Auburn at Vanderbilt

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  Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, November 18, 1917, page 29

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  AUBURN’S SHIFT PLAYS WIN FROM VANDERBILT HcndriS’s Seventy-Fivc-Yard Run Accounts for Commodore’s Only Touchdown-Score:B 81 to z. bJ HSsnrlstcn PreSs.J NASHVILLE. TENN, November IL Auburn’s superior weight in the line and the sensational ground Gaining of Ducotc. Auburns star back, spelled defeat to-day for Vanderbilt on Dudley Field by tho score of 81 to I. Al no time of the game were the Commodorcs able 10 cope with the Pla!nsmcn’s shift plays. Auburn’s first touchdown came soon after tho opening kick-oT OF the game. when Richardson fumbled. and a Tiger player fell on tho ball near the goal line. few substantial gains carried tho ball over Auburn scored again about the mid die of the second period. after they had made steady march UP the field. Ducote going over with the ball. The Auburn star again failed to kick goal. After the rest between the halves, the flainsmcn came back stronger, and added two moro touchdowns in the third quarter. Ducote failed for The third time TO kick goal, but his fourth attempt was successful, being the only ono he kicked during the entire game. The fifth touchdown came in the last quarter. Nanderblt’s lone touchdown score came from sensational seventy-iveyard run by Hendrix through broken held. after he had recovered tumble BY Auburn near the Gold and Black goal line white kicked goal. The linn-uD:

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 18, 1917, page 1

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  Amherst COY, AUBURN TRIMS VANDERBILT. Line Buoking and Long Runs Win for Plainsmen. 81 to z. NASHVILLE, Tenn. November IL Superior line buckfng augmented by long runs by Ducote and Donahue, gave the Auburn plainsmen a 81 to 7 VIC tory over Vanderbilt here today. Auburn scored early in the first period. when Richardson Of Vanderbilt fun bled on the kickoff and Ducote ran SIS yards to the goal. Auburn scored a touchdown in the second period, two In the third and one in the fourth. Vanderbilt scored In the fourth period when Hendrix recovered a tumble and ran Is yards for a touchdown.

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Auburn leads 22–⁠20–⁠1 in 43 meetings, counting the 35 since this game.