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1948 COTTON BOWL SMU 13, PENN STATE 13
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Two of the nation’s most powerful offensive teams met in the 1949 Cotton Bowl. Doak Walker and Kyle Rote led the Mustangs to their second consecutive Southwest Conference championship in 1948 while Oregon rode the right arm of quarterback Norm Van Brocklin to the Pacific Coast Conference cochampionship. The difference in the game was the use of the quick kick by SMU. Walker booted one 79 yards and Rote launched an 84-yard kick to pin the Ducks deep in their own territory. In addition to their quick kicks, the Mustangs’ star running backs each scored touchdowns to give SMU a 14-0 lead. Answering the call for the Ducks, Van Brocklin threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Dick Wilkins early in the fourth quarter. SMU put the game away just three minutes later when Chicken Roberts scored on an eight-yard run to push the lead to 21-6. SMU Oregon
GAME STATISTICS
Scoring Summary SMU - Paul Page 53-yard pass from Doak Walker (Walker kick) SMU - Walker 2-yard run (kick failed) Penn State - Larry Cooney 38-yard pass from Elwood Petchel (Czekaj kick) Penn State - Wallace Triplett 6-yard pass from Petchel (kick failed) Team Statistics First Downs Yards Rushing Yards Passing Total Yards Passes Punts-Average Fumbles-Lost Interceptions Penalties-Yards Attendance
SMU 12 92 114 206 11-25 7-33.1 1-1 1 1-5
Penn State 12 165 93 258 7-15 4-33.4 2-2 1 3-15 43,000
Individual Statistics Rushing: SMU - Walker 18-66; Penn State - Petchel 9-25 Passing: SMU - Johnson 6-16, Walker 5-9; Penn State - Petchel 7-15-93
MEDIA
Dallas, Texas January 1, 1949
The 1948 Cotton Bowl featured a matchup between two unbeaten teams in SMU and Penn State. Led by All-American Doak Walker, the Mustangs jumped ahead early. Walker tossed a 53-yard scoring pass to Paul Page and later scored on a two-yard touchdown carry. The Nittany Lions struck back when, just before halftime, Elwood Petchel connected on a 38-yard touchdown pass to Larry Cooney which cut the SMU lead to 13-7. Penn State scored the only points of the second half when Petchel threw his second scoring pass of the game on a six-yard toss to Wallace Triplett in the third quarter. The Nittany Lions, however, missed the extra point, and the game ended in a 13-13 tie. 7 0
HISTORY
1949 COTTON BOWL SMU 21, OREGON 13
Dallas, Texas January 1, 1948
SMU Penn State
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GAME STATISTICS
Scoring Summary SMU - Doak Walker 1-yard run (Walker kick) SMU - Kyle Rote 36-yard run (Walker kick) Oregon -Dick Williams 24-yard pass from Norm Van Brocklin (kick failed) SMU - Chicken Roberts 8-yard run (Joe Etheridge kick) Oregon - Bob Sanders 1-yard run (Chet Daniels kick) Team Statistics First Downs Yards Rushing Yards Passing Total Yards Passes Punts-Average Fumbles-Lost Interceptions Penalties-Yards Attendance
SMU 19 226 111 337 10-20 3-68.7 0-0 0 1-5
Individual Statistics Rushing: SMU - Rote 16-93; Oregon - Bell 17-93 Passing: SMU - Walker 6-10-79; Oregon - Van Brocklin 8-19-145 Receiving: SMU - Rote 4-55; Oregon - Wilkins 4-57
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Oregon 19 242 145 387 8-19 3-31.0 2-1 2 6-30 69,000