Villanova at Auburn

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 24, 1942, page 24

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  erty bumped Fairmont, 20–⁠13, end ing three-game streaks. In the evenings intersectional headliner, Jimmy Crowley’s North Carolina Pre-Flight Cadets bounced back from their defeat by Boston College to shut out Temple, 400. Zwiezynski Pre-Flight Ace. Walt Zwiezynski, who simplified his name to “Zirinsky” when he played for Lafayette at Easton, Pa, returned to Philadelphia to lead the Cloudbuster offensive. He sprinted 40 yards to one. touchdown, helped set up two more and kicked three extra points. Len Eshmont scored twice. running 81 yards to one touchdown with a pass interception Auburn defeated Villanova, 14–⁠6 in another intersectional tussle, gaining 244 yards on the ground to 81 for the Wildcats. Monk Gafford ran 48 yards for Auburn’s first touchdown in the opening period and Jim Reynolds bucked the other over in the second quarter. The Tigers defense held until the clos ing minutes, when the Wildcats scored their lone touchdown on a double lateral-forward pass.

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Auburn leads 4–⁠1–⁠2 in seven meetings.