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...hottest front was Annapolis' Dahlgren Hall, where West Point's once-beaten basketball team (upset by Pennsylvania) had it out with once-beaten Navy (who lost only to Bainbridge Naval Training Station). Both teams suffered first-half jitters; both succeeded with the same basic tactics-keep the No. 1 scorers, Army's flashy Dale Hall and Navy's nimble Adrian Back, out of range...
Taking first things first, Ohio State's homegrown, all-civilian, unbeaten team crashed head-on into once-beaten Michigan. With backfield strength about equal, this was one more gridiron battle that was decided up front. The Michigan line hit hard, but not quite so hard as Ohio's, led by 190-lb. Bill Hackett, prospective All-America guard, and Bill Willis, husky Negro tackle. Their bone-crushing tackles were mainly responsible for four Michigan fumbles...
...Philadelphia, a crowd of 48,000 watched once-beaten Michigan put Pennsylvania over a barrel, 41-to-19, with reverses, spinners and lateral forward passes -spun from both T and single-wing formations...
...upsets in a decade, a hell-bent-for-larceny Holy Cross eleven shoved its old and powerful rival, Boston College, out of the undefeated ranks (55-to-12), gloatingly robbing it of its bid to the Sugar Bowl. (Instead, Sugar Bowl promoters invited the Tulsa Hurricanes to meet the once-beaten University of Tennessee...
...Fordham (beaten only by pure little Pitt) will meet once-beaten Missouri in New Orleans' Sugar Bowl...