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PIGSKIN PANORAMA
Don Parker
October 22, 1956
PAIGE COTHREN, Mississippi fullback, put the "foot" back in football with a Southeastern Conference record of three field goals against Vanderbilt. On the other hand, in the Purdue-Notre Dame game there was only one punt.
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October 22, 1956

Pigskin Panorama

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PAIGE COTHREN, Mississippi fullback, put the "foot" back in football with a Southeastern Conference record of three field goals against Vanderbilt. On the other hand, in the Purdue-Notre Dame game there was only one punt.

JUNIATA'S four-season, 25-game winning streak ended with a 13-6 loss to Lycoming, while College of Emporia stretched its streak to 30 with a 28-0 win over McPherson.

VITAL STATISTICS: Kiekoffs were returned—98 yards (Chuck Bracy, Cornell College), 95 yards (Jim Surane, Marquette) and 94 yards (John Henry, New Haven.)

MARYLAND students decorated their new library with a sign reading: "We'll swap this building for one good quarterback."

CALIFORNIA WESTERN opened and closed the year's shortest football season, lost its only scheduled game 28-8 to California Baptist Seminary.

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