For sale is an ORIGINAL 1949 OHIO WESLEYAN versus DEPAUW UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL PROGRAM. The cover of this program features a band member wielding a sousaphone with football players in the reflective surface of the instrument. The program was printed for a college football game that occurred on October 22, 1949. This 16-page program is complete and in great condition with no torn pages. The program contents features a player photos, team rosters, a variety of ads from local businesses, great full color Chesterfield cigarettes advert. The bottom of a Philip Morris ad features a tutorial on the referee signals for the various penalties. The program also features an article summarizing the 1949 rule changes. For example, a fumble out of bounds no longer belongs to the team which last touched the ball before it went out of bounds (under the new rule, possession belongs to the team who fumbled the ball). Another rule states that a person in position to take a hand-to-hand snap from the center is an ineligible forward pass receiver. This may be your last chance to get vintage football program featuring a sousaphone.
