Sport: Football, Dec. 7, 1931

Football's great myth is the National Championship, to which, last week, Tulane, only major team in the U. S. which has won all its games, seemed to have the best claim. The National Championship, however, was invented for purposes of argument. The flaw in Tulane's claim was a schedule which included no intersectional games. By beating Northwestern, generally acknowledged champion of the Big Ten, Purdue last week became a member of the group of claimants. Southern California, though beaten once, in early season, by St. Mary's, had the strongest record on the...

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