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Grid tiers Do It Again! (17-0)
Rados, Moore, Garrity, Grier Star
As Lions Romp to Sixth Victory
When a team you’re coaching is a decided underdog and convincingly defeats a football
eleven which loses to mighty Notre Dame by only one touchdown, ties Oklahoma, and car
ries "the team to beat” sign, then you’ve just had a great day. That’s what Coach Rip Engle’s
gridders had at Pitt Stadium last Saturday—a great day.
Exhibiting its finest performance of the year before 42,277 fans, Penn State adroitly
controlled the game. It had the red and green light signals so well synchronized that the
Lions were able to make the score, 17-o—the same as last year.
The Nittany Lion backfield ran inside and outside of Pitt’s forward wall and Co-captain
Tony Rados flooded the air lanes with a great passing exhibition that had the Penn State
spectators gleaming with joy. To the Panthers,it was just the same old script. Only the names
were changed to ease the pain.
Although one may point out individual accomplishments, there’s little doubt that Penn
State’s triumph was a team victory. i
I It was Bill Straub and Pete-
Schoderbek who held the Pan
thers to less than ten yards when
Pitt drew first blood.
• Engle’s quarterback sensation,
Rados, led his team near Pitt’s
20-yard stripe twice before Coach
Red Dawson’s crew could muster
enough strength to hold the Lions
on downs. It was like driving a
car with the hand brake on.
The initial period was score
less, but the Lions had all the
say. In fact, Pitt spoke only on
eleven plays from scrimmage dur
ing the entire first period—twice
the team was forced to kick.
Grier Tops for Piit
Dawson’s sleeper in the North
Carolina State contest, short,
swift Bob Grier, awakened the
Pitt enthusiasts with two runs
for 23 yards at the start of the
second period. With the ball be
„ ing placed on the State’s 35, En-
'£ 3 gle’s first team came back into
o l the game. The chapter was closed
12 for the Panthers failed to dent
the Lion forward wall and pass
defense.
Penalties, which seemed to get
Penn State into trouble through
out its nine-game schedule came
again—the referee took a “for
ward march” of 15 steps before
halting. A Lion player was caught
clipping. Rados, however, nicely
put the Lions back on its paydirt
drive. Straub took his pass and
scooted to the Pitt 20 where, he
was finally brought down from
behind.
- For the third time the Lions
® “ * < were knocking at touchdown
door. Engle’s gridders gave it the
old college try—“lf at first you,
don’t succeed, try again.” Penn]
State succeeded in advancing the
ball to the 10 yard line, but after
three failures to cross the goal
line end Jim Garrity split the
uprights with his first field goal
(15 yards) on State’s final try.
Lion Line Holds
Dawson’s backfield once again
found Engle’s line impenetra
ble. The Lions took over. Three
plays later, the Pitt observers
watched Penn State’s gridders ex
ecute its favorite TD trip play.
Rados dropped back to pass. Pitt’s
secondaries drifted back with Ra
dos’ intended receivers, only to
be fooled. Moore received a hand
off and scampered 79 yards un
touched for a TD. Garrity’s auto
matic toe made the score 10-0.
With a little more than two
and one-half minutes remaining
Pitt’s Grier fumbled Don Bailey’s
kickoff on his own 16. A touch-
Lions King!
TEAM'S STATISTICS
FIRST DOWNS (total) -
ily rushing:
By passing
By penalties
RUSHING PLAYS
(number of) ; 29 43
Yards grained rushing 117 251
Yards lost rushing 58 20
Net gain rushing 59 231
FORWARD PASSES
(number attempted)
Number completed
Number had intercepted -
Net gain passing
TOTAL PLAYS RUSHING
AND PASSING
TOTAL NET
YARDS GAINED
PUNTS (number)
Average yards
Had blocked
KICK RETURNS
Number of punt returns 1 6
Yards of >punt returns 14 86
Number of kickoff returns 3 1
Yards of kickoff returns 14 21
No. of interception returns 3 0
Yds. of interception returns 44 0
FUMBLES (number) 1 3
Bali lost on fumbles - 0 1
Number of penalties - 5 8
Yards penalized 35 72
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
PITT
RUSHING
Fcrsrusoß
Epps
Mahsozt
MattioH
Ford
Grier
Steratore
Neft
Michaels 1
McCabe X
PASSING
Att. Comp. Int. Yds.
Ford 10 4 0 29
MatUoK 7 3 0 23
Neft 1 1 0 8
Hoffman 3 0 0 ■ ®
PASS RECEIVING
Epps
Grier .
MeQuaitie
Diefcrick 3 38
Dillon _
PUNTING
No. A vff.
3 42.3
' 6 36
“p¥nn"state
RUSHING
Zombek
Schmitt
ll
Garrity
Moore 13 132
7 47
Younkers
Veslinar
Wolfkeil
Blockson
Bailey
PASSING
Att.' Comp. Int. Yds.
23 13 2 160
_ 3 «0 2 0
PASS RECEIVING
Rados
Hoffman
No. Yds.
1 48
’ 3 31
Garrity
Younkers
Malinak 6 38
Arnelle
PUNTING
Scribes Win. Football Contest ;
Procopio Is Champion Swami
Sports Editor Sam Procopio of
fically won the Daily Collegian
football prediction contest Satur
day, leading the Collegian sports
sci'ibes to their first victory over
the Penn State football coaches.
Procopio had mathematically
won the contest prior to Satur
day’s pickings. He held a six
game lead after last week’s selec
tions and differed on only four
choices this week with his near
est contenders.
