Duke vs. Army

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  The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., October 28, 1945, page 10

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  ONLY DUKE SCORES GAINED ON CADETS SUB F00TBALLERS Blood Is Drawn By Service Eleven On First Play OF Contest NEW YORK, Oct. II. - w – Army’s ponderous prime movers flattended a valiant but over matched Duke team, 48 to 10, at the Polo Grounds today for their l4th consecutive football victory and but for the kindness in Coach Earl Blaik’s heart the score might have run ridiculously high. On the Cadets first play from scrimmage Tom McWilliams broke smack through the Blue Devils line and bulldozed his way 54 yards to touchdown, and from that point on it was only question OF how tall score the Army invincibles wanted to run up. Only in the final period, after Blaik had sent in his third team, did the southern youngsters get in the game. Then, with George Clark doing some very fancy Tipping to variety of receivers, the Dukes moved 70 and rs yards for a pair of touchdowns, both by End Kelley Mote. Against the Army regulars the Blue Devils were helpless, more or less. If the game offered any degree OF comparison between the two service elevens, it proved that the Cadets could pile up a great many more points against Duke than the Navy’s 81 of few weeks back. The Army’s rip-roaring ball carriers, Doc Blanchard, Glenn Davis and McWilliams, and a substitute half back, Bob Stuart from Tulsa university put on devastating display for speed and sheer power for the crowd of 42,000-odd. Six of the Army’s touchdowns either were made on long, brilliant scoring plays or climaxed extended marches of up to 81 yards which the Blue Devils were powerless to contain. The seventh resulted from a tumble recovered behind the Duke goal. Two other Cadet touch downs were called back and penal ties slapped on the Soldiers, and an other was missed only because a receiver muffed pass in the clear over the goal line. The Peerless Dock Blanchard counted twice, once on a 81 yard pass play from Davis and a gain on 36-yard run in which he simply bulled his way through mess of tackles and then lit out for the goal Stuart also scored a couple at the end of pass plays that Travelled Al to 43 yards. A more or less I’M known member of the Army wreck ing crew, the big fellow from Tulsa, looked pretty terrific all afternoon. Davis put on a personal drive Of 81 yards for another score, at the end of which he darted seven yards thru the center of the line to cross the goal. Army’s three or four different backfields racked up total of 1888 yards by rushing and gained an other 1911 yards on passes. Duke could net only 80 yards on ground plays aimed at Army’s powerful line, but gained 1872 through the air, mainly in the course of its two scoring drives. First down were II for Army and nine for Duke. Six of the Blue Devil first downs were made in the closing quarter, when much of the crowd already was heading for the exists. The lineups:

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  Detroit evening times, Michigan, October 28, 1945, page 17

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  Army Still Rolling. Crush Duke Blue Devils Given Worst Setback 48-I3 NEW YORK. Oct y CUP)- A-ny’s mighty Crdiron machine ground Duke 10 fine mixture at the Polo Grounds today as tho crashing Cadets rollcd 10 their fourteenth consecutive triunph by hgndirg the Blue Devils from the South the worst defeat in tncir history. rs n l3. s ndng is horde Of fine backs ronp.nc 10 seven touchdowns and two others which were called back because a. penalties, Army was in command from the instant II first laid its hands on the ball. That was the mOr7crt when Tom Shorty McWllliams tucked the leather under his arm and hot footed – yards for the opening score after but 2i2 minutes.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, October 29, 1945, page 3 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL SCORES 1. Following are tho final football scores of games played over the weekend; West Washington, 13; use, T. Washington State 21; Idaho, O. California, l9; Nevada, G. Farragut Navy, 2l; Montana, 13. Midwest Ohio State, 20. Minnesota, ‘. Northwestern, 26; Purdue, IA. Notre Dame, 56; Iowa, O. Michigan, 19; Illinois, O. Missouri, 19; Nebraska, 0. Kansas, 13; Wichita, 0. Marquette, Is; Michigan State, l3 (tie). North Dakota State, SC; North Dakota, T East Navy, IA Penn, 2. Army, 48; Duke, 13 Princeton, l4; Rutgers. 6. Yale, 18; Cornell, T. Harvard, 25; c. G, Academy, 0. Holy Gross. 21: Colgate, 0. Columbia. 27; Brown, 6. Temple, 6; Pittsburgh, 0. Bucknell, 26; Lafayette, 2. Dartmouth, 8; Syracuse, 0. South Alabama. 28; Georgia, IA. Georgia Tech, 20 Auburn, ‘. Tennessee, 33; Villanova. 2. Tulane, 19; Southern Methodist, T. Virginia, 31; V. P. l., 13. Cincinnati, Is; Kentucky, T. West Virginia, 13; Maryland, 13. jtie) L.S.U., 30; Vanderbilt, T. Southwest Rice, ‘; Texas, 6. Oklahoma A. and M, 25; Texas 12. Arkansas, l9; Mississippi, 0. Texas A. and M, 19; Baylor, 0. Oklahoma, 4l;. Kansas State, 13. Rocky Mountain Region Utah, 2S; Colorado A, and M, 0. Denver, fl; Utah State, 6.

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Duke leads 14–⁠11–⁠1 in 26 meetings, counting the 24 since this game.