INTERCOLLEGIATE FOOTBALL RESEARCHERS ASSOCIATION ™

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ISSN: 1526-233x Vol. 1...No. 8 Established: Jan. 2008

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(The story is adapted from spectacular end to their college “Muzzy Field: Tales From A football careers in 1936. Instead, Forgotten Ballpark” by Douglas the season ended unexpectedly S. Malan, which chronicles the in Palau’s hometown. rich history, dating back to 1912, In 1935, the Rams stood among of this field in Bristol, Conn. With the top teams in the country Yankee Stadium, it is one of the before a loss to Purdue and ties last fields still in use where both against powerful Pittsburgh and Babe Ruth and high-flying St. Mary’s (CA) played.) dropped them to eleventh in the national rankings following their The Unknown Vince 6–1–2 campaign.

Lombardi The crowning achievement had been the traditional Thanksgiving By Doug Malan Day battle against University. The Violet fielded a Long before Vince Lombardi was strong team in 1935, but a coaching legend and football Fordham shut them down, 21–0, icon, he was a lineman at in front of 75,000 fans at Yankee Fordham—scrappy, diligent and Stadium. Palau emerged into the known to his teammates as national spotlight with a “Butch.” touchdown catch, two interceptions, impressive punt A member of the famed Seven returns, and strategic punting; Blocks of Granite, he also was for his efforts, he earned the part of a class of talented young coveted Madow Trophy as the men from New England factory game’s MVP. towns that formed some of the greatest Fordham teams under Not surprisingly, Fordham head coach . boosters and national pundits expected the Rams to challenge One of his classmates, for national supremacy, and the quarterback “Handy Andy” cries of “From Rose Hill to the Palau, hailed from Bristol, Conn., Rose Bowl” rang out across the and the duo was primed for a The College Football Historian-2- Paquin and Johnny “Tarzan” Druze at the left and right end Bronx campus in the autumn of positions. 1936. They formed a formidable line In late October, the Bristol Press and on defense shut down the announced that Fordham would high-flying St. Mary’s offense in appear in a benefit game at October 1936, prompting Muzzy Field in Bristol the Crowley to gush to the New York Sunday after Thanksgiving to American that he had witnessed raise money for a local toy drive. “the greatest defensive team” he’s Palau’s connections were ever seen. instrumental. The only thing that would change those plans was if Based on that performance, Fordham was chosen to play in Fordham publicist Tim Cohane the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. borrowed a nickname he remembered from a 1930 As the season progressed, the Associated Press photo caption game in Bristol appeared and inserted it into the game jeopardized by Fordham’s program the following week success. against vaunted Pittsburgh. Thus, the timeless moniker “The Lombardi was coming off a ,” though disappointing junior season in not born that day, certainly was which he injured his shoulder applied for posterity to the early in the season against Fordham line and their Vanderbilt and lost his starting stonewalling capabilities. job to . But the 1936 campaign featured sixteen top The Rams lived up to the hype, returning letterman and fighting Pitt to a scoreless tie in immense expectations, despite a front of 57,000 at the Polo difficult schedule that included Grounds. Southern Methodist, St. Mary’s (CA), Pittsburgh, Purdue, “Their attitude was typified by a Georgia, and New York custom the guards and tackles University. had of staring straight into the opponents’ eyes during that long Franco and Al Babartsky had moment of tension after the been moved from guard positions opening kickoff when the linemen to left and right tackle in 1936 to crouched, ready to spring into make room for Lombardi at right action when the ball was guard and Nat Pierce at left snapped for the game’s first guard. The center, future Pro play,” Robert W. Wells wrote in Football Hall of Fame inductee his biography of Lombardi. Franklin “Alex” Wojciechowicz, anchored the line with