01 01 1945 Rose Bowl USC vs Tennessee
Thomas Paine Podcast
mike moore
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🗓️ 1 January 2026
⏱️ 108 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The score of Southern California 6, Tennessee nothing. Back into punt formation goes Buster Stevens, left halfback for the volunteer. He's going to kick if he kicks from the 24, his own 24. Takes the ball, takes a step forward. This time he gets it away. It's almost blocked away, but it comes up the field. It's in Southern California, 40-yard line, goes out of bounds on the Trojans 38 yards. It'll be Southern California's ball first on 10 on their own 38-yard line. Trojans take over and out goes Pat West. He is the boy who kicked off for Southern California. He's only in the game. He's being replaced by Whitehead. Whitehead comes in, West goes out. West came in to kickoff. He'd try and convert for the extra point. He was unsuccessful on the attempted converge. Tempriced to fall back by deep. |
| 0:56.5 | Southern California, out of a T-form down behind the center. Man in motion this time is Bobby Morris. Morris going out as a flanker. Ball is given to Deep Whitehead. Whitehead plunges across the 40, reaches of the 42. Knocked down on the 42 by Bob Doblstein. One of the two Doblstein brothers, Russ, his brother playing one tackle, Bob playing the right guard of the Tennessee Volunteer Line. |
| 0:54.2 | Tennessee playing a six-man line at the moment. Southern California's ball in their own 42, and time is called. As yet we've had no signal as who has asked for this timeout. Looks like it's the referee's timeout. It'll be second down coming up now, roughly seven yards to go. Trojans ball in their own 42-yard line. 15 yards in from the western side of the playing field, directly below our NBC booth. Scores, Southern California 6, Tennessee nothing. An early touchdown came very quickly with startling rapidity, which electrified this crowd of 94,000, which had not expected anything that fast. Buster Stevens trying to punt from his own 21-yard line, has the kick-blocked or rather from the 31. It rolls back to the Tennessee 25, where Jim Callanan scoops it up and goes over standing up with that recovered punt, or rather with the recovered fumble, he ran it into the inch down, and the Trojans were out in front. They did not convert. They lead six to nothing. Hardy himself in motion this time. |
| 1:45.0 | A quick kick by Deve Whitehead. |
| 2:00.7 | It goes over the Tennessee safety man's head and out of bounds somewhere's in the neighborhood of the Tennessee 19 yard line. A quick kick. Dave Whitehead pullback of Southern California booting. He boots out of bounds on the Tennessee 19. The volunteers take over. On that exchange of punch, they lost 12 yards. |
| 2:19.3 | A quick kick by Wead Whitehead goes right smack over Mr. Buster Stevens' head, who was back in safety position for Tennessee. Actually, he wasn't back in safety position. He was about 18 yards behind the line of scrimmage. Playing in the secondary defense in no position to receive that kick. It was a quick kick and caught Tennessee flat-footed. Single wing over to the left this time. In the tailback is Buster. |
| 2:20.3 | Buster carrying the ball Stevens. |
| 2:21.3 | He's trying to skirt around the left side of the lines. |
| 2:23.3 | He's up to the 25, up to the 30, gets away from another man, the 35, up to the 40, and he's knocked down on the 40, Before he gets back up, he's keeping going to the 45, he's up to the 50 yard line and he's finally knocked down on the 50. |
| 2:32.3 | Buster Stevens, the scat back of Tennessee, brings it up to the middle of the field. |
| 2:44.0 | Tennessee showing that they are not beaten despite the unexpected touchdown, |
| 2:47.0 | which was scored against them in the first 50 seconds of play. |
| 2:51.1 | Buster Stevens brings that ball from the 19-yard line down to the Southern California 49-yard line. |
| 2:56.6 | Comes Tennessee out of the huddle. They're running out, wearing orange jerseys today. |
| 3:00.6 | Right down behind the center's Billy Beavis this time. |
| 3:02.6 | Beavis takes the ball, gives it on a spinner to Major. Major to Stevenson. |
| 3:04.6 | Stevenson Knives his way for a gain of one yard. Cuts between right tackle and right guard. John Ferreiro. Left tackle and all-American tackle, I might add, of Southern California, knocks him down to the ground. A double reverse, worked behind the Tennessee line, gains nothing. Second down coming up, 10 yards to go. The ball is midway between the two sideline stripes. There are 10 minutes and three seconds of playing time remaining in the first period. |
| 3:26.2 | The score of Southern California six. |
| 3:28.0 | Tennessee, nothing. |
| 3:29.1 | Tennessee out of the huddle. |
| 3:30.5 | And this time it is Buster Stevens. |
| 3:32.2 | Quick kicking himself and he's catching Southern California flat-footed. |
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