University of Florida - Tower / Seminole Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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yll'l ' Kentueky's Wildcats found them- selves trailing the Gators 7-0 after only a minute and 58 seconds. An injured I-Iunsinger and Wildcat George Blanda's bombsight passing spelled a 34-15 defeat for the Orange and Blue gridders, but Doug Belden hit 14 of 21 tosses to keep the statistics close. The Alabama tiff was a Florida ball game for two and a half quarters. With Hunsinger the Humdinger in top form thc Gators led by a substan- tial eight points late in the third period. The Crimson Tide came out on top 34-28, but Florida's ace left half outpointed 'Bama's Ed Salem, 18-16. Against non-conference opposition the Wolfmen were unbeatable. Be- sides the win over Miami, which kept the state title in Gainesville, the Sau- rians slapped down Tulsa and toyed with Rollins and Furman. Loren Broadus' 80-yard punt return offset T ulsan jimmy Finks' passing Wizardry as the locals smashed the Golden Hurricane here 28-14. Coach jack McDowall of Rollins tried to prime his charges for the Gator-Tar tussle by feeding them alligator steaks, but two days later his men found the Wolf species harder to handle. Score: 41-12, Gators. The Wolfmen handed Furman a 39-14 shellaeking. HUNSINGER NAILED BY BULLDOC Wally was worried. Y v 'i GATORS TANGLE MIAMI PASS The storm warning had capsized.

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Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida 1948-49 SUUI-U1 ANU ITS IREUUIRIFI 0 ,,r,Y r,r.,, M ississippi 14 28 ,r7,,, .,...r.r. T ulsa 14 16 , ...,.. Auburn 9 41 . r,4r . ..w.......... Rollins 12 7 .. . ,1,,,. Georgia Tech 42 39 .,,. . ,7,,. Furman 14 12 ., .,1.. Georgia 20 15 .,.w,....,1.,1,.,.,..., Kentucky 34 27 ru,e Miami 13 CHomecomingQ 28 . .,.....u, v....,.,u.v... A labama 34 KYNES, OXYGEN, AND HUNSINGER f - -- All-SEC honors. Front row, left to right: Charlie I-Iunsinger, Hal Griffin, Doug Belden Fletcher Groves, Tommy Bishop, Tommy Bray, Billy Parker, Marcelino 2' N' Iluerta and Corlis Carver. Second row, left to right: Loren Broadus, Scotty Peek, john Martin Gasper Vaecaro, joe Hawkins, Jack Wells, Bill Mitehum, Milton Adkins jimmy Kynes, and Fal johnson. Ilunsinger and Center Jimmy Kynes were tapped by Southeastern sportswriters for all-conference honors. Kynes got the center spot on the United Press All-SEC eleven and Hunsinger was named to every selection. Recognition also went to stocky little johnny Gilbert, who was chosen to play center on thc South squad in Miami's North-South Shrine game Christmas. Most of the credit heaped on the Wolfmen was directed at thc tvam's powerful ground game, which made the '48 Gators the fifth highest scoring team in University his- tory. But the scrappy Orange and Blue forward wall came in for its due, completely handcuffing a number of opposing stars-namely Tech's Frank Ziegler, Georgia's Johnny Rauch and Miami's Whitey Campbell and Harry Ghaul. Leading the stalwarts on the Gator front line were two full-time tackles, Frank Dempsey and Cliff Sutton, and Captain Fletcher Groves, a guard.