Leo After the tie against Pitt, The College Football Historian-3- Fordham entertained Purdue at the and disposed of “There was no talk. There was the Boilermakers, 15–0; thinking just the open-eyed and menacing a Rose Bowl berth in easy reach, stare before the two lines crashed the Rams got too cocky against together, the opponents’ flesh Georgia the next week and played and sinew meeting the Rams’ to a 7–7 outcome. Despite a 5–0– granite barrier. The Fordham 2 record, Fordham still had a stare was a psychological weapon shot at Pasadena if they could that the players were convinced beat out in gave them an edge.” the mud and sleet in Yankee Stadium on Thanksgiving Day. The offense was not shabby, But as the Rams ruined a good either, with captain and fullback NYU season in 1935, so too did Frank Mautte working in the the Violet derail Fordham’s backfield with Palau, who told planned trip west in 1936. Palau, Lombardi biographer David knocked out of the game with an Maraniss that Lombardi’s ankle injury, was not on the field motivational exhortations in the at the end of the surprising 7–6 huddle often forced Palau to tell loss. him to quiet down so he could call a play. Fordham’s attack As it turned out, Palau was not centered, not surprisingly, on a the only Ram not playing at full shift-heavy scheme taken from strength that day. For several Crowley’s alma mater. weeks during the season, some players were joining semipro “As the quarterback in Crowley’s teams in New Jersey on Sundays Notre Dame box formation, Palau to earn extra money under lined up a few yards behind fictitious names. center, then shifted to the left or right before the snap, often Dick Healy, an end for Fordham, ending up behind the right told Maraniss that “several of the guard,” Maraniss wrote. “On guys were hurt in the semipro many plays, he and Lombardi game the Sunday before the NYU had the same blocking game. Ed Franco was hurt in assignment, pulling out to that game. But they covered it double-team an opposing guard up.” or tackle. Vin hit from inside, Andy the outside. Palau was 165 Palau corroborated the story to pounds, 20 less than Lombardi. Maraniss, but exonerated his Palau said Lombardi was a close friend. brilliant blocker, a determined perfectionist.” He said, “Sure, it’s true. Ahhh, jeez! It’s true. Three linemen and one back. Can’t say who. Not The College Football Historian-4- Press. “If they had advertised us as they did here in Bristol, Vinnie. That’s probably why we everything would have been lost. Yeah. Ah, Jesus. Some of satisfactory.” the players were banged up. And they were pooped and it’s a Fordham’s game against WEAC shame. A shame! I was sure was the first college-semipro pissed off when I found out about game ever played in Bristol, and it. A chance to go to the Rose the Rams arrived in town with Bowl and they screwed it up. three of the Seven Blocks of Ahhhhhh!” Granite: Paquin, Pierce, and Lombardi. Though the Rose Bowl turned down the Rams, the Orange Bowl The Bristol Press acknowledged in Miami extended an offer, “but the Brooklyn native toward the it would’ve been humiliating to bottom of its pregame story. settle for second best and Lombardi often was an Fordham turned them down,” overlooked member of the team. Wells wrote. “No. 40 Vincent Lombardi, the right guard, is Fordham’s work So instead of heading to horse–steady and deadly effective Pasadena, Fordham readied for a on close-up plays,” the paper trip north to Bristol for, reported, listing Lombardi at 5- ironically, a Sunday game foot-11, 188 pounds. against a semipro team from the West End Athletic Club of Bristol. Palau was one of his closest Actually, the first scheduled stop friends, often bringing him to his was New Bedford, parents’ home in Bristol across Massachusetts, that Saturday, the street from Muzzy Field but when the team arrived in where Palau’s mother gave him town, Paquin noticed that the food. As the two friends grew into game’s advertisements touted adulthood, Palau said in a 2004 them as the interview that Lombardi visited instead of calling them the frequently, enjoying his time with Fordham Collegians as they did Palau and his parents, Helen and in Bristol. Gustav.

