Word: oregon
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...John McKay, head football coach of the University of Southern California, the trip north to play his alma mater, the University of Oregon, might have been a sentimental journey. One look at the playing conditions was enough to dampen any thought of old school ties. A driving rain had turned the artificial turf into one big slippery sponge. The game, which was supposed to have been a romp for the Trojans, turned into a tossup. After 30 minutes of fumbles and false starts, neither team had scored, and U.S.C. sloshed into the locker room at half time for the Trojan...
...tailback splashed around left end and went 48 yds. for a touchdown. Minutes later, following the solid blocking of Center Dave Brown and Guard Allan Graf, Davis splattered for 55 yds. and another score. The Trojan defense, anchored by Linebacker Richard Wood and Cornerback Charles Hinton, who intercepted two Oregon passes, stiffened as requested and U.S.C. went on to win 18-0. It was the eighth victory in a row for U.S.C., the nation's No. 1 college team, and it further strengthened McKay's bid for the title of No. 1 coach. Said Oregon Coach Len Casanova...
Explosive I. At Oregon, McKay was a flashy halfback who helped lead his team into the 1949 Cotton Bowl. After graduation he decided that he would not play as a pro and took a $2,800-a-year job as assistant coach at his alma mater. In 1959 he joined the U.S.C. staff. One year later he was named head coach. After two losing seasons, he silenced the protests of U.S.C.'s rabid alumni by sweeping both the 1962 national championship and Coach-of-the-Year honors. The first coach to popularize the explosive I formation, McKay...
...money to cut property taxes. Though the Administration welcomes this move, which would ease pressure on Washington to provide tax relief, it is far from what revenue-sharing supporters in Congress hoped for. Atlanta will devote at least part of its $4.5 million to paring property taxes. Oregon will funnel all of its $22 million into aid for schools as a means of cutting local taxes...
Nixon appeared to have Won Oregon's six electoral votes at press time. In a close race between two antiwar candidates, incumbent Republican Senator Mark Hatfield bested former Senator Wayne Morse with 55 per cent of the vote...