Tennessee at Duke

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  Evening star, October 6, 1946, page 27

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  tennessee S Air Game Gets 1T Triumph Over Keen Duke at DURHAM, N. c., Oct. 5.-Tennessee came from behind with . brilliant overhead attack to post a 1877 victory over q fighting Duke football team here today before 1900 shirt-sleeved fans. Duke tailed late in the first quarter after Bill Slater OF Tennessee punted out Of bounds on the Duke 30. Buddy Luper picked up S yards then rified a 37-yard pass to Half back Howard Hartley. who outran Slater to the goal. Bob CAN’T con- Iverted. Tennessee matched the touchdown on the first play Of the second quarter. Lund shot . 9-yard pass to Bill Hillman, who scored standing up. Hfllman’s place-kick was blocked. Z Tennessee. early in the third luarter, marched rs yards for its ,ame-winning tally, climaxed by a looping 5-yard pass over the goal from Bill Slater to Frank Bud) HubbeH. after the ball appeared to have touched the out-stretched hands of Ben Huddleston. Duke players protested the decision OF the officials, swarming around them with noisy objections. Again Duke blocked the place. ment attempt by Lund. Its was the first time that Ten nesse had beaten . Duke football team on the Blue Devils gridiron. Neyland has beaten Wade in eight Of II meetings, including contests at Alabama. Wade has won one game from Neyland while ut Duke and one at Alabama, while one game ..~,,Y&na ;v a srora1os< tie

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Tennessee leads 14–⁠12–⁠2 in 28 meetings, counting the 18 since this game.