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...experts ignored Leahy's coachly gloom ("We are not equipped.'We do not have the weapons"), made the Irish an 18-point favorite. They were mainly impressed by Notre Dame's trigger-armed Quarterback Johnny Lujack. But no sooner had the game begun in jampacked Notre Dame stadium than Leahy uncovered another weapon: a Fighting Irish player who was actually Irish. It took Halfback Terry Brennan exactly 21 seconds to take the opening kick-off and scamper 97 yards for a touchdown. That took the spark out of Army, although they fought hard and had carefully memorized...
...ranked Notre Dame couldn't get its running attack going against Navy, but didn't need to; its two pass-pitching quarterbacks-Johnny Lujack and Frank Tripucka-completed 18 passes in 27 attempts, sank the Middies...
...Evanston, ΙΙΙ., Michigan, the nation's top rated team, with hardly a huff or puff, blew Northwestern down, 49-21. ¶At South Bend, Notre Dame, with Star Johnny Lujack under wraps for most of the game, trounced Nebraska, 31-0. Illinois met Minnesota at Champaign, ΙΙΙ., in the week's only big game between unbeaten teams, and Minnesota lost, 40-13. The South's three best unbeaten teams, Texas, Southern Methodist and Georgia Tech, had no trouble keeping their escutcheons unsmudged...
...struggle. Army extended its unbeaten sequence to 31 games with a lacklustre 0-to-0 tie with Rose Bowl Champ Illinois. Notre Dame was outrushed by Purdue (89 yards to 128) and managed to win (22 to 7) only on the 14 completed passes of All-America Johnny Lujack...
...season began, tricky Michigan and powerhouse Notre Dame (which has still to play its first game) looked like the teams to watch in 1947. Notre Dame had its veteran quarterback, Johnny Lujack, and a Texas-born Irishman, Coy McGee; Michigan had Bob Chappuis (rhymes with happy us), who is the best passer, says cautious Coach Crisler, he has seen in 16 years...