Furman at Auburn

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  Tabor City tribune, Tabor City, N.C., October 11, 1946, page 1

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  :P-I-G-SK-I-N REVIEW Scores in College and High ocfiooi football games during the week emu carried a wide range Of activity. ahc the scores tottered from one-sided SLAMS to thrill-packed, neck-andneck final TALES. Alabama IA: U. of S. C. 6. spirited and vastly improved U. of S. C. team matched Alabama S Crimson Tide man for man and team for team on the Columbia grldlron. but lost a magnificent ball game 1916. N. C. State College IA; Clemson North Carolina State College, which got it’s initiation into the ira ternity of football giants with stunning victory over Duke, paid another installment on Southern conference championship dues Saturday with a 14–⁠7 victory over the Clemson Tigers. Clemson had been placed as the favorite by the pregame dopesters. thus upsetting the representations. Presbyterian College IL; Sewanee 6 Presbyterian College defeated the University of the South at SeTanee, Tenn. in the first football game played by the Sewanee Tiger team since 19t1. The winners, outfought in the first quarter, rallied to score touchdown in each of the second and third periods. Augurn IS: Furman University Auburn’s great football aggregaton scored an impressive 26 to 6 victory over the Furman Purple Hurricane in the Auburn stadium giving the 10000 homecoming day fans a brilliant exhibition of rum ming and passing. Davidson “a; Wofford College 0 Turning loose its full power in last half offensive Davidson COL lege rolled to $40 football triumph over Wofford in Charlotte, N. c.. Saturday night. Newberry Is; Lenoir-Rhyne Newberry’S Indians BANKED the Lenoir-Rhyne Bruins to the tune of 1870 On their own gridiron. Indian superiority was indicated throughout the game. William and Mary 81; Citadel II A game but greatly outclassed Citadel Bulldog eleven bowed to the

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  The Waterbury Democrat, October 9, 1946, page 15

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  Williamson Has 85.4 On BIO Games Rated Last weeks serving of football across the nation produced full share of thrills for continuing huge crowds, but 1t came up with the fewest crazy upsets among major teams of any week in the 14-year history of the Williamson System. Friday caught Richmond topping Maryland for 8 surprise. But the big blows fell Saturday when Indi- ana bowled over Minnesota and a coming Boston College club bumped Michigan State. Upsets were scattered through the brackets of minor elevens, but the System still was able to notch an average of 85.4 percent on BIO games reported, including late re- turns from the previous week. The System looked good on North CaroAna’s 21–⁠0 win over Miami U. And 1t was in good shape on Vil- lanova’s 26–⁠13 decision over Mar quette. Other System selections that stood out included: Auburn over Furman by 26–⁠6; Coast Guards l4–⁠13 job on Amherst; TenneSsee’s work at Dukes expense, 12–⁠7; Gus tavus Adolphus’s 25–⁠6 win over St. Thomas; San Marcos Teachers win over Texas A. & l., 28–⁠9; Hardin Simmons easy win over well-rated San Jose, 34–⁠7: LSU.’s determined show for 13–⁠6 edge over highly touted Mississippi State; Ohio State 21, s. California 0, and others.

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Auburn leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.