Columbia at Army

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 21, 1946, page 1 (results column)

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  TwelveTeams Undefeated At Half Mark Thirteen Squads Clipped From List In Week. End Contests ARMY LEADS North Carolina State Is Listed Among Pigskin Leaders In Nation the world series just out of the way it’s hard to realize that the Collegiate grid campaign already is at the halfway mark and that the list of major unbeaten teams is simmer than Ted Williams series batting average. Only IL elevens have managed to go unconquered SO far although three of the dozen have ties to mar their records. Another 10 were clipped for the first time over the past weekend as the biggest series of upsets of the season shook the football seismograph. Heading the pigskin parade with perfect performances are Army, Notre Dame, Pennsylvania, Harward, Texas, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, Oregon and North western. Army’s grid goliaths knocked Columbia’s light Lions out of the select class with a resounding 48–⁠14 triumph IS Doc Blanchard and Gem Davis paced the Cadets to their fifth triumph of the campaign and their 23rd over two and a half seasons. Notre Dame was idle but Penn sylvania blasted Virginia 400 for the Cavaliers first licking of 1916. Harvard slaughtered Coast Guard $50; Texas opened its Southwest Conference schedule with a 200 win over Arkansas foc the Razor backs initial loss; Tennessee sent its Rose Bowl hopes soaring with a 1910 conquest of the hitherto I’M beaten Alabama Red Elephants in a Southeastern Conference tilt; Georgia polished off Oklahoma A. & NJ, 1918; North Carolina State gave Wake Forest it’s first taste Of defeat with a 1916 Southern Conference victory; U. c. L. A. held onto their Rose Bowl edge with a 1876 squeeze over California. North Cardinals improving Tar Heels gave Navy another dose. of defeat, Ella; Oregon’s perfect mark was blasted by Washington State which managed to grab an 90 tie; and NorthWestern’s u~nheralded Wildcats claWed out a 14–⁠14 dead lock with mighty Michigan. Detroit destroyed Tulsa’s dreams of an all-conquering campaign Fri day night with a 2O-l4 upset and Penn State, Auburn, Louisiana State, Vanderbilt, Kansas, Rich mond and Utah also licked the wounds of their initial defeats. Michigan State staged a rousing rally to whip Penn State 1916; Tulane smashed. Auburn 800; Georgia Tech ambushed L. S. u, 21–⁠7; Kentucky’s r%ejuvenated Wild cats clawed Vanderbilt 1917; Ne braska nosed out Kansas 1914; Duke walloped Richmond 41–⁠0; and Denver rocked Rocky Mountain form by vanquishing Utah, 20–⁠14. On the basis of the point adds laid down by the none too generous ~hookmakers, other surprises OF Saturday included Browns 20–⁠1a Ivy League win over Dartmouth; Little Louisiana Techs rs victory over Mississippi; Iowa’s 1870 Big Nine banking of Indiana; SYRIA cuse’s 21–⁠12 triumph over Holy ICross; Cornelrs 6–⁠6 deadlock with Yale in another Ivy engagement and Purdue’s 14–⁠14 tie with Ohio State. The leaders by sections: East-Army, Pennsylvania. South-Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, North Carolina State and Alabama. SouthWest-Texas. MidWest-Notre Dame, North. western, Michigan and Oklahoma. Far West-U. c. L. A. Next weeks schedule is topped by Dukes tilt with Army at New York; Notre Dame at Iowa; Illinois at Michigan; Navy at Pennsyl. vania; Wake Forest at Tennessee; Texas at Rice, Santa Clara at U. c. |. A.. and Southern California al Stanford. Other major games for Satu-cay include: East Cornell at Princeton; Coast Guard at Yale; Columbia al Dartmouth; Holy Cross at Har’ ward; Syracuse at West Virginia Boston U. at Brown; George Wash :ngton at Rutgers; Purdue at Pitts burgh. South – Georgia at Furman; Florida at North Carolina; N. c State at V. P. l.; Richmond a l VIZ shington and Lee; William ant Mary at Virginia Military; Ken lucky at Alabama; Auburn a Georgia Tech; L. S. U. at Wander bilt; Mississippi State at Tulane and Arkansas at Mississippi. Southwest – Texas A. & M. a Baylor; Denver at Texas Tech. E Midwest – Indiana at Nebraska

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Army leads 14–⁠4–⁠3 in 21 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.