1949 Cotton Bowl SMU vs Oregon

[Music] good afternoon everyone everywhere this is the old Scotchman Gordon Mendon and here at Dallas Texas this afternoon in the Cotton Bowl more than 70,000 people have come out to see the Oregon web feed co-champions of the Pacific Coast Conference tangle with the champion SMU Mustangs of the Southwest Conference in one of football's greatest shows the Cotton Bowl Oregon wins the toss and the Ducks choose the win they'll kick off and the Mustangs of SMU will receive as the 70,000 settle down for a long winter's afternoon and here it is Oregon's dick Wilkins kicks off for the web foots picked up by SMU is Paul pige he gets back to the mustang1 yd line SMU gets into gear immediately that's Kyle rot handing off this time to Paul paage who streaks wide to the left into Oregon Territory steaming all the way down to the web foot 31 for 16 Mustang yards fourth down all American dop Walker passes complete to dick mckisic on the Oregon 17 and he Bulls his way down to the duck 13 and this time again it's the San Anton Express Kyle rot wide to the right watch Walker's key block for him there it is and the big boy is finally stopped on the Oregon 2 yd line from the Oregon one half yd line it's dope Walker back he's celebrating his 22nd birthday today the Mustang Meal Ticket cannonballs into the middle of the duck line through there and SMU scores it's 7 nothing SMU in the opening moments of play as golden point Bo Walker converts with customary ality from the SMU 20 dop Walker sends a quick kick over the Oregon safety's head 60 6570 75 80 85 yards out of bounds in cofin corner on the Oregon 6in line Oregon's Norm van brockland fires a strike to Big Johnny McCay good for 32 web foot yards to the Oregon 45 there's still plenty of waddle in the duck Norm van brockland back pedals on this play to heave again and he's hit by a bevy of SMU tackers rumbles and it's recovered by Bobby ker of SMU deep in Oregon Territory the ace Mustang shotgun old aches and pains Gil Johnson let's go a blast that hits dick mckk all the way down to the Oregon 16 dick goes with the aid of another block from allamerican Walker Gil Johnson back again gets the ball sets to throw he does and it's intercepted by Dwayne Johnson of Oregon who's back to the web foot 11 before do Walker gets him fullback Bob Sanders down the middle almost to Midfield as the half ends the Oregon Mar and rout in the halftime period five bands Mass on the field to form an outline of the State of Texas with the big D for Dallas in the center of the state out line second half now Kyle rad back gets it hands off to Paul Paige sends him scooting wide around left end up to the Mustang 46 yd line still 7 nothing SMU in the third period on an SMU double reverse it's do Walker to dick mesich and then to Kyle rot he swings wide to the right circling to the Oregon 41 yd line from the web foot 36 Kyle Rach takes the ball fakes to Walker booms down the middle shakes off two Oregon men beautifully rach's going going gone golin or should we say gone duck 14 to nothing SMU as Bell tears off six yards for Oregon Norm van brockland flips a pitch off to Big Bob Sanders who goes over into SMU territory on this play again Mr van brockland is the man under in the Oregon te he hands off to George Bell who rips right up the middle of the pony 30 8 Y Line before Raleigh Blakeley makes a saving tackle for SMU this time it's given a delayed play to Bobby Sanders who is through to the SMU 21 before do Walker billing van brockland calls on Woodley Lewis this time Lewis dynamiting on to the Mustang 17 fourth quarter now Norm van brockland heaths to the end zone caught by dick wiffin for an Oregon touchdown as webfoot supporters go crazy the conversion is no good and smu's Lead is now 14 to6 allamerican Walker back for SMU steams went down the middle a gorgeous catch by Kyle rot on the Oregon 20 it is with 9 minutes to go second Stringer Frank Payne keeps smu's Drive alive with a 9 yard Smash down the alley to the web foot 11 yd line Walker back fakes a pass he heads to the left DS like a will of the whisp B the way to the Oregon three before he's coralled Ball's now on the Oregon 8 after a penalty second Stringer chicken Roberts heads wide to the right slice his back outside right tackle and goes rocketing into the end zone and it's now 21-6 M Oregon's Georgie Bell exploding through the middle to Midfield now Norm van brockland the bomber back to fire sees his man throws a looping pass complete to Daryl Robinson on the Mustang 20 and there he Sho stringed on the SMU 8 watch the bone shaking tackle here van brockland to Sanders who smacks into road on the Mustang one there it is O I'm glad that was him and not me Oregon onto the line of scrimmage again van brockland back hands off to Bob Sanders he is in there for the touchdown SMU 21 Oregon 13 now and that's the way it ends as the Ducks forgot to duck just once too often and as we were leaving the cotton bow we heard one Southwest Conference coach asking a friend are you sure that Walker's back again next year brother I've just retired