Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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Joanne Thornton

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j d ttsbj , . . The Year in Review The 1950 edition of tlie Ohio University Fight- ing Bolicats compiled the school ' s best record since 1946 by capturing six victories against only four losses. In the season ' s opener, a night contest, the Akron University Zippers felt the sting of the Bobcat attack as they fell 28-6. Tom Anderson, a newcomer to the OU ranks, headed the offen- sive barrage by completing eleven passes, one of which was good for a touchdown. Captain Quinn Stumpf put Ohio ahead in the second period when he tallied twice on short jaunts. Two more scores were added in the final stanza when Anderson tossed to halfback Bob Haug and when Andy Fabis bulled over from six yards out to complete the evening ' s scoring. The famed Johnny Karras and his University of Illinois teammates proved to be a little too much for OU as they rolled to a 28-2 win before twenty-six thousand onlookers at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. The Bobcats made an early bid for a touchdown as they re- covered the fumbled opening kickoff on the mini thirty-two yard stripe. Anderson pitched to end Wally Duemer on the two yard line but an offside penalty ended the only Bobcat threat of the afternoon. Illinois marched ninety-three