Word: unbeaten
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Elections might not be sure things any longer, but Notre Dame, Michigan and Army seemed to be. They had no trouble getting past another Saturday unbeaten. But a few really big toes were stepped on last week, relieving the monotony of what threatened to be a cut & dried football year...
...Ithaca, unbeaten Army, led by Gil Stephenson, took the steam out of unbeaten Cornell...
...they held back the giant for a quarter or two, as many of them did, but by the final gun the team with superior reserves of talented specialists (either offensive or defensive) won. In the Midwest, there seemed no end to the invincibility of Notre Dame and Michigan, both unbeaten since 1946. Only slightly less impressive were North Carolina and Army. The pity was that none of these four would play each other, so that comparisons were at best guesswork, and at worst a matter of local patriotism...
Coaches and rival quarterbacks were viewing Frankie Albert with increasing wonder and alarm. Was he five years ahead of his time, or 50 years behind it? As signal-caller for San Francisco's unbeaten (pro) 49ers, he frequently violates football's ABCs by passing on fourth down, deep inside his own territory, instead of kicking. Because Frankie makes it work, other pro quarterbacks are trying it.* His theory: "As long as you have the ball you can make touchdowns...
...afternoon, Cain didn't show the promise expected of him, but Stephenson did. Ripping Harvard's line to shreds, he gained the impressive total of 170 yards in 21 tries, scored three Army touchdowns (Army won 20-7). This week Army faces one of its toughest tests: unbeaten Cornell...