Mercer at Furman

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 27, 1935, page 30

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  FURMAN R0UTS MERCER Uses Deceptive Attack in Win. ming Over Slower Foe, $40. GREENVILLE, S. c., October 26 R).-Filling the air with foot balls in a dazzling and daring display of forward and lateral passes, and using reverse plays with all their thrill packed combinations, Furman Uni versity’s Purple Hurricane struck with devastating fury to level the Mercer Bears here today, 80 to 0. Against the equally weighted but slower Mercer team, Furman attacked with power. speed and deception. June Scott, Earnest Rohr, Joe Watson, Bob King and Gwinn setting the pace.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Officially, Furman leads 12–⁠9–⁠2; as played, 13–⁠8–⁠2 in 23 meetings, counting the 14 since this game.