The following appeared in the November 11, 1950, edition of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and was written by JCU alumnus Chuck Heaton

Roaring back with two touchdowns in the last quarter, a fighting John Carroll football team muscled its way on to the national grid scene last night. 

The courageous Blue Streaks crashed through with a major upset and one of the finest triumphs in the school's 30 years of football by downing a strong Syracuse University eleven, 21-16, in a thriller that made the 16,724 spectators forget the 27-degree temperature in the Cleveland Stadium.

Stocky Carl Taseff, Carroll's little All-American candidate, bullied across from the 1-yard line as the hands of the clock slipped into the final minute. The Streaks held grimly on against the last, desperate charge of the outraged Orange for those 60 seconds that seemed endless to the shouting partisans from the University Heights. 

Coach Herb Eisele and his happy warriors were carried to the dressing room on the arms of several thousand jubilant students as the final Syracuse pass fell incomplete on the Streaks' 10-yard line. It was the seventh straight victory for the offensive-minded Streaks who need only a victory over Baldwin-Wallace next Saturday in the season's finale for the school's all-time best mark.

Syracuse, regarded as one of the East's better teams, rode into the game with a four-game winning streak and victories over Rutgers, Penn State, Holy Cross, Boston University, and Lafayette. The crowd, although slightly below expectations, was the largest to witness a clash involving a local eleven since the war and one of the five largest in district collegiate annals. 

To Taseff, the bandy-legged senior fullback, went the honor figuring in all touchdowns but it would be difficult to single out an individual for attention. It was a team triumph, one in which the Streaks' desire for victory played a major role. The Orange held a 16-7 lead at halftime and seemed to have matters well under control after riding a leaky Carroll pass defense in the first two quarters. The Streaks drew a 5-yard penalty for reporting late after the intermission but Eisele's flaming message carried to the field and they dominated the game for the remainder of the distance. 

Taseff's first touchdown was a payoff punch on a 72-yard march midway through the final quarter after neither team dented the goal line in the third period. Carl took a pitchout to his left and galloped 13 yards for the score. Rudy Schaffer kicked two of the three extra points but he had to share the signal calling laurels with Sophomore Tony Ferrante, who masterminded the final touchdown push. Throwing his first pass of the season in a specially prepared surprise number, Taseff caught End Joe Minor in the end zone for 22 yards and the score that brought the Streaks even at 7-7 in the second quarter. Passing accounted for one Syracuse score and set up the other as the Orange moved out to its first half margin.  

Fullback Bob Young plunged over for the first touchdown from 1 yard out with five minutes gone in the first quarter, the Orange moving 73 yards after taking the opening kickoff. A toss from Quarterback Avatus Stone, subbing for the ill Bernie Custis, to Halfback Don Willis was good for 47 yards to the 2 and set the stage. Stone hit Willis on another 26-yard pass play late in the second quarter for the other Orange six-pointer. 

The Syracuse safety which loomed large in the final quarter also came in that second quarter. Taseff attempted to kick from his 14 and End Andy Browchuk broke through to block the ball. It bounded through several clutching hands out of the end zone for two points for the Orange. 

The Streaks also piled up a statistical margin over the favored easterners with 20 first downs to 14 for Syracuse and 363 total yards to 336. Carroll completed seven of 17 passes and Syracuse was successful on six of 11. 

Don Shula, who turned in another fine offensive performance, paced the ground attack with 124 yards in 23 tries. Taseff was right behind with 115 in 25 attempts. 

Fumbles started Carroll to both second-half touchdowns. Bill Nowaskey recovering Johnny Colceri's bobble on the Carroll 28 to ignite the Streaks early in the fourth quarter.

The Streaks ground out the yardage to midfield and from there Taseff broke loose for 19 yards on a pitch-out to Syracuse 31. Carl and Shula made eight each in successive bursts through the middle to carry to the 15.

Shula was knocked groggy at that point but Taseff carried on, needing just two pays for that yardage. Schaffer's kick brought the Streaks within two points, 16-14.

Don Doverspike recovered another Colceri fumble on the Syracuse 31 just a minute later but the Streaks threat ended when Taseff fumbled on the Orange 5.

Only five minutes remained and Carroll seemed to have lost its golden opportunity. However, after pushing out to the 35, Syracuse again lost the ball.

It was Young who fumbled this time and John Zanetti fell on the ball for the Streaks, who were not to be denied. Taseff and Shula picked up just two yards in two attempts but Ferrante threw over center on third down and Carl made a brilliant stab to take the ball to the 21.

Shula bowled into the line for nine yards and then made it first down with two more up the middle. Taseff hit his own left tackle to the five and Shula pushed to the one.

From there, Taseff crossed into the end zone with the score that signaled pandemonium for the Carroll followers.

After the next kickoff and with that final minute remaining, Stone sparked a passing push that went to the Carroll 30. There the Streaks stopped a running play as the stadium clock signified that the game was over and Carroll students poured onto the field.

However, the Streaks, were called for an offense infraction, giving the Orange one more opportunity. That time Stone tried to pass without success and Carroll had won the big one.