Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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GLENN SEIDEL BILL BEVAN RAY DAUBER PETE MAILHES Assistan Coach Assistant Coach Former Assistant Coach (Staff Error) Assistant Coach Young Lowell Red Dawson, turning out his third Greenie grid machine, took a bunch of green sophomores, a few juniors, a sparse sprinkling of seniors and whipped them into a football squad that was considered one of the best in the country at the close of the season. Aiding him in this project were Bill Bevan, line coach and former star guard on Minnesota ' s eleven: Glenn Seidel. backficld coach and teammate of Bevan ' s; Pete Mailhes and trainer Monk Simons, Sr. Dawson ' s Greenies started slowly with a 13-10 loss to a surprisingly strong Clemson eleven. Next came the third straight 0-0 deadlock with Auburn ' s Tigers, and from that time on the Green Wave was a great bill club. Mid-season disaster developed when the green-clad boys journeyed to Birmingham for the Alabama tilt which re- sulted in a slow 3-0 victory for the Crimson Tide. The perfect timing and evidence of wonderful coaching which was so prevalent the week before in the Mississippi State win was completely gone. The Greenies were pushed all over the field and never came close to scoring. Coach Red never lost confidence in the ability of his boys to come back. They lost the opener and all he said was, They ' ll do better next week. And they did. Not only that, but they improved from week to week, suffering but one letdown the whole season. The grand finish which saw the Louisiana State Tigers crushed before the Green Wave onslaught, 14-0, was evidence enough that the young Tulane mentor is as good a coach as there is in the country. Tulane, 10; Clemson, 13 Opening very inaucpiciously, the Greenie squad, using the unit system of wholesale substituting, dropped a 13-10 decision to a hard-fighting band of Clemson Tigers who drove through in the waning minutes to score the winning touchdown after having trailed the Green Wave throughout the game. What Was Left of the Squad After the L. S. U. Carnage

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WARREN BRUNNER Back STAN NYHAN Back BILLY PAYNE Back FRED GLODEN Back THE GAMES %§ we § iiw iHtii The work of Warren Bronco Brunner, Greenie left half- back, was outstanding. He made several beautiful runs, one for 46 yards which saw him being knocked out of bounds on the three-yard line. Little Bob Kellogg, jitter- bug back, came in to kick a field goal which almost proved enough to beat the Clemson boys. Tulane, 0; Auburn, Auburn ' s Tigers came to New Orleans, and for the third straight time the game wound up in a scoreless deadlock. The Greenies were improving though, the blocking and tackling was better, and Auburn just managed to stave off a score when Brunner returned an Auburn kickoff 82 yards, being stopped on the 15-yard stripe. They drove it to the two-yard line, but the Plainsmen held and all was for nothing. The Tulane defense held up with the usual stubbornness and it was the brilliant play of Millard White, Harley McCoUum and Ralph Wenzel that kept the Tigers from scoring. They bogged down once on the Tulane nine-yard line. It was a spectacular tilt even with the lack of scor- ing. The Wave gridders were getting better. Fans could see the improvement over the Clemson game. Tulane, 17; North Carolina, 14 Courage was what stood out in the Greenies ' 17-14 win over a good Tarheel eleven — courage and the All- American playing of Warren Brunner, who personally led a drive Nifty Nyhan and Bronco Brunner pre- vent a Plainsman touchdown pass