Duke at North Carolina

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  The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., November 21, 1943, page 6

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  DEVILS WIN PART OF CONFERENCES FOOTBALL TITLE Crowd OF $4,000 Watches Duke Score Eighth Win In Nine Starts CHAPEL HILL, Nov. 20. up – Duke University’s powerful Blue Devils won at least share of the Southern Conference championship by overwhelming a fighting North Carolina eleven 27–⁠6 today in the 30th renewal of one of the south S Oldest gridiron rivalries. A wartime crowd of 5000, largest to fill Picturesque Kenan sta dunn this year, watched the YER satile Blue Devils register their eighth victory in nine starts. Duke won over North Carolina 14–⁠7 in an early season battle. In defeating the Tar Heels, this time with emphasis, Duke ended near perfect season, 1913 loss to Navy was it’s only setback. AT the same time it ran its scoring total to 1856 points. Luper Covers Ball Buddy Luper. Dukes fleet field general, ripped from his 20-yard line through the Carolina line on the third play of the second period and raced to the NJ c. 10 where tackler knocked the ball from his grasp, but the ball bounded over the goal and Luper bounced on it. CAN’T converted from place. rlent. Ben Cittadino converted only this week from end to back, returned the second half opening kickoff q yards to midfield. Then broke through the line for 40 more. Luper passed into the end zone to Hag. gerty for a touchdown and Cont again converted. Luper got away late in that period for so yards tc ten one, and from there George Bslitsaris hammered over for the score and CAN’T converted an other. Howard Hartley set up Dukes final score late in the fourth period with a q -yard sprint to the eight. Harry passed to CAN’T ir the end zone for the touchdown but CAN’T missed his first extra point in three games, giving him 6 seasons conversion record o. 41 out of As. Lone Tar Heel Touchdown In the closing minutes Carolina ran and passed to the Duke A ano from there Myers passed to Miller on the four. Myers bucked over for the lone Tar Heel touchdown. Ko. s;nski’s attempted conversion was blocked. A rugged. charging North Carolima line held the fast-stepping Dukes scoreless in the first quarter. but they couldn’t for long stave Of the inevitable. Grimes fumbled Carver’s long kick late in the sec ond period and Jack Bush recover Ell it for the Dukes on the North Carolina 20. thereby setting up the most spectacular touchdown play OF the game. Luper, plugged at the staunch Tar Heel line twice without find ing an opening. Then he broke through the middle, cut back to Elude several Tar Heels and head ed down a sideline for the payoff stripe. At the 10 North Carolina S soph sensation, Jack Fitch, made futile drive at Luper’s flying heels and managed to release the Rocky Mount youths hold on the ball. 1t bounced out of his hands and forward into the end zone. and the Dukes Luper was there first to cover. Cittadino took Eddie league S kickoff opening the third period and returned it to midfield from there he broke through the whole | North Carolina defense for a 40 yard gallop before being downed by Rodgers on the 10. After Cliff Continued on Page Seven; Col. 81 | |CAnCTc TDAMDJC

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  The Skyland post, West Jefferson, N.C., November 25, 1943, page 6

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  DUKE is ON TOP OF SOUTHERN CONFERENCE Richmond, Va. - Duke Uni versity’s football squad, powered this season by navy and marine trainees, has wound up its cam paign atop the Southern Confer ence for the seventh time since the loop was reorganized after secession of the Southeastern members in 1888. Coach Eddie Cameron’s Blue Devils wrote an impressive fms to their season by defeating North Cardinals VIZ team, 27–⁠6 Sat urday. This was the second triumph for Duke over the Tar Heels, conquerers of Penn, and regarded to as the loops No. 2 outfit. Dukes 1943 record shows eight victories, four of them over conference rivals, and one defeat, a 14–⁠13 setback administered by Navy. The Blue Devils rolled up massive 335 points in trouncing Camp Lejeune, Richmond, N. c. Navy Pre-Flight, Georgia Tech North Carolina State, Virginia and North Carolina.

