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...Luck helped a lot: two Notre Dame touchdowns were nullified. But now the aroused State defense was starting to harry Huarte. Somehow he still managed to get the ball away?sidearm, underhand, any way at all. And when he couldn't pass, he ran like a halfback???ripping out of the grasp of three tacklers for 21 yds. and a touchdown that made it 28-7. After that, the spectators stole the show. Twice, play was stopped while the sheriff's deputies chased fans around the field. That was enough to frighten even Parseghian. Off came the first team...
Coach Knute Rockne, Merlin of football, shuffled his big squad like a pack of cards, sent in quarterback, fullback, halfback???eveyone, in fact, but the hunchback of Notre Dame. Even wizards cannot have a great team every year, and against an Army eleven that looked very much like a great team, his strategy could accomplish little. Score: Army 27; Notre Dame...
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