Georgia Pre-Flight at Pennsylvania

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, September 27, 1942, page 36

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  Fi|chock Among Aces As Georgia Cadets Upset Penn, 14–⁠6 Iom-Bons Scoring All Takes Place in Six Thrilling Minutes PHIL Pa, Sept. 90 Penn and the Georgia pre-flight Naval Cadets put on mid-season football thriller before $4,000 at Franklin Field today topped by a major upset when the future aviators toppled the favored red and blue, IA 10 6. Most of the action was crammed within a 6-minute space in the sec ond period when the three touch downs Of this opening game of the season for both teams came In bewildering bing-bing succession. Sparked by Frank Filchock, formerly Of Indiana University and the Washington Redskins, Charley Timmons, an ex-Clemson back: Billy Patterson, once of Baylor and more recently with the Chicago Bears and Pittsburgh Steelers, the Cadets drove IS yards for their first touchdown early in the second period. Filchock’s Aerials Click. With Filchock Tipping aerials to Jim Poole, late of the professional New York Giants, and Bob Foxx of Tennessee the Cadets moved from their own IS to the Penn 10 in II plays. Then Filchock tipped a bull let pass down the middle to’Poole, who fell over the last chalk line. Timmons converted. Time, 1:l2 of the second period. Two minutes and So seconds later the Cadets were ahead by l4–⁠0. This time they covered Sc yards in five plays, starting after Foxx intercepted Penn aerial on the Cadet A. First Patterson got II on an end run. Foxx added 10 on spin ner and yard on line buck. Then Patterson tipped 26-yard pass to Alex Piasecky, once Duke end. who was tackled on the Penn one. Foxx lost no time in lunging over guard for the touchdown. He added the extra point from placement. Penn Tally Thrills. A minute and half later Penn scored and the crowd was in an uproar. Johnny Welsh started it by running Georgias S kickoff 48 yards to the Cadet 48. Penn gained II on pass when officials ruled Bernie kuczynski had been interfered with on the 81. Welsh lost four. but Fullback Bert Stiff heaved a 35yard aerial to Welsh, who made a great catch in the end zone. Kuczyn- SKIS try for the extra point was blocked

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Georgia Pre-Flight leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.