Eastern Washington University Athletics

8-2; Head Coach Abe Poffenroth

During a four-year stretch in which Eastern was 29-6-1 (1947-50), Eastern capped it by roaring to its third-straight Evergreen Conference title and fourth-straight league title overall (Eastern won the Washington Intercollegiate title in 1947). Eastern won its final four league games by a collective 71-0 score as it finished 4-1 in the league season and 8-2 overall. Despite graduation losses from the year before and injuries early in the year, Eastern finished the season with five-straight shutouts and a total of six for the season. Coached by Abe Poffenroth, Eastern opened the year with a 46-0 victory over Whitworth in the first Eastern game ever played at Albi Stadium in Spokane. Eastern lost two of its next four games, including a 21-7 league loss to Saint Martin’s on Oct. 14. But Eastern was perfect after that, defeating Puget Sound (7-0), Whitworth (32-0), Western Washington (6-0), British Columbia (34-0) and Central Washington (26-0) on successive weeks. In the Puget Sound game, Howard Glazier had a 60-yard touchdown run with less than a minute to play to break a scoreless tie. He also scored the lone touchdown in the win over rival Western with a 78-yard touchdown pass from Dale Gier. Meriel Michelson rushed for 1,049 yards to lead Eastern’s “Model T with a Trailer” offensive attack as he earned AP Little All-West Coast honors. He was dubbed “Mule Train” by Tacoma sportswriters after he scored both touchdowns in a 13-7 victory over Pacific Lutheran, including a 52-yard run. He scored on runs of 74 and 42 yards the week before in a 20-6 win over Montana State. Glazier, who scored all six of his touchdowns on plays of at least 25 yards, was a first team All-Evergreen Conference selection as both a halfback and defensive back. Michelson, who was inducted posthumously into the Eastern Athletics Hall of Fame in 2007, joined linebacker Ray Conrad, defensive guard Bill Lowther, offensive end Anton Rasmussen, defensive end Ray Sheahan and defensive tackle Don Thoreson as first team All-EvCo selections.