn BY BILL SMITH A well behaved "un Lion" like bunch of happy Penn State grid ders had many words of praise for the defeated Nebraska team in between bites at their after game dinner Saturday. The Nittany Lions, while clearlv in good spirits, could easily have been mistaken for any organized group of well dressed young men "They are the nicest, best behaved team we have served," erne hostess at the Cornhusker hotel How Top Ten Teams Fared defeated Oklahoma 14th and 27 streets, Humbles LSU ATLANTA. (INS). Georgia Tech passed, ran and bucked its way to a 25 to 7 victory over jLouisiana State university, the1, south 's "surprise" team of the The win was Tech's fourth of the season and brought a three game victory streak by LSU to an abrupt end.

FOR THE first five minutes the1 team that whipped Mississippi Tech Halfback Leon and Quarterback Dar other tally a few plays later. New 'Pigskin9 Easier to Handle ence title..