North Carolina vs. Georgia

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, January 2, 1947, page 18

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  Illinois Great Display Headlines 20 Bowl Battles Overwhelming Upset OF Unbeafen Uclans Is Tops in Thrills Echoes of the greatest bowling clatter. in football history still were resounding today with most Of the talk centered around Illinois almost incredible feat of knocking of a hitherto unbeaten U. G. L. A. eleven, 45–⁠14, before $4,000 stunned on lockers at Pasadena,s Rose Bowl. It was by far the largest single game turnout of 20 bowl battles the largest number ever – which treated a total turnout OF AZ, 1000 fans to II touchdown runs and passes. The victorious Georgia, Rice, Georgia Tech