Vanderbilt at Alabama

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 23, 1942, page 1 (results column)

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  Georgia Tech Seeks Southern Honors In Georgia Tilt B. c.-HoIy Cross Shores Attention in East With Army–Novy Struggle NEW YORK, Nov. 23-With the Big Ten championship tucked away by Ohio State and the Georgia Bulldogs tucked away by Auburn, this dizzy footballs season wobbles toward the close this week but whatever happens will be strictly ti-climactic. Conference championships still are to be decided in many Of the major loops. however, and some Of them will be at stake in this weeks double-barreled program. Then. too, there is that little matter of filling the New Year Day bowl games with teams that will fill the bowls with customers. In spite Of what happened last Saturday, lot of folks are going to be interested more than slightly In the Southern headliner between unbeaten, united Georgia Tech and a Georgia team that had its dreams of perfect season and a Rose Bowl bid turned into a 27-l3 night mare by Auburn. The two teams meet at Athens Saturday and Georgia Tech, win ner of eight straight games, could wrap up the Southeastern Confer ence title as well as a bowl engage ment by winning. Tennessee Meets Vandy. Tennessee, which blanked Ken lucky. 26–⁠0, meets Vanderbilt, a 27–⁠7 loser to Alabama, in another South eastern Conference game while Ala bama tackles Georgia Pre-Flight, fresh from its TO conquest of Tulane. Auburn battles Clemson and Duke tangles with Jacksonville Naval in other Saturday games in the South. The Thanksgiving Day card finds Tulane engaging L. S. u, he team that lost to Auburn. 25–⁠7, its last time out; South Carolina meeting Wake Forest, and william and Mary, beaten for the first time by the North Carolina Fighters. l4-O. bidding for the Southern Confer ence title against Richmond. The season ended for the Big Ten last, week, SO far as championships are concerned, when Ohio State toppled Michigan, alt, but one loop Tilt remains to be played this week and other teams have dates with service clubs. Michigan and Iowa ring down the conference curtain Saturday. At the same time Ohio State will tangle with the Iowa Pre- Fighters who walloped Nebraska, 46–⁠0: In diana will meet Fort Knox and Illinois will play Camp Grant. North western, 27–⁠20 loser to Notre Dame. plays Great Lakes Naval Thursday ana Purdue closes against Camp Shelby. Notre Dame journeys to southern California for their an nual intersectional joust Saturday Wisconsins 20–⁠6 triumph over Min nesota Saturday was the finale for both. b. c. Seeks Perfect Season. In the East, where many of the teams already have called it Quits Tor the year, powerful Boston College bids for perfect season Saturday against Holy Cross in a game that must share the spotlight with the annual Army Navy clash. Army warmed up to the task last week by humbling Princeton. 4O-7 as Navy rested. Another Eastern headlinder, also Saturday, will find Jim Crowley bringing his North Carolina Pre-Flight squad back to Fordham, which he formerly coach ed. The Rams stopped Missouri. 2o-l2, last week. Thursday games send Cornell against Penn and Brown against Colgate. Things will be rather quiet in the Pacific Coast loop, although one i’m portant struggle Saturday will be between Washington State, which still holds the upper hand, and a Washington team that nearly Knocked U. c. l.. A. out of the title picture, but lost, 14–⁠10 Oregon State travels to Michigan State and STAN ford, 26–⁠7 winner over California. meets st. Mary’s Pre-Flight. Rice. which knocked Texas Chris tion out Of the Southwest title race. $50, tries Baylor Saturday and T. C. U. meets Southern Methodist, which played Baylor a 6–⁠6 draw. Texas and Texas A. and M. meet Thursday. Tulsa, unbeaten, united and win ner of the Missouri Valley crown after beating Creighton, 1919, will be bidding for bowl trip in its finale with Arkansas Thursday. Missouri can repeat as Big Six champion by beating Kansas Thurs day, while Nebraska and Kansas State clash in another Big Six affair on Saturday.

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Officially, Alabama leads 61–⁠20–⁠4; as played, 64–⁠19–⁠4 in 87 meetings, counting the 64 since this game.