Florida at Tennessee

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 27, 1940, page 1

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  VOLUNTEERS WHIP FLORIDA IA TO 0 Gators Find Gridiron POpulated By Tennessee Is No Place For Trickery KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 49, ga gridiron populated by Ten nessee’s Volunteers in no place for the : Observation-Disclosures = eye stuff, an ambitious band of Florida Gators discovered today when they were repulsed, IA to 0 in a Southeastern conference game. And, ironically enough, it was two nativG sons of the Peninsula State, Bill Nowling of St. Peters burg and Buist Warren Of Miami, who played the major roles in the Vols fifth successive victory. For fully two periods the Vols were anything but the team that whipped Duke and Alabama. For a while it appeared that the men of Major Bob Neyland were so amazed by their first closeup of the razzle-dazzle that they would be left at the barrier. Tennessee’s lone drive in h e first half petered out on the Flor ida six but after an intermission chat with the old army officer, they returned with decidedly more dash. After a punt exchange which gave the Vols the ball on Florida’s 48, Nowling, the only sophomore to earn a regular berth, sifted in side left guard and then rambled Iou,p fo11 for the initial ccoro Ike Peel, blocking back, p la C e kicked the extra point. The crowd of about $4,000 then sat up, expecting to see a complete rout of the Gators but the Vols didn’t live up to the expectations. Not until the final period did Tennessee’s offense come to life when Warren, third-string tailback who rates as one of the best pass throwers in the conference, entered the conflict. 4

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  The Key West citizen. (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, Florida, October 28, 1940, page 1 (results column)

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  Michigan Ended PENIS Unbeaten Record, 40; Tennessee Over Florida HarmOn’s Running And Passing Subdued In dams; Vols Scored In SecOnd-Half and sensational playing featured the football sport Saturday. Highlighting the drama of the glIuHon was the amazing work OF ION Harmon in running and passing ms s4IcnIgan wolverine teammates to a I4-U triumph over Pennsylvania Indians. Harmon sIreaked ~ yards for the 1Ifst touchdown and passed 10 YARDS to another wolverine fOI Tne second and last goal. His kicking OF two extra points ran his total points Tor five games to the impressive mark of 81, far ahead of his nearest rival, Frank Reagan OF the Indians. The highly-touted duel between Harmon and Reagan never ma tel Iallzed. PennS ace was help less against Michigan’s defensiVe ‘‘brIck-walr’ and was removed from the game early in the second period. Indians bat tied to the wolverines tWo-yard line in the final quarter but a futile pass spoiled their chance of scoring. Best Penn performance was credited to tackle Al WiStert, who kept Harmon from making several other touchdowns. The loss ended PENIS unbeaten- record and added another vic tory to Michigan’S string of triumphs, while remaining undefeated. Tennessee–Florida Two tOuchdownS and two exira points in the final period gave TenneSsee’s Volunteers a 14–⁠0 win over the Gators from Florida at Knoxville in a regular Southeastern Conference game. Two native F1oridianS, Bill Howling Of St. Pete and BUST Warren of Miami, were the down fall of the Gators. Nowling &C counted for the Vols first score after going through the inside of the left guard on Florida’S 49, yard line and racing down the field to safety Warren, acclaim ed a great pass thrower, entered the conflict in the last quarter. After gaining the middle of the field, he took the ball on a wide swing around left end and on to the goal posts Cornell Ohio State Keeping their record clean, Cornell’s Ithacans came from behind to down Ohio States Buck eyes, 21–⁠7. In the very first pc Rod, Ohio staged a 89-yard drive for touchdown that thrilled the capacity crowd in Schoellkopf Stadium at Ithaca but from then on they never had a chance. Cor nell evened the count in the sec ond quarter and clinched the battle in the final half. The IthacanS’ triumph cost them the services of their star end, Kirk Hershey, and Howard Dunbar. Hershey, returning aft er a two-game rest, suffered fur ther pain to an injured knee and Dunbar, wearing a mask, had his nose broken again. Other Scores Scores of other leading elevenS follow: Tulane, IA; North Carolina, Is. Navy, 81; Yale, o. Princeton, %; Rutgers, Is. Duke, %; Wake Forest, 0. St. Mary’S, 9; Fordham, 6. Syracuse. 8; Columbia, o. Penn State, Is; Temple, 0. Brown, 9; Holy Cross, 6. Dartmouth. Z; Harvard, g. Lafalette, 10; Army. 0. Notre Dame, 26; Illinois, 0. Northwestern, 20; Indiana, z. Texas Tech, 20; Marquette, Is. The Citadel. %: Oglethorpe. O. Rice, Is; Texas, 0. North Dakota, “a; North Dakota State, 0. Utah, 25; Denver, IA. Colgate. 81; Missouri, 0.

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Florida leads 32–⁠23 in 55 meetings, counting the 48 since this game.