Bowdoin College - Bugle Yearbook (Brunswick, ME)

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On another afternoon of perfect football weather, Bowdoin suffered its first defeat of the season at the hands of a particularly strong Amherst eleven. Bow- doin’s only serious threat of the game came after stopping Amherst on their own 31. Bowdoin moved the ball to Amherst’s 38 on Dyer's running and a Cos- grove-to-Murray pass, which was good for 12 yards. Amherst strengthened its defenses and held. Bowdoin punted out of bounds on the Amherst six. Jedry, on the third play, broke away and was finally stopped by Goldstein on Bowdoin’s 37. This run set up the rest of Amherst’s drive, with Turner going over from the one. Amherst’s second touchdown came as Cosgrove was hit hard attempting to pass deep in his own territory. Amherst recovered his fumble on Bowdoin’s one. Knight went over, and the half ended with Am- herst leading 14-0. At the start of the second half, Bowdoin received the kick-off, but failed to move the ball. Amherst took the punt, moved downfield, and scored on a Knight-to-Richardson pass from the eight. In the fourth period Amherst scored once more, making the final score 28-0. Bowdoin, lacking some of the spirit of the first two games, never got inside Amherst’s twenty. Libby looked good at quarterback as he ran the club for most of the second half. Gold- stein and Testa did well in the line. Bowdoin’s first team ready to go against Maine

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Bowdoin opened the season at Whittier Field on another perfect football afternoon. The team, suffer- ing no serious injuries at Tufts, was at full strength. Bowdoin succeeded in stopping Wesleyan’s attacks in the first half, while getting off only one good drive of their own, which Wesleyan managed to halt on the 4. Coukos' run of twenty yards and Cosgrove’s pass to Totman highlighted the drive. Anthony suffered a knee injury in the second period and was removed from the game. Bowdoin took the kick-off at the start of the second half and moved the ball to the Wesleyan 33. Dyer carried for 17 yards off tackle to lead the surge. Totman went for nine, and then snagged a pass from Cosgrove on the 13. He scored after bowling over a couple of would-be tacklers. Cosgrove missed the conversion. After forcing Wes- leyan to punt, Bowdoin took over on its 43. Dyer went for one yard, then nine, barely missing the first down. Coukos carried off left tackle, cut sharp- ly to his right and went all the way for Bowdoin’s second touchdown. The play carried 43 yards, with Dyer throwing the key block to aid Coukos' fine running. Cosgrove’s attempt for the point after was blocked. Forcing Wesleyan to punt, Bowdoin took over and moved 49 yards for a third score, but Dyer’s attempted conversion was blocked. Coukos and Dyer did most of the work. Mel Totman was injured on a nine yard run. Coukos cut off right tackle from the five for the score. In the fourth quarter, Cos- grove stopped Wesleyan’s best effort with a pass interception behind his own goal and returned the ball to Wesleyan’s 41. The pass had been deflected by Atkins. The game came to a close with the final score 18-0. The loss of Anthony and Totman was to prove very costly to the Polar Bears. Co-Captain Totman goes for five against Wesleyan Jack Cosgrove avoids two would-be tacklers in the Wesleyan game.

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Bowdoin, smoldering from its shutout by Am- herst the previous week, traveled to Williamstown to meet the final opponent of the Little Three. Show- ing more spirit, the Polar Bears started two short drives in the first period. One was halted by a fumble and the other by a pass interception on their own 36. Williams scored three plays later on a screen pass to Smythe in the flat. On the first play of the second period Cosgrove passed to Coukos, who went to the Williams twenty. Bowdoin moved the ball to the nine where they had a first down with five and a half minutes to go in the period. Fearon of Williams pick- ed off a lateral and was stopped on the Bowdoin 35. At the end of the period, Bowdoin got the ball again on a Williams fumble. The ball changed hands on a pass interception and a Williams fumble. After forc- ing a punt, Williams took the ball on its own 19 and went all the way to the Bowdoin one, where Fearon went over. After the kick-off, Williams took the ball on a fumble, but had to punt. Freeman intercepted Cosgrove’s pass to Murray and went all the way. The conversion was missed, as Williams was penalized for holding. The half ended with the score Williams 20, Bowdoin 0. At the start of the second half Williams fumbled, but Bowdoin lost possession on a pass inter- ception. After making Williams punt, Bowdoin took over on their own 44. A drive sparked by Cosgrove sneaks, with Dyer and Coukos running well put Bow- doin on the Williams five. Cosgrove then went over left guard for the score. Cosgrove passed to Roux for the extra point and the clock showed five minutes and twenty seconds left. Bowdoin once again forced a Williams punt and started to move the ball with the help of a Cosgrove-to-Roux pass for twelve yards as the period ended. At the start of the fourth period, the Bears lost the ball on a pass interception, but forced Williams to punt. Throwing from his own thirty-sev- en, Cosgrove hit Murray, who snatched the ball and moved to the Williams 30. Coukos picked up a first down at the 20. Dyer hit off tackle and ploughed his way for the touchdown. Cosgrove carried the ball over for the extra point. Bowdoin held Williams, but Cosgrove too speedy for a host of Wesleyan pursuers With icimd lost the ball on its own 30, barely missing the try for a first down. Williams tried an unsuccessful field goal from the Bowdoin 17. Bowdoin then took over on the 20. Cosgrove passed 20 yards to the 40. Flc then passed 11 yards placing the ball on the Williams 43. Dyer went for 12 yards off-tackle to the 31. Cosgrove fum- bled with a minute and a half to go, and Williams stalled for the remaining time. Williamson ran well at fullback along with Dyer and Coukos. Farrington and Cecelski played topnotch defensive ball.