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  Atlanta tri-weekly journal, Atlanta, Ga., October 16, 1923, page 6 (results column)

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  TECH AND FLORIDA BATTLE IN I TO 7 TIE GAME Georgia Tech and Florida met Sat urday in the feature game of south ern football and battled to 7 to 7 tie. The Gators outplayed the Vel low Jackets by a wide margin in the first half, but the tables were turned in the second part. With the Flor idians slowed down by the gruelling battle Coach Alexander sent in his fresh pony backfield and they proved too fast for the visitors. Both teams battled with great determination and the score represents truly the merit of the play. Yale annihilated the University OF Georgia at New Haven; score 40 to O. The southerners were suffering from stage fright and allowed Yale to run up % points in the first pc riod. After this they steadied and actually outplayed their more ia nous opponent in the second period Finally they tired and Yale added II points more. Georgia’s backs rushed the ball nearly as far as Yale’s, but fumbles and poor covering of kicks proved fatal. Joe Bennett. Georgia leader, played the best game on the field. Vanderbilt lost to Michigan at Ann Arbor by 3 to 0, and had the big western team worried all through the game. The Colonies from Centre struck their stdie after two poor games and defeated Clemson impressively by q % to score. University of Alabama journeyed north and met Syracuse university. losing % to 0, but giving their bigger foes hard fight. Auburn defeated Howard handily, SO to o. North Carolina State beat South Carolina, 70 to o. Washington and V. NJ. l. defeated Roanoke. q 10 6. Other games: Furman, 20; Presbyterian Col lege, O. University of Mississippi, 33: Southwestern Presbyterian, 0. University of Chattanooga, 10; Cumberland University, 10, Emory and Henry, 0; Kentucky Wesleyan, 80. Mississippi A. & M, 6; Ouachita, 0. Arkansas, %; Rice, 0. Newberry, %; Lenoir, 0. Louisiana State. 33; Spring Hill, 0. Virginia, 80; st. Johns (Annapolis), z. Texas University, 80; Tulane, o. Mississippi College, 10; Birmingham Southern, 0. William and Mary, “A; Guilford college, 0. Notre Dame, 10; Army, o. Syracuse. IS; Alabama, 0. Lafayette, 33; F. and M, 0. Cornell, IS; Williams, 6. Nebraska, “a Oklahoma. 0. Northwestern, 6; Indiana, Z. Harvard, 6: Middlebury, 6. w. & j., u; Brown, Z. Penn State, 20; Gettysburg, 0. West Virginia University, 13 University of Pittsburg, 7. Brown, Z; Washington and JEFF ferson, u. Minnesota, 13; Haskell Indians, ~ Wisconsin, 81; Michigan Aggies, O. Indiana, 7; Northwestern, 6. Colgate, IS; Ohio State, %, tie. Columbia, 10; Wesleyan. 6. Pennsylvania, IS; Swarthmore, 10. Nebraska, “a; Oklahoma, 0. Illinois, 81; Butler, Z. Iowa, Z; Perdue, O. Wake Forest, 1S; Lynchburg, o. Davidson, Z; Citadel, 0. Rutgers, 10; Lehigh, O.. Navy. 81; West Virginia Wesley an, 7. y Third Corps Area, q; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, II. Cornell, %; Williams, 6. Colgate, %; Ohio State, 23. Dayton University, So; Transylvania, 0. Louisiana State university, SO; Spring Hill, 0. Missouri University. 0; Iowa State, 2. Kansas, 9; Oklahoma Aggies. o. Catholic university, 81; Randolph Macon, 0. .. S. Marines, Z; North Georgia

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Furman leads 33–⁠12–⁠1 in 46 meetings, counting the 39 since this game.