Clemson at Georgia Tech

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  The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., November 21, 1943, page 7

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  CLEMSON D0WNED BY GEORGIA TECH Yellow Jackets Squad Swamps Tigers Civil ian Outfit, Al To 6 ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. 20.-tP- Georgia Tech trotted out every thing but the ghost of 1925 Rose Bowl team today and the first stringers and substitutes swamped hapless Clemson’s civilian team, AIS before $1,000 fans. Eddie Prokop and Co., scored 10 points before Clemson had time to get up a sweat, and the second team ran the lead to $50 by the end of the first period. Clemson rallied against the third stringers and there was no scoring in the next quarter. Then, in the third period, Tech ran in former Virginia Military Institute star. Bash Pritchard. Recovery Of tumble gave Tech the ball on Clemson’s 10, and, when a couple of line bucks failed in appreciable gain, Pritchard stepped back to the % and calmly drop kicked a field goal. Tech scored twice in the final period, but Clemson did not leave the game goose-egged. Little Artie Trumpore, a tailback who came out for football for the first time just month ago. sought to pass from Techs “a but failed to find a receiver. Instead, he ran eel--like for a touchdown.

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Officially, Georgia Tech leads 51–⁠36–⁠2; as played, 52–⁠34–⁠2 in the 88 games on file; the official count covers all 90 meetings, counting the 64 since this game.