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Army’s Jones passes Davis
Carlton Jones ran for 162 yards to pass legendary Glenn Davis on Army’s career rushing list and the Black Knights snapped an 11-game losing streak with a 20-0 victory over Akron on Saturday in Akron, Ohio.
The senior running back carried a career-high 38 times, scored two touchdowns and moved into second place with 3,065 yards rushing at West Point behind only Mike Mayweather (4,299 yards from 1987-90).
Davis, who passed away in March at 80, teamed with fullback Felix “Doc” Blanchard as one of the most heralded backfields in college football history. He was “Mr. Outside” to Blanchard’s “Mr. Inside,” won the 1946 Heisman Trophy and ran for 2,957 yards on only 358 carries. His 8.26 average remains an NCAA record.
Falling goal post kills student
A 20-year-old University of Minnesota-Morris student was killed in Morris, Minn., when football fans rushed onto the field and pulled down a goal post at the end of the school’s homecoming game.
Richard Thomas Rose, of Benton City, Wash., was pronounced dead at a hospital after attempts to revive him on the field failed, school officials said. No one else was hurt.
Minnesota-Morris Chancellor Sam Schuman said it was not immediately clear how Rose died. “I think the presumption is that (his) death was caused by a blow from the goal post,” he said.
Schuman said the stands were full, with about 1,000 fans watching the last football game at Cougar Field – an overtime victory over Crown College. The Cougars move to a new stadium next season.
Schuman said Rose, a junior, was a member of the basketball team.
Longtime voice of Yale football dies
Dick Galiette, the radio play-by-play man for Yale football for 33 seasons, has died at 72.
Galiette died Friday at St. Raphael’s Hospital in New Haven, Conn., the school said. No cause of death was given.
Galiette did play-by-play on the radio for Yale from 1963-87 and then again from 1997 until his death. His final broadcast was Oct. 15, a 28-21 loss to Lehigh. Galiette served as a sports anchor at WTNH-TV from 1964-81, and worked for ESPN, anchoring “SportsCenter” in the early 1980s.