Paquin pulled the squad from the Local Celtic club members field in New Bedford where opened their homes to the thousands of fans had come to Collegians, and undoubtedly see them play. many, if not all, of them “We had no license to use the composed the record-setting school’s name and we didn’t feel crowd of 4,300 fans at Muzzy as though we should risk the Field for the two o’clock kickoff. chance and get tossed out of school,” Paquin told the Bristol The College Football Historian-5- host club, and the thousands of fans rejoiced the return of Palau. Also suiting up for Fordham were left tackle James Lawlor, center Little did they know that the William Cronin, right tackle bulldog-tough lineman was to William Ney, right end Healy, become a football immortal. Palau at quarterback, left halfback Warren Mulrey, a right That night, a banquet was held halfback named McDermott (who at Cadillac Grille on North Main was either William or Frank), and Street with Bristol mayor Joseph fullback Joseph Dulkie. Harding, and the Fordham players received watches from a Fordham took little time to show local watchmaker. The season their mettle and prove that they was complete. were not simply going through the motions. In the first drive Palau and Lombardi became after the kickoff, Dulkie sprinted inseparable in the ensuing years. 37 yards to the WEAC 28-yard When Palau’s career line before McDermott hit Palau fizzled in the New York Yankees with a 27-yard pass. Dulkie then farm system, he took a job in bulled his way in from a yard 1939 replacing former teammate out, Palau added the extra point, Pierce as football coach at St. and Fordham led, 7–0, an Cecilia, a small Catholic high advantage that held through school in New Jersey. halftime. The first coach he hired on the WEAC struck back in the third staff was Lombardi, who earned quarter with its efficient passing seventeen hundred dollars a game when Charlie O’Keefe hit year—not much, but it was more Jimmy O’Brien on a 35-yard attractive to Lombardi than scoring play. A missed extra working on the waterfront for his point, however, kept WEAC at father, working for a finance bay, 7–6. Fordham then salted company’s collection agency, or away the contest when Pierce joining the priesthood, which intercepted a pass near midfield. were all considerations at the time. Lombardi turned to McDermott then rushed down to coaching and shared a the seven-yard line, and on boardinghouse room and king- fourth and goal, Dulkie pushed size bed for $1.50 a week. across another touchdown before Palau missed the extra point. They developed a rivalry in chess and gathered empty beer cans The precision blocking of after dinner and tried to Lombardi and two of the Granite outsmart each other with Blocks proved too much for the formations. Palau also taught

The College Football Historian-6- During Christmas break and off- season vacations, Lombardi was Lombardi the basics of basketball a frequent visitor to Bristol and so that Lombardi could take over the Palau family, Palau said. He the coaching duties of St. was then a young man just Cecilia’s team. starting his journey and was always receptive to a plate of Helen’s pierogi. “He liked my father’s wine, too,” Palau added. Rockne told our man that Notre By 1942, the two had parted Dame said they would not let him ways. Palau, the college star, go. That they had offered him soon ceded the limelight to fifteen thousand. That he had Lombardi, the onetime backup never worked at a co-educational who achieved unrivaled school. greatness. That otherwise Northwestern * * * * * would be very attractive, because he wanted very much to show The following originally appeared what he could do in the in the January 1992 issue of the Conference. The Conference as I College Football Researchers take it is the big lure. Association; and is used by permission of Rich Topp, who I pass this on for what it may be submitted it for that publication worth. and is now a member of IFRA. Sincerely yours, THE NEW YORK HEARLD Edmond Ridgway The Sun 280 Broadway President Scott’s reply: January 6, 1922 New York, December 30th, 1921 Mr. E.J. Ridgway President Walter Dill Scott, New York Herald Northwestern University, 280 Broadway, Evanston, Ill.

