USD Football 1993

TOUCHDOWN ILLUSTRAUD

One ForThe Ages

men into foot- ball giants. Every week he told his play- ers, "You've got to want to win." "Jones was a perfectionist," Nick Pappas,

And why not, with a backfield of Frank Carideo, Joe Savoldi, Marty Brill and Marchy Schwartz? Rockne considered his 1929 and '30 teams his best. They were unbeaten and national champions both years. When they came West in 1930, they gave the Trojans a 27-0 whipping on the strength of Carideo's running and Bucky O'Connor's passing. Th en tragedy struck South Bend. Rockne was killed in a plane crash, stunning the football world. Assistant HunkAnderson took over. Notre Dame opened the 1931 season with a 25-0 victory over Indiana, had a scoreless tie with Northwestern, then sacked Drake, Pittsburgh, Carnegie Tech, Penn, and Navy. 'SC was next. After losing to St. Mary's 13-7 in their opener, the Trojans thundered past t heir next six opponents, outscoring them 222 points to 19. USC Coach Howard Jones was known as "The Head Man." He had a face like chiseled granite and a repu- tation for turning average college

paw passer Art Parisien outshone Trojan quarterback Mort Kaer. The Irish won 13-12. In 1927, before some 100,000 fans at Soldier Field in Chicago, the Irish achi eved another one-point victory, 7-6, when Trojan Morley Drury missed a PAT. Howard Jones' war-horse was favored at home the following year. Russ Saunders, Don Williams, Jesse Hibbs and others gave the South Benders a 27-14 licking on their way to winning the national championship. Another crowd of over 100,000 wait- ed to see the 1929 clash in Chicago. The Trojans took t he lead with a Marshall Duffield pass. Notre Dame countered with two touchdowns, for a 13-6 halftime lead. Then, to open the third quarter, USC's Russ Saunders took the kickoff on the five. Following burly halfback Ernie Pinckert, he went 95 yards to score. But once again the PAT was missed and Notre Dame won 13-12. Grantland Rice called the 1930 Irish "the wonder team of modern times."

USC Coach Howard Jones was known as "The Head Man." He had a face like chiseled granite and a reputation for tttrning average college men intofootballgiants.

Trojan quarte rback in 1935-36, remembered. "He showed us how to block and tackle, how to catch pass- es." Those were the days, he said, when first-stringers usually played 55 minutes a game and quarterbacks were required to run, pass and kick. Morley Drury, USC All-American in 1927, noted, "Jones was tough, but he was a fair man. He bel ieved in the players." As for the 1931 team, their backfield of Orv Mohler, Gus Shaver, Ernie Pinckert, and Jim Musick was consid- ered the best on the Coast. On the line were Brown, Smith, Ray Sparling, Stan Williamson and Aaron Rosenberg. Each was an All-America

The 193 I USC pltiyers 111ere all smiles upon their arri1,al iu Chicago for thci,· sho,vdonm 111ith the Irish.