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Show Pete Dow sprints 80 yards to a touchdown NEVADA U O-UTAH 31 Pete Dow Halfback A great University of Utah eleven, powered by tremendous ground-gaining plays and a bewildering aerial attack, completely battered an invading University of Nevada team into a 31 to O defeat, October 5, to impress nearly 12,000 spectators that it would be a team to beat for the Rocky Mountain Conference championship. Ike Armstrong's braves amazed even their own followers with an offensive that brooked no opposition. The Redskins went on a scoring rampage that tore the Reno team to shreds. The game was not many minutes old when Utah gained the ball on an exchange of kicks on its own 20-yard line and on the third play, Big Pete Dow, who was a potent figure in the championship won by Utah in 1926, side-stepped his way behind nearly flawless interference around right end and sprinted 80 yards down the gridiron for Utah's opening goal. The feat by the graceful moving Ute giant halfback sent the fans into hysterics. Hardly had they settled down when Theron Davis beautifully intercepted a fumble before the ball touched the ground and raced 45 yards to the goal line to boost Utah's score to 13-0. as the first half ended. The majority of the third quarter was a passing duel. After several minutes of sensational heaving, Captain Davis landed one into the outstreched arms of "Chub" Utter, who raced 35 yards for Utah's third score. With one quarter yet remaining, Nevada's coach sent in his ace passer, Ambrose, who gave the fans thrill after thrill with his bullet-like passes. But the Ute stars stuck to their respective men like a fly on a cube of sugar, and although the invading Wolves completed several good passes for fair gains, enough heaves were knocked down for Utah to gain possession of the ball and to keep the Wolves from knocking at the Utah touchdown door. With Chub Utter End Page 200 |