Wake Forest at Miami

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 28, 1944, page 1

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  DEAM0N DEAC0NS STAY UNBEATEN Touchdown Parade MAY Lead To One Of New Years Day Bowls MIAMI, Fla. Oct. ~. -R- Wake Forests dashing Deacons bowled over the University of Mi ami 27–⁠0 tonight and continued I’M defeated along a football trail which may lead into one Of the New Years day bowls. The 1922 spectators in the Or ange bowl stadium who had expected tight defensive battle gap ed in surprise as Tom Fetzer, triple-threat Wake Forest tailback led his teammates on a touchdown parade. The fast moving, hard hitting Wake Forest eleven took a $40 lead in the first period. Tom Fet. ger connected to Dave Harris for 81 yards and a first score, which clmaxed a 48-yard drive by the Deacons the first time they got their hands on the ball. Nick Ognovich hit Elmer Barbour for q yards and the second score on the last play of the period. Cliff Hobbs made good both placements for the points. The Deacons threatened through. out most of the second period They got as far as the Miami two when Fetzer hit Barbour with . 15-yard toss, but the Hurricanes st.ffened and held with the aid o: two backfield-in-motion penalties Another Fetzer to Barbour pas! carried over the goal from the 26, but the play was called bach on a penalty. Fetzer connected tt Harris for 10 yards to the MAN ten on the last play OF the frs half. Wake Forest pushed over tws more touchdowns in the third per iod to make the score 27–⁠0. Thu versatile Fetzer set up one with brilliant 50-yard punt return K the Miami eleven. Dick Brinkley barged over from the one. ane Hobbs made good his third con secutive left-footed placement George Betters stole the ball from Miami’s Fred Mullis and Gerart Washco fell on it for the Deacon’ on the Miami 16. An unnecessary |roughness penalty set the Hurri canes back to the one and Macl Leonard crashed over. Hobbs fail ed this time with his place kick. The action slowed down in tn, final period and Wake Forest hat no difficulty protecting the 81 edge. Fetzer got off one 41-yar’ punt which died on the Miami one Vincent Spinelli later grabbet tumble for Miami in mid-fiels but Ognovich intercepted MAN pass on the Deacon’s 10 to emf Miami’s mild threat.

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Miami leads 10–⁠3 in 13 meetings, counting the nine since this game.