The Nashville Tennessean just went for it: NAVY HUMILIATES REBELS, 21-0. The Midshipmen went for it on their first fourth down, which just happened to the game’s fourth play from scrimmage. They made it. It set the tone. Ole Miss passed midfield just once before the fourth quarter and earned the rare-ish distinction of losing…
Texas A&M 7, TCU 0. The player is running with the pack of Oasis Cigarettes. Brilliant.
The Blue Devils beat the Mustangs 14-6 in Durham on Oct. 13, 1956. The program has another great Murray Olderman comic, this one of Duke receiver Buddy Bass. And the obligatory Lucky Strikes ad isn’t just of a dude with a helmet or of a cheerleader’s megaphone turned into a nicotine cornucopia, but actually has…
Relive the 1959 season here.
The Fighting Illini crushed Stanford on New Year’s Day 1952. Keep scrolling for a classic College Kids Love Chesterfields cigarette centerfold and some great videos of the game (the second has Illinois players reminiscing about the victory). You can read the AP writeup, and see some photos from the game, here.
The Tigers blanked the Gators 13-0 at home in Cliff Hare Stadium on Oct. 1., 1955—a victory Auburn fans apparently deem worthy of framing. Great cover, nice Chesterfield Cigarettes centerfold (those suckers were made with AccuRay).
October 10, 148 — an epic S.T.C. battle on Mt. Olympus… homecoming no less.
The cover features a sailor serenading a leprechaun with a sea shanty or something, which the leprechaun looks like he’s enjoying… appropriately as it’d turn out: The Irish shutout Navy 6-0 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. There’s a Naval Aviators ad on the back cover and a Lucky Strike roster centerfold, our first on the…