Notre Dame at Georgia Tech

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 26, 1944, page 1

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  WRECK MUFFS TWO THREATS AT PAY DIRT Trio OF Triple Threat Backs Lead Irish Attack ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. 25.-tF)- ‘Notre Dame completely outclassed Georgia Tech today and behind the triple threat talents of Frank Dam cewicz and the running of Bob KEEL ly and Jim Brennan, pounded out a 21–⁠0 victory. Except for a second period SUI stained drive, good for 81 yards, the Engineers never threatened, being halted at the Irish IS. They had one other opportunity in the waning minutes of the game, get ting first down at the Irish Is, after taking the ball on downs at the visitors IS, However, four passes went awry and the Irish started up field as the game end ed. A crowd of $4,000 damned every available foot OF space, but Bill Alexander, the Engineers veteran coach, was not among those present Under orders of his ply stefan, he remained at home. AS sistant Coach Bobby Dodd directed the team. The Irish scored in less than five minutes of the opening quarter the first time they got the ball, with Brennan, a 1855 pound halfback, going 10 yards around end to climax A yard drive. Steve Ne meth came in to kick the extra point, making it 10 for the. visit ors. Play then settled down to punt ing duel between Dancewicz and Frank Broyles, the Engineers triple threat fullback. The second quarter was nothing but see-saw action until midway of the period, when George Sullivan Of the Irish recovered a Tech tumble on the Notre Dame 43. The Irish scored twice in t h e second half, driving SO yards with the third period kick off, and 10 yard in the final period after a pass interrogation. A pass from Dancewicz to Kelly covered the final 40 yards of the second touchdown, while Brennan lunged over from the one for the final score. Nemeth added b t h kicks from placement. The Irish led in all offensive departments, having 10 first downs 10 nine for Tech, and 26O yards pushing to 81 for the Engineers. ofs14 Irish passes, nine were COM pleted for 1872 yards, while Tech connected with only nine in % at tempts, good for 80 yards. Six of Techs passes were completed dur ing the long second period drive. Notre Danes passing defense, which allowed only three compile lions Of Is attempts by Tech in the second half. poor tackling by the Engineers, and aggressive play by the Irish line spelled the diff ference. For the Irish, the victory was the seventh in nine games, while for the Orange Bowl bound Engineers, it was the second defeat in nine starts.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, November 27, 1944, page 3 (results column)

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  BOWL GAMES SET AFTER SATURDAY CONTESTS PLAYED tDN fAoSONiaANu hSoof New Years Day bowl fixtures began to fill up as Ohio State, Tennessee. Southern California, Texas Christian and the Oklahoma Aggies rolled up important vic tories in the last full Saturday Of the 1e44 football campaign. Ohio State teetered on the brink of it’s first defeat before getting off the floor to whip Michigan, l8 to IA, thus copping the Big Ten title and finishing it’s first perfect season since 1920, with nine straight victories. Les Havorth scored the winning touchdown from the one-yard line with only three minutes and l6 seconds to Igo, after the Wolverines twice ral- lied and forged ahead. If the Western Conference gives the go-ahead signal at their special meeting, the Buckeyes will prob ably go to Pasadena for January date with Southern California, which assured itself of the crown by downing UCLA, 40 to 13. Tennessee is understood to be in line for the West Coast bid if the Ohio lads do not go, having completed an unbeaten season by trouncing Kentucky, 2l to 2. The Vols were tied, 0 to o, in mid season by Alabama after smother ing Oklahoma, 28 to 6. The Oklahoma Aggies received the Cotton Bowl invitation to op- pose Texas Christian, which cap tured the Southwest Conference Championship, shading Rice, to 6. Georgia Tech, assured of the Orange Bowl berth, fell before a rejuvinated Notre Dame, 2l to o, Saturday. Tulsa and its Miami opponent were idle Saturday, after flattening Arkansas on Thursday. Number one upset was Missis- sippis l3 to margin over favored Mississippi State. Bainbridge boosted it’s ranking for the leading service team by stopping h g h y regarded Camp Peary, 2l to l3, for its second perfect season. The Iowa Seahawks recovered from a shaky start and smothered Iowa, 30 to 6. Fort Pearce blanked Jacksonville Navy, 21 to 0. Both Army and Navy were idle Saturday before their battle of the decade” on Saturday. Duke, although defeated four times, stuck in the running for a possible bowl bid, running up a B to 0 count on North Carolina, and Yale completed the season without a defeat but had to settle for a to 6 tie with Virginia in the finale.

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Notre Dame leads 31–⁠6–⁠1 in 38 meetings, counting the 23 since this game.