Second place honors went to the
coaches, represented Saturday by
backfield Coach Joe Faterno, and
Assistant Sport? Editor Dick Mc-
Dowell who f ;- 'i ' °d in a tie. Staff
writer Herm Weiskopf finished in
Pitt State
. 9 18
. 5 12
. 2 5
2 1
21 28
8 13
0 4
60 160
50 71
ll9 393
9 1
38.1 31
0 0
Tries Gain Net
2 6 6
4 10 10
2 2 2
.2 0-13
7 48 19
No. Yds.
~2 9
„ 1 9
Tries Gain Net
5 11 11
39 38
12 12
1 15
1 ’ 31
third place just one game out of
the number two spot.
’ Procopio won the contest with
a season re co r d of 94 correct
choices and 41 misses. He could
muster only six correct selections
Saturday as upsets again played
havoc with the crystal ball. His
final average stands at .697.
Paterno and McDowell both se
lected eight games correctly Sat
urday, missing seven for an over
all total of 99 right and 45 wrong,
four games less than Procopio.
Their final average was .666 Weis
kopf, with an 89-46 record had a
.659 percentage.
Although this type of contest
has been in cx ; stence in the Col
legian for quite a few years this
was only the second season that
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
By SAM PROCOPIO
down was in sight for the Lions.
However, Ray Ferguson, who
dropped Bobby Hoffman’s in
tended TD pass, made good on
the second attempt, intercepting
in the end zone.. Before the half
ended the Lions were in posses
sion of the ball.
Typical of Rivalry
The 53rd meeting between the
Panthers and Lions at this point
marked the intense rivalry which
has been shown in the neighbor
ing football relations.
The second half started in the
reverse of the first. This time the
Lions received the kickoff. In
stead of being held to four downs
like the Panthers, Penn State
consumed five minutes and forty
five seconds before it finally
crossed the goal. line.
In the meantime, Rados, com
pleting five passes, kept the door
open for the breezes to blow.
Buddy Rowell and Ron Younker
contributed to the TD march.
Rowell climaxed the 63-yard drive
with a half-yard plunge.
From here to the final gun pass
defense spelled the difference.
Pitt went nowhere. Younker ran
back . a Panther punt 40 yardd.
However, Henry Ford quickly
clamped things shut with his fine
defensive ability. Rados’ pass in
to the end zone saw six hands
going into the air with the two
belonging to Ford clinching the
pigskin.
TD Passes Blocked
In return, end Don Malinak
blocked a short pass, while Wayne
Wolfkeil knocked down two
“sure” TD passes.
Although Penn State received
the ball, it only took two plays
before the Panthers were back on
the offense. The Panthers, seek
ing to find some fault in State’s
defense, continued to use their
deep formation. Still, it failed.
With only a few minutes kone
in the third period Penn State
was forced to punt—the first and
only time in the entire game. Ra
dos, who kicked for the Lions,
also saved the day when he
blocked Ford’s pass.
The statistics, score, and game
were one-sided, but Ford of Pitt
was the only one to write his
name in the record books. He in
tercepted three Penn State passes
to tie his school’s record.
The day finally ended for the
Panthers but not only in defeat.
Dawson of Pitt had his first los
ing season as a .college head foot
ball coach.
the coaches have competed against
the Collegian staff. Last year the
coaches won the contest _ when
Rip Engle’s yogi A 1 Michaels
picked 14 games correctly in the
last week of the contest. His per
formance was enough to put the
coaches out ahead of Sports Edi
tor Jake Highton by one game.
The coaches’ top individual this
year was Jim O’Hara who select
ed 13 games correctly early in the
season. McDowell had the top
single Saturday record for the
scribes with 14 correct.
Procopio’s victory earns him
the right to the coveted eight-ball
award which will be presented
to him for use in future football
soothsaying. All contestants agree
that the famed crystal ball is no
longer dependable.
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HERE'S JIM GARRITY, Lion right end leaping for a Tony Rados
pass in the Penn State-Pitt battle Saturday at Pitt Stadium. Gar
rily was unsuccessful in this attempt. Looking on is Pitt' defender
Bob Grier. The Nittanies won the game, 17-0. ■
Terrapins Move to
First; Lions Listed
NEW YORK, Nov. 23 (A 9— Maryland, only undefeated and un
tied major college team in the country, was voted the No. 1 foot
ball team of the land today in the weekly Associated Press poll
by a landslide margin.
Coach Jim Tatum’s terrific Terrapins moved into the top spot
after lowa held Notre Dame to a resounding 14-14 tie Saturday,
with the result that the Fighting
Irish dropped from the No. 1 place
to No. 2 -for the first time this
season.
Maryland, winner of ten straight
Penn State was ranked 281 h
in this week's poll. The Associ
ated Press did not indicate how
many points the Lions received.
It said, however, that the Nit
tanies had received more than
ten points.
games and with one of the tightest
defenses and flashiest offenses in
the nation, ended its season Satur
day by blanking Alabama, 21r0.
A week earlier the Terps had
thumped Mississippi, 38-9. Those
were the two teams which upset
Maryland at the tail end of the
1952 season.
Maryland is expected to be the
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1953
Atlantic Coast Conference’s rep
resentative in the Miami Orange
Bowl Jan. 1,-against Oklahoma,
the Big Seven champions.
A total of 254 votes was cast
by the nation’s sportswriters and
broadcasters in this next-to-last
AP poll of the 1953 season. Mary
land, which has been edging up
oh Notre Dame in recent weeks,
got 154 first-place votes, 1 and a
smashing total of 2347 points.
Notre Dame, which has games
with ' Southern California an d
Southern Methodist remaining,
received 47 first-place votes and
2009 points.
■ The final AP poll will be taken
next week when the mythical na
tional championship will be de
cided.
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