Florida at Tennessee

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  The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., October 15, 1944, page 8

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  Tennessee Ouerpowers Florida Club, 400 KNOXVILLE, Tenn, oct. IA lR)-The University Of Tennessee turned on the power in the last three quarters today to defeat Florida 40 to 0 in a Southeastern conference football game. Midway of the second period the Florida Gators drove to the Volunteers II yard mark but there the only real threat ended and Tennessee had things its own way thereafter. A pass interception and a rs yard run by KnoNviile’s Buster Stephens started the Tennessee scoring. Afterwa-d the Vols found their way through a weakening Gator hne and scored on power plays.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, October 16, 1944, page 2 (results column)

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  gaining effort for the day At least a dozen different backs saw action, Bob Kelly setting the tempo by sprintlng 53 yards in the first scrimmage play. The Army used everybody against Pitt but the scoring mounted higher and higher. Tony Minisi and Al Sica, pair of Fresh ball-carriers, operated be- hind strong Penn line to the amazement of the previously un- beaten Southerners, and Georgia Tech counted three times in the final period for it’s triumph. Hal Hamberg, tiny back rele- gated to the reserves by horde of bigger tars at Navy, gave the Mid dies their triumph over Duke. Biggest Upset The biggest upset of the day was Colgates spilling of Cornell IA to T. It overshadowed Purdue’s loss to Iowa Pre-flight, l3 to 6. the Sea hawks getting both their touch downs by intercepting Purdue’s passes Les HorWath escorted Ohio State to a 20 to verdict over Wisconsin with last period outburst, break ing a to ‘ tie. Roger Barksdale, hero of unbeaten Yale, pushed Col umbia to it’s first setback 27 to 10. Michigan scored three touchdowns in the first 19 minutes and then coasted to 27 to win over North western. Illinois, with sprinter Buddy Young setting the pace, outsped Iowa, 40 to 6. Indiana had little trouble with Ne braska, 54 to 0, but Missouri’s Bill Dellastatious gave Minnesota rug ged afternoon before the Tigers lost, 39 to 27. Tennessee kept climbing toward the Southeastern Conference title with a 40 to 0 triumph over Florida, while Iowa pre-flight stunned New Mexico 89 to 6.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Florida leads 32–⁠23 in 55 meetings, counting the 47 since this game.