Tennessee at Vanderbilt

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  The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, December 2, 1946, page 11

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  Today’s Sport Parade and win the ball game. Time is out when the point after touchdown is tried and, theoretically, a place. kicker used only for that chore could win every game for his team with- out officially being in the contest. vapdy Dropped Similarly The extra point was instituted to prevent so many ties. It is somewhat akin to Tipping a coin and is a senseless procedure. For If a team earns a deadlock it should get 1t, . regardless of whether the thought Is abon1inable to some coaches. Over the season and through countless games, very few contests really are decided by the extra point. Navy was not the only victim Sat- urday, however, as Vanderbilt dropped an unlucky 2 to decision to Tennessee. It is in the close, bitterly fought games that the extra point luck element makes itself felt. Run through the records and youll be surprised at how few major games are decided by that bonus margin. This season there were only a few more than a bakers dozen in the many top tits, namely: Coaches Will Not Change By 7–⁠6: Alabama over Tulane, LSU over Rice. Oregon over COP. Pitt over Marquette, and the Oklahoma Aggies over TCU; St. Mary’s over Nevada and Oregon State over Washington State by i3-l2: Okla. homa over TCU, l4-i2: Tulsa over Oklahoma Aggies, 20-l8; Kansas over Missouri. 20-l9, and Holy Cross over Brown, 2f-l9. If, on the merits of an hours hard play, they should have been ties then why not settle for a draw? A team which matched another for 60 gruelling minutes should not be humbled in defeat by the vagaries of cross wind or a wet ball. The extra point lucky sweep stakes could be abolished by the coaches. But they. optimistic souls, always expect individually to be the fortunate point maker because ties don’t look good on their record. Meanwhile. the bonus blunder robs teams like Navy of glory which should be theirs.

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Officially, Tennessee leads 79–⁠33–⁠5; as played, 81–⁠31–⁠4 in the 116 games on file; the official count covers all 120 meetings, counting the 79 since this game.