Dear President Scott: My dear Mr. Ridgeway:

Our man has been hobnobbing We are not quite sure how to size with the football coaches. He up the action taken by Mr. asked Knute Rockne about the Rockne. He stated because he rumor that he was going to was going to New York that he Northwestern. personally was ready to sign a contract with Northwestern, but The College Football Historian-7- WHICH TEAM IS THE

BEST? had promised to see two men in COLLEGE DIVISION New York before signing and (1958-1974) must hold off, because of that formality. By Patrick M. Premo

We appeared to take up the In the previous issue, we saw matter of finding a house in 1961 Florida A&M capture the Evanston and he had gone into HBCU (1956-2007) all-time best the matter thoroughly of crown. 1961 Florida A&M then schedule for next year. battled the NAIA I Champ from 1970-1996, 1976 Texas A&I, but Day before yesterday he lost 35-45. 1976 Texas A&I (the telephoned that everything all-NAIA Division I champion) setting for Northwestern and continued to advance in the made an appointment to meet Champions Round. This issue yesterday with several of us in will feature College Division Chicago. At eleven thirty, he teams from 1958 through 1974. yesterday, he wired that he had As I stated previously, I am using signed up for next year at Norte Tex Noel’s rankings to pair these Dame. champions, with the proviso that no individual school is I will not pressure to explain his represented more than once in action. each tournament.

Yours very truly, THE FIELD: President Walter Dill Scott 1. 1962 Florida A&M Rich added “Imagine Rockne vs. 16. 1973 Louisiana Tech Stagg!” 8. 1964 Wittenberg, OH * * * * * 9. 1961 Pittsburg St., KS

We now have 63 subscribers to 5. 1975 Texas A&I The College Football Historian— 12. 1959 Bowling Green keep passing the word…THANK YOU!! 13. 1974 Central Michigan 4. 1969 North Dakota St.

3. 1971 Delaware * * * 14. 1960 Ohio University

6. 1968 San Diego St. The College Football Historian-8- 1973 Louisiana Tech saw its Cinderella chances fall as 1961 11. 1970 Arkansas St. Pittsburg St., KS, won 30-24. 1969 North Dakota St. ended 7. 1973 Tennessee St. 1959 Bowling Green’s upset 10. 1963 Northern Illinois plans with a 38-24 victory. 1971 Delaware won 41-28 over upstart 15. 1958 Southern Mississippi 1970 Arkansas St. The number 2. 1964 Cal. St.-LA two seed, 1964 Cal. St.-LA, defeated 1973 Tennessee St. in a real shootout, 43-31. ROUND ONE: ROUND THREE: 1973 Louisiana Tech, the 16th seed, pulled off a shocker as it 1969 North Dakota St. had little beat the number one seed, 1962 trouble with 1961 Pittsburg St., Florida A&M, by scoring a KS, winning 42-28 and touchdown (after a fumble advancing to the Championship recovery) with time running out Game. In a very exciting game, and winning 38-34. 1961 the number three seed, 1971 Pittsburg St., KS, put away 1964 Delaware, scored a safety late in Wittenberg, OH, 39-24. In the fourth quarter and then got a somewhat of an upset, 1975 touchdown to tie 1964 Cal. St.- Texas A&I fell to 1959 Bowling LA, 51-51. Delaware won the Green, 24-41. 1974 Central coin toss and allowed Cal.St.-LA Michigan was no match for the to get the ball first. Cal. St.-LA number four seed, 1969 North then fumbled the ball and Dakota St., which won 37-27. Delaware recovered. All Delaware had to do was score The three seed, 1971 Delaware, and it would win the game. 1971 barely got by 1960 Ohio Delaware got a touchdown to win University as it got a late 57-51 and clinch its place in the touchdown to win 41-39 in a championship. thriller. 1970 Arkansas St. had little trouble with 1968 San Diego THIRD PLACE: St., winning 42-28 in another mild upset. 1973 Tennessee St. In a nail biter, 1961 Pittsburg took care of 1963 Northern St., KS, kicked a field goal as Illinois, 40-30. 1964 California time expired to defeat 1964 Cal. St.-Los Angeles defeated 1958 St.-LA, 45-42, and win third Southern Mississippi by an place. identical score, 40-30. CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND TWO: 1971 Delaware found itself in another overtime game. This

