Virginia at Princeton

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 10, 1946, page 30

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  UnheraIded Cavaliers Rip Princeton S Line For 2O-6 Triumph Stick Mostly to Ground With BoiIey Figuring In Every Touchdown PRINCETON, N. j., Nov. 9.-Ths unheralded University of Virginia Cavaliers, who had lost their last two games by an aggregate total of So points, tore the Princeton line to shreds today and trotted of the field with stunning 20–⁠6 upset over the Tigers. A crowd of $4,000 in Palmer Sta dunn watched Virginia rip OF a total of 275 yards through Tiger line which last week stopped the University of Pennsylvania. So effective was the Cavaliers running attack, led by l95-pound Bruce Bailey, a former Navy lieu tenant. that they resorted to only seven passes throughout the game. George Neff and John Duda. both of whom tore of big chunks of yard age. gave Bailey a big assist. All the Virginia scoring was done in the first half. and Bailey was directly responsible for each touch down. In the second half, the Virginians contented themselves with stopping a Tiger aerial onslaught, which. although effective at times, brought only one touchdown, which came at the very start of the third period. Dominate First Period. Virginia completely dominated the game in the first period, and in two drives, one of which was stalled on the Tiger 3, notchcd their first score. Virginia lost the ball on downs, and Dave Carpenter got off kick from behind his own goal which George Grimes took on the 40 and carried to the 20. After reaching the II. the Cavahers were set back to the % on a penalty At that point, Bailey sur prised the Tiger secondary with an (See CAVALIERS, Page B-3D

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Princeton leads 9–⁠1–⁠1 in 11 meetings, counting the one since this game.