Tulane at Georgia Tech

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 12, 1944, page 1

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  TECHMEN DEFEAT GREEN WAVE, A-7 ATLANTA, Ca, Nov. II ~ Combining the brilliant running Of Allen ‘Dinky” Bowen and the &C currate passing of Frank Broyles, Georgia Tech made another bid for it’s third straight bowl invitation by overwhelming a versatile Tulane eleven today, 34–⁠7. Bowen, with long punt returns and sizeable scrimmage runs, set up most Of the scores. Broyles threw four strikes, two to George Matthews, good for touchdowns Tex Ritter, with A yard run, added the final touchdown in the fourth period, after Charles Muir dock and Billy Williams had also gathered in scoring passes from Broyles. Billy dub” Jones, a triple threat halfback, put Tulane out front in the first four minutes, as the Greenies scored in eight plays, six of them by Jones, including a 29-yard run on the first play of the game. He plunged through from the one and then kicked the extra point. Tech, after a 69-yard drive by Tulane fizzled out at the Tech one, came back with several mild threats but wasn’t able to score until the second period. Bowen returned Harry Robinson $ punt 20 yards to the Tech IS and the Engineers were never headed. Broyles passed 80 yards to Charles Murdoch at end, to the Tulane 8. A penalty put the ball on the four, but three sma cks at the line net ted only two yards. On fourth down, Broyles passed to Matthews for the score, Bowen’s placement went wide and the half ended with Tulane ahead, 7–⁠6. Coming back in the third period, the Ramblin’ Wreck got up steam after several false starts and scored twice in rapid succession.

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Georgia Tech leads 37–⁠13 in 50 meetings, counting the 37 since this game.