September
September 19 TCU opened with a 6-0 win at Howard Payne College at Brownwood, Texas.
September 26 In Seattle, Minnesota opened its season with a 14-7 win over Washington.
Defending champ (under the Dickinson ratings) SMU had a tough time in beating North Texas, 6-0, and Rose Bowl winner Stanford lost its opener to visiting Santa Clara 13-0. Sugar Bowl winner TCU lost at Texas Tech 7-0. LSU beat visiting Rice 20-7. Alabama beat Samford 34-0 and Pittsburgh beat Ohio Wesleyan 53-0.
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Famous quotes containing the word september:
“April is in my mistress’ face,
And July in her eyes hath place,
Within her bosom is September,
But in her heart a cold December.”
—Unknown. Subject #4: July Subject #5: September Subject #6: December. All Seasons in One. . .
Oxford Book of Sixteenth Century Verse, The. E. K. Chambers, comp. (1932)