Davidson vs. Wake Forest

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  Evening star, December 1, 1939, page 59

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  Deacons, Tar Heels Capture Southern Grid Windups Wake Forest Crushes Davidson, N. C., Puts Bee on Virginia oJ VIC hohOSldbc0 EICoo. RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 1.-Southern Conference teams came through the seasons finales with outside opposition unscathed yesterday, while in the only intraloop game Wake Forest and John Polanski routed Davidson, 46–⁠7. The fleet sophomore fullback, top scorer in the conference, lived up to all advance notices and then some, accounting for % of Wake Forests points. He bagged four touchdowns and added an equal number of extra points. Davidson, taking its worst licking in the 25 years of the series with the Deacons, was saved from shutout by Halfback Tubby Hands 72-yard fourth-quarter run from scrimmage for touchdown In a game that was somewhat anti -climactical after it’s battle with Duke last week North Carolina defeated the University of Virginia, l9 to 0, at Chapel Hill in the 44th renewal of the South’s oldest football rivalry. The mighty Tar Heels, defeated only by Dukes Blue Devils this year, counted two touchdoWns in the first period after recovering Virginia fumbles and then scored again through the air in the final quarter, Lalanne to Severin. A blocked Virginia punt set up the last Carolina score.

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Davidson leads 16–⁠11–⁠4 in 31 meetings, counting the two since this game.