University of San Francisco Athletics

One week later, on Sunday afternoon, November 1, 1942, the University of San Francisco Dons gained a great victory. With but sixteen men, taped and bandaged, the Green and Gold ground the hated Prune Pickers into the turf of Kezar Stadium; they out-downed and out-fought a powerful Bronco eleven, as 30,000 people again and again roared encouragement to a fighting, charging bunch of kids. Those people will never forget Doug Ashton, his hand and arm in a nine-pound cast, driving Santa Clara linemen into their own backfield. They will never forget Neil Sheridan driving off right tackle for short gains, then passing sharply to Don Bower for five, then 10, then five again until finally he drove into the Santa Clara end zone 80 yards from his starting point.

Thus endeth the first Summer Term; a noble experiment well accomplished. After the mad round of pleasure that can come only with a three-day vacation, we were back at it again, back for our football finale grandiose. A great football season followed.

The boys missed one here and there but set a new scoring record of 221 points. Lots of '44 men in there-men like Johnnie Sanchez, Doug Ashton and Bus McKnight (TheDon).