Player Spotlight: Al Krueger, Doyel Nave And A Crazy Rose Bowl

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Duke entered the 1939 Rose Bowl undefeated and did not allow a point entering the game. USC trailed 3-0 with two minutes left when fourth-string quarterback/tailback Doyel Nave (bottom) entered the game.

Nave threw four straight passes to “Antelope” Al Krueger, who made the game-winning TD catch (above) by putting a move on Duke’s future College Football Hall of Famer Eric Tipton to score with 40 seconds left. Those were the only points Duke allowed all season and USC fans tore both goal posts down after the game.

Maybe the best part is how Nave entered the game. USC assistant coach Joe Wilensky manned the telephone on the sideline to assistant coaches Sam Barry, Julie Bescos and Bob McNeish in the pressbox. The trio started down to the field so Wilensky pretended he was on the phone and they suggested Nave enter the game. “Send in Nave and have him throw it to Krueger,” Wilensky shouted.

Coach Howard Jones agreed and the rest is history.

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30 thoughts on “Player Spotlight: Al Krueger, Doyel Nave And A Crazy Rose Bowl”

  1. 0 comments on UCLA board and 77 on one USC topic. Bruins obsessed much? Guess we know which team is relevant. Lets all give them an 8 clap and towel wave. Pressure is on this year you guys need minimum of Pac 12 championship or bust. Lets see how pouting Jimmy handles the pressure. 0 big wins in his tenure.

      • TrojanFan3.0. 7 months ago
        OWNED!!!!!! MASSIVE CROTCH KICK….OUCH!!!!
        Another CowPolyFan3.0 Summer repeat!

    • You can keep on thinking you knuckleheads are relevant and we’ll just continue on winning Division Championships and kicking your mustard and catsup rear ends every year…besides it’s great fun coming over here where KOOL AID drinking RAH RAH’s sit around reminiscing about the good old days at YESTERDAY U!
      fit Un knuckleheads

      • Keep on winning division championships and hanging out on USC football blog. Typical high ruin standards.

        • Layla’s standard is winning Best Star Wars Costume at the “When Nerds Attack” Comic Con Convention at San Diego. Tonight could be the night!

          • Wow, somebody has a little obsession with Comic Con. Again, way to many battles and very little material. Just like your son.

          • Layla caused quite a stir when she showed up for The Walking Dead panel dressed in her Princess Leia costume. Andrew Lincoln and Steven Yeun agreed it caused a little obsession among the cast members!

    • This blog is much more entertaining than the UCLA one. You’ve got a writer who seems to troll his own readers. You’ve got SC fans who squeal like a stuck pig yet they always come back for more. And you’ve got the ringmaster Bucket stirring things up.

      • Sadly, one of this blog’s most notorious longtime commenters has vanished. It’s like we’re missing a layer from the seven layer dip.

        • Sadly??

          yeah, we’re miissing a layer from a seven layer Sh!t-Dip…

          hey, does anyone know where Nubsie is? my FacePage told me his birthday is coming up. Where can i send a birthday card???

          #DudeWhere’sMyNubie

    • they are all from gotroy22. he has to comment on everything and everyone’s post.. Or his boss (Wolf) at the daily news will have his job..

      • I’m actually starting to feel sorry for Scotty’s mom. She’s alone against the world and her quiver is empty.

  3. Mr. Nave wasn’t your normal fourth-string QB. He was considered the best passer on the squad and a outstanding all-around player. He earned varsity letters in 1937-38-39.

    • Hey Tom,
      Can you give me some idea of how Jim Blewett’s Manual Arts HS football teams were? Sounds like you are familiar with L.A. City football from that era.
      Thanks sir

      • Not an expert but a fan of Jim Blewett. Coached the Toilers from 1930-62 winning nine L.A. City championships in football.

  4. SC fans tore down the goal posts in a 7-3 game. Of course the opponent had not been scored upon all season so it must have been an incredible moment

    Those were the days my friend; we thought they’d never end

  5. “Antelope” , I love the nickname! When bucket was in his prime they called him the turtle. But according to a source, he was more like a slug

  6. This was also the year that UCLA ‘manned up’ holding USC in a 0 – 0 tie.

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