Clemson at Georgia

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 27, 1944, page 1

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  Southern Loop States 7luo-Gan1e Anti-Clin1ax RICHMOND. Va, Nov. 26.-(R Two Southern conference foot ball games are billed for this week as an anti-climax to the 1914 campaign which has seen Duke come rolling back after a losing s.art against outsiders, to win the loop crown for the second straight year and be rewarded with bid to the Sugar Bowl. William and Mary and Rich mond renew their half century old rivalry at Richmond, and V. M. 1. and Maryland play at Roanoke on Thursday, Virginia’s Thanksgiving day. On Saturday, North Carolina’s luckless Tar Heels will bring the curtain down on the season so far as Southern conference teams are concerned by meeting the strong Virginia Cavaliers in Nor folk. Dukes Blue Devils won their fourth conference victory Saturday by drubbing North Carolina 1910. This triumph gave Duke a seasons record Of five triumphs and four losses on one of the most diff ficult programs ever attempted by Durham squad. The Sugar Bowl test will be the third New Years day tilt for the Dukes, who have dropped two Rose Bowl decisions. Wake Forest won runnerup hon ors in the conference with a family record of six wins against lone setback at the hands of Duke. The Deacons, who ended their card by nosing South Carolina, 1918, on Thursday, also won over Miami and Georgia for one of the best gridiron records in the victory Of the school. Clemson’s Tigers, the loops third-ranking club, wrote fins to their schedule in losing 21–⁠7 to Georgia on Friday. 1t was the fourth loss by the Tigers to a Southeastern conference foe but they did all right in their own cir cult, winning three and losing only to Wake Forest.

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Georgia leads 41–⁠16–⁠4 in 61 meetings, counting the 39 since this game.