Auburn at Georgia Tech

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 27, 1946, page 1

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  GEORGIA TECH RECORDS WIN OVER AUBURN Travis Tidwell Causes Engineers Much Trouble ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. 90 U,D- The Georgia Tech Engineers final ly combed Travelin’ Travis It’d well out of their hair today and drove on to a fairly easy q to Is victory over Auburn in a South eastern conference football rivalry going back to 1892. For three periods, Tidwell. a carbon copy of Alabama’s Harry Gllmer from the same prep school in Birmingham, kept his scrap ping plainsmen very much in the ball game and only in the last 10 minutes did Techs Wanted power pay off before 80, 00G fans. Pat McHugh, Techs long-legged climax RUNNER. whipped across for two touchdowns, end George Rroadnax scored another on a spectacular 47-yard pass and run play with George Matthews throw ing, and Johnny Mcintosh plunged for the final touch tally in the fading minutes. Tidwell, a leading candidate for national ground gaining honors clicked off 211 more yards today by completing II out of q passes for l39 yards and getting Y net yards on the ground. Several bad losses on attempted throws slowed down lis speedometer. Teen drove SO yards for a tally the second time the Engineers got the ball. McHugh and Dinky Bow en- ran and Frank Broyles passed the ball to the four and McHueh danced over around right end. Bowen kicked the first of his three extra points. Tidwell promptly set up an Auburn tally by punting so yards dead to the Tech ne. Broyles punted out safely but two plays later Tidwell a c e d 30 yards through the Tech team to the 18. He passed to Sam McClurkin on the five and again to McClurkin for a touchdown.

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Auburn leads 42–⁠41–⁠3 in 86 meetings, counting the 43 since this game.