Word: routing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...brightened for a moment when told that Grantland Rice had picked him as a first-string offensive guard on Look's All-America team. Against L.S.U., Nick played 55 minutes, took a terrific physical beating. But he could do little to prevent the Wildcats' 45-7 rout by the Southern team that was only a six-point pre-game favorite. Going home that night in the plane, Nick could not sleep as his teammates did. Through his bruised lips, he kept muttering: "I'm no good. I'm no good...
M.I.T. forward Len Garthe--high scorer with 15 points--was the only player who gave Tech fans any cause for excitement in the second half. Led by Dennis, who did all the scoring in the last half, the Crimson made a complete rout of the game...
...from fiat on its back to put on hard-played, crowd-pleasing shows the rest of the year, even if it did not win every game. The Crimson lost to Princeton, for example, by a greater margin than to Cornell. Yet the Tigers' victory seemed much less of a rout than the loss...
...quarter touchdowns, 27-20. The tide-turning play: a 96-yard kick-off return for a touchdown by Stanford Fullback Bob Mathias, Olympic and world's record decathlon champion. Other notable results: Michigan State over Notre Dame, 35-0, for the worst Irish defeat since its 48-0 rout by Army in 1945; unbeaten Illinois, No. 1 Big Ten team, over Iowa, 40-13; Tennessee, ranked No. 1 in the U.S., its 17th in a row over Washington...
Dide Hype's Blue team threatened to make a rout of the game when it scored again at 4:10 of the second quarter. A pass from Greeley to Collins put the ball on the Closed 20-yard line Dunster fullback Lou Tsavaris went through the line to the 9, and Jim Wykoff of Winthrop drove over for the score. Halftime score was 19 to 7 in favor of Open...