ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>1940's History</title> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="generator" content="HAPedit 3.1"> <style type="text/css"> body{padding: 20px;background-color:#DCDCDC ;color: #222;text-align: center; font: 85% "verdana",Arial,sans-serif} h1,h2,p{margin: 0;padding: 0 10px;font-weight:normal} p{padding: 0 10px 15px} h1{font-size: 150%;color: #FFF;letter-spacing: 1px} h2{font-size: 100%;line-height:1;color:#002455 } div#container{width:750px !important; width /**/:760px; margin: 0 auto;padding:5px;text-align:left;background:#FFF4CD;} div#header{background: #8F1919;padding: 10px;text-align:center;height:170px;} div#links{background:#FFF4CD;margin-top: 5px; height:35px;text-align:center;border-top: #8F1919 thick solid;border-bottom: #8F1919 thick solid;} div#nav{float:left;width:160px;padding:10px 0;margin:5px 0;background: #8F1919;} div#content{float:right;width:580px;padding:10px 0;margin:5px 0;background: #FFF;border: #8F1919 thin solid;} div#content h2{font-size: 100%;color: #9E4A24} div#footer{clear:both;width:750px;background: #8F1919;color:#FFF4CD;padding:5px 0;text-align:center} ul.postnav,ul.postnav li{margin:0;padding:1px;list-style-type:none;verticle-align: middle;} ul.postnav li{float: left;width: 10.5em;font-size:10pt;margin-right: 0px;text-align:center;padding-left:35px;position: relative;top: 0.5em;} ul.postnav a{width:10.1em;padding:3px 0;padding-left:10px; padding-right:2px;font: 10pt Verdana,sans-serif; text-transform:uppercase;background: #8F1919;color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration:none;text-align:center} ul.postnav a:hover{background: #FFFFFF;color:#8F1919} a.sidebarlinks{color: #FFF4CD;text-decoration:none;text-align:center;} a.basiclink{color: #8F1919;text-decoration:none;text-align:center;} a.historylink{color: #8F1919;text-decoration:none;text-align:center;font-size: 14pt;} </style> <script type="text/javascript" src="niftycube.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> window.onload=function(){ Nifty("div#container"); Nifty("ul.postnav a","transparent"); Nifty("div#content,div#nav","fixed-height big"); Nifty("div#header,div#footer","medium"); } </script> </head> <body> <div id="container"> <div id="header" style="height: 220px"> <img src="mdbanner.jpg" /><br /> <!--<img src="mdbanner.jpg" />--></div> <div id="links"> <ul class="postnav" style="text-align: center;"> <li><a href="index.htm">Home</a> </li> <li><a href="teaminfo.htm">Team Info.</a> </li> <li><a href="History.htm">History</a> </li> <li><a href="NonVarsity.htm">non-varsity</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="content" style="text-align: center"> <strong><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial">1940's Record: 5-2</span></strong><p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <b><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="5">1949</font></b></p> <ul> <li><b><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="5">5-2 Record</font></b> </li> </ul> <table border="1" bordercolor="#ffffff" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <ul> <li><font face="Arial" size="2">The Wildcats practiced on the uneven ground behind the still unfurnished school. There was no grass and the clay surface was hard as a rock. Tractors were working on leveling out the field when the season started. The dressing rooms in the school building were in use but the athletic office lacked furniture. The players took cold showers because the heating system wasn t operating to provide hot water.</font> </li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <ul> <li><font face="Arial" size="2">Coach Len Will used a variation of the Notre Dame box system as his offense, which he learned in his starring days at Memorial. There were some single wing features and a few T plays. The coach operated at fullback in both those formations at Columbia.</font> </li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <p> <a class="historylink" href="1949Roster.htm" ><b>1949 Mater Dei Varsity Football Roster</b></a></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <div align="center"> <table border="2" bordercolor="#FFF4CD" bordercolordark="#FFF4CD" bordercolorlight="#FFF4CD" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="182" width="563"> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#FFF4CD" height="19" width="83"> <b><font color="#000000" face="Arial">Date</font></b></td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#FFF4CD" height="19" width="187"> <b><font color="#000000" face="Arial">Opponent</font></b></td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#FFF4CD" height="19" width="48"> <b><font color="#000000" face="Arial">Score</font></b></td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#FFF4CD" height="19" width="190"> <b><font color="#000000" face="Arial">Location</font></b></td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#FFF4CD" height="19" width="79"> <b><font color="#000000" face="Arial">Attendance</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#8F1919" height="17" style="font-size: 8pt; 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