The College Football Historian-9- NEXT MONTH: time, 1969 North Dakota St. In the next issue we shall feature scored a late touchdown to tie the NCAA Division I-AA teams the game, but then had the extra from 1978 through 2007. And point blocked by Delaware to the winner of that tournament send the game into overtime will take on 1976 Texas A&I, deadlocked 34-34. Amazingly, which is proving to be a very neither team was able to score in tough opponent indeed. The the first overtime. In the second following issue will begin the overtime, Delaware got a field tournaments of the Division I goal. However, North Dakota St. teams. was able to score a touchdown to win 40-37 in the second See you then! overtime. Remember, if you were to CHAMPIONS ROUND: conduct these tournaments again using my FAST-ACTION 1976 Texas A&I, the NAIA COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOARD Division I champ, was a slight GAME, your results will most favorite over 1969 North Dakota likely vary. Just as in real life, St., the College Division winner. when two teams play one another The game pretty much played out twice (or more) in the same that way as Texas won 34-28 to season, the results are not continue on in the Champions always the same. Round. [NOTE: As I mentioned in the last issue, after 40 years of designing and distributing sports board games, I have decided to discontinue operations. Annual updates will no longer be prepared. My web site features a half- price close-out sale (except the computer games) that will be on a first- come, first serve basis. Some games are in very short supply; in fact, the game is already sold out. My web site address is: members.tripod.com/newaction. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected].]

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Outing, by J. Parmly Paret…1898 December (as is)

PRINCETON, 6; YALE, 0.

The annual game between Yale Arthur Poe, the right end of the and Princeton was held this year Tigers, was the bright, particular at Princeton, November 12th, at star of the game, and the only the new Brokaw Field, and score of the game was due to his resulted in a victory for Princeton quickness and a fumble by one of by 6 to 0, exactly the same score the Yale backs. as that of Yale on her home grounds last year.

Princeton………………………Positions…………………..Yale Poe...... right—end—left ...... Eddy Hillebrand ...... right—tackle—left ...... Stillman Edwards...... right—guard—left ...... Brown Booth ...... center ...... Cutten Geer ...... left—tackle—right ...... Chamberlain

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Crowdis...... left—guard—right ...... Marshall Palmer ...... left—end—right ...... Coy Duncan ...... quarter-back ...... De Saulles Kafer...... right—half-back—left ...... Durston Beardsley...... left—half-back—right ...... Benjamin Ayres...... full-back ...... McBride