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  Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, November 21, 1943, page 17

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  Southern Title Won by Duke CHAPEL HILL. Nov 20-Duke clinched the Southern Conference title today with a 27–⁠6 victory over North Carolina, its traditional rival. Neither team produced a touch down threat IN the first. Duke scored in the second on an S0-yard run By Luper. Fitch. Carolina wlngback. tackled him on the 10 and he fumbled. The ball rolled into the end zone and Luper fell on il for the touchdown. Duke added 2 in the third. striking in three plays after the kickoff Balitsaris and Haggerty did the scoring Duke scored in the final on an S-yard pass from Hartley 10 CAN’T. Myers threw 52-yard touch down pass 20 Miller on the and Myers then scored for North Carolina.

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 22, 1943, page 19 (results column)

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  Best Service Teams In Years 10 Clash IN Top Number NEW YORK. Nov. 22-The college football season winds up this week with the ArrV-Navy traditional classic at West Point in the No., spot. There is tremendous interest, of course, in the Notre Dame Great Lakes game at Chicago and to a lesser extent in such sectional rivalries as Penn-Cornell, Brown Colgate (both Thanksgiving Day. TeXas-TeXas Aggies, Georgia Tech Georgia and Southern California u. G. L. A. The annual service clash dwarfs all others more than ever this year, however, as both the Cadets and Middies boast their strongest teams in many, many seasons. Only mighty Notre Dame has defeated them. In stead of the mammoth crowd Of 100000 that used to view the game at Philadelphia, however, only those living within a 10-mile radius Of West Point are eligible to purchase the $4,000 tickets available. This wartime transportation restriction was adopted a year ago when the game was played at Annapolis and Navy upset favored Army team. Army tuned up for its prime OBJ jective by overwhelming Brown, $50, on Saturday. Navy was idle. Tradition Inspires Irish. The big news of the week end was Notre Danes comeback to squeeze past the formidable Iowa Seahawks, 14-l3, and Coach Frank Leahy finally admitting he has a cham ptunship team He didn’t say so, but: by inference he believes his boys sheuld take Great Lakes this week to become Notre Danes first unbeaten, united eleven since Knute Roekne’s 1880 aggregation. ,Rerhaps the inspiration derived from a visit to Rockne’s grave before the game helped Notre Dame rise, to every occasion, AS the PLAYERS bowed their heads, Leahy said: Fellows, there was the man who made the fighting Irish a great tradition. Let’s not let him down today” In another exciting game, Purdues Boilermakers finished their season unbeaten and united by put ting on great goal line stand in the final minute to defeat In diana, TO. Randolph Field of Texas and Colorado College retained their perfeet records by beating the North Texas Aggies, 2o-13, and Colorado University, 60. Results Of Other Games. Dartmouth, beaten only by Penn sylvania, 7–⁠6, wound up satisfactory season by lacing Princeton, 42–⁠13 Villanova and Al Postus whipped Temple, BAT, while Penn State humbled Pitt, 14–⁠0, and Lafaycite upset Rutgers, 90. In other outstanding games Duke trounced North Carolina, 27–⁠6; Kansas upset Missouri, 7–⁠6; North western whacked Illinois, 53–⁠6; Great Lakes beat Marquette, 1856; Colgate licked Columbia. 40; Mich igan ran over Ohio State, 45–⁠7; Minnesota took Wisconsin, 25–⁠13; Rice beat Texas Christian, 1876; Texas Tech doWned Southern Meth odist, rs, and Del, Monte Preflight stamped itself as. one of the best Pacific Coast outfits by trouncing st. Mary’s Predight, 37–⁠14.

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Officially, North Carolina leads 64–⁠42–⁠4; as played, 64–⁠38–⁠4 in the 106 games on file; the official count covers all 112 meetings, counting the 83 since this game.