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After a scoreless first half, the payoff play sent four receivers downfield in the third quarter. From among them, Substitute Tailback Rudy Bukich found Halfback Al Carmichael all alone in the end zone, hit him with a 22-yd. touchdown pass. Then, outlasting a Rose Bowl jinx that twice saw California lose to the Big Ten in the final minutes, the hopped-up Trojan defense stopped two more Wisconsin drives inside the 30. Final score, for the West Coast's first victory in seven lean years against the Midwest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Broken Jinx | 1/12/1953 | See Source »

...lightning extras. The fall of '51 saw a helicopter-delivered Dartmouth extra that arrived at the stadium just after the final gun. With the presses rolling two minutes before the game completion, Crimed's hearts were going this-way, that-way as wildly as the varsity's brilliant sophomore tailback. It was easy to see whether one was loyal to the CRIMSON or the Crimson...

Author: By Richard A. Burgheim, | Title: The Crime---Action and Achievement | 1/8/1953 | See Source »

Lowenstein was a specialist in precision passing from his tailback spot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ex-Grid Captain Lowenstein Picked for 3rd Army Team | 12/16/1952 | See Source »

Lowenstein, five ft., eight in. tailback, was drafted after the third game of last season. His playing that year had been hampered by the aftereffects of a leg fracture sustained in spring practice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ex-Grid Captain Lowenstein Picked for 3rd Army Team | 12/16/1952 | See Source »

...member of the junior varsity squad for three years, the 160-pound. Finney played quarterback when the team worked out of a T-formation, and tailback when it employed a single-wing. In varsity scrimmages he often initiated future varsity opponents...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Finney Receives LaCroix Trophy; First J. V. Winner | 12/4/1952 | See Source »

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