Princeton substituted Mills , 2006 for Crowdis, Hutchinson for , 1994 Duncan, Black for Milt Campbell, 1991 Earl “Dutch” Clark, 1995 Beardsley, and Wheeler for Cris Collinsworth, 1996 Kafer. Nolan Cromwell, 1991 Curley Culp, 1997 Yale substituted Ely for De Len Dawson, 1988 Saulles, Townsend for , 2005 Durston, and Corwin for Pat Donovan, 1994 Joe Ferguson, 1986 Benjamin. Paul Giel, 1998 Harold “Red” Grange, 1984 Referee—Edgar Wrighton, , 1996 Harvard Lou Groza, 2006 Ray Guy, 2004 Umpire—Paul Dashiel, Pat Haden, 1995 Ken Hall, 1983 Anapolis Chad Hennings, 2005 Elroy Hirsch, 1988 * * * * * Paul Hornung, 1989 Sam Huff, 1999 Permission to use by Bruce Keith Jackson, 2001 Howard, Director of Publications Tom Landry, 1991 and Communications, National Tommy McDonald, 1997 Federation of State High School Bronko Nagurski, 1989 Associations Merlin Olsen, 1987 , 2007 College Football Players that are Mel Renfro, 1995 also members of the National Willie Richardson, 2002 Federation of State High Joe Romig, 1990 Association’s Hall of Fame. Bart Starr, 1989 Pat Summerall, 1987 , 1986 Jim Taylor, 1988 The College Football Historian-13- A number of former players and coaches have been inducted into , 2003 their respective school's Halls of Ron Waller, 1991 Fame. Paul Warfield, 1992 Arkansas State: Mike Beebe and J. C. Watts, 2002 Tim Langford...Columbia: Bruce Charlie Wedemeyer, 2007 Gehrke ’48; Gene Rossides ’49; Byron “Whizzer” White, 1987 Marty Domres ’69 and Russ Warren ’62. (Class of 2006: Sid * * * Luckman ’39 and Lou Little, head coach)...Marshall: former In Memory of … coach, Jim Donnan and players, Phil Ratliff and Bill Eddie Crowder, (77) who spent Harris...Trinity Valley CC: Inez Perez, Margene Atkins; Head nearly half a century at the Coach Bob Baccarini and University of Colorado as a assistant coach, Leon “Red” football coach, athletic director Spencer...Texas: Mike Baab, and mentor…Leo Elter, (78) who Dan Neil, Knox Nunnally and Ed Padgett...UCLA: Eric starred at Villanova… Dick Turner...Virginia Tech: Eugene Enderle, (60) Minnesota…Jerry Chung. Miller, (69) former Tarleton State 2008 NJCAA Hall of Fame (Texas)… Barry Moore, (60), Inductees: PLAYERS—Archie North Texas… Rex Sebastian, a Amerson, Dixie State College four- year letterman at (ID), Gerald Beman, Fort Scott Purdue…Gene Upshaw, (63) CC (KS), Richard Hayes, Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Texas A&I…Elmer Willhoite, College and Frank Murphy, (78) an All-American at USC Garden City CC (KS)...COACH— A.J. Kilpatrick who was head coach at: East Mississippi CC In honor of... from 1969-71; Northwest Mississippi CC, 1975-79; Holmes Lou Holtz will be honored this CC, 1980-81 and East Central weekend, along with more than CC, 1982 (career record: 94-87- 70 members from his 1988 4, 0.519)...SPECIAL national championship team, CONTRIBUTOR—Robert during the dedication of a statue Maxwell, serving over 35 years at Notre Dame. Elected to the with Northeastern Oklahoma College Football Hall of Fame in A&M College…TEAM—1966 May, Holtz coached the Irish for Kilgore TX College. 11 seasons and a record of 100- 30-2.

The College Football Historian-12- Wittenberg's (Ohio) final regular Kentucky placed a marker at its season home game. old Stoll Field football facility location to commemorate the first Jerry Jones (Arkansas) was college grid contest in the Deep awarded the Lamar Hunt Award - South in 1880 the highest honor given by the Dallas All Sports Association at Coach Dave Maurer will be its 2008 Banquet of Champions. honored with "Dave Maurer Day" on Nov. 1, coinciding with * * * * * Sporting Life, 1904 gridiron, and the game will be played on Franklin Field. Connie Mack, as arranged a football game between Editor’s Note: Final Score: Georgetown and Holy Cross, Georgetown 17—Holy Cross to be played at Philadelphia, 4. October 29. Georgetown was 4-1 going into the game; finished 8-1; This is the first time these Holy Cross entered the game two leading Catholic colleges 1-2-2 and finished 2-5-2. have come together on the And his anatomy Subtracts now, * * * * * from the maximum Two broken Outing, by Walter Camp. 1892 [as is] ribs, a jointless thumb, And fingers—all but three. THE HERO OF THE GAME. 1891. But, oh! he wears a laurel crown, His pedestal’s near Heaven! His cheeks are etched in Harvard stripes, They stamp and shout, when he comes out, He’s pride of men, His eyes are dyed Yale blue; and pet of ten, The King of his His nose is warped, His front Eleven. teeth gone, --Anna M. Williams. His skull is fractured, both ears torn, Have a great College Football Season—

His arms are bandaged too. A and hope that your team/alma mater crutch supports his crippled does well!! If your alma mater wins the weight, title—brag about it and tell us!