Scorching sun beat from a hot October sky on opening games. Players were carried from fields uninjured; helpless with heat exhaustion. Larger universities used three and four teams to relieve the strain; small colleges with little squads saw their men suffer far more than they will from any snow storms of November.
Famed Notre Dame produced a green but agile team and defeated Coe 28-7 as scouts from later season enemies (Army, Navy, Indiana, Minnesota, Detroit) watched narrowly, scribbled notes.
The highest score of early games was made by Temple (Philadelphia university of 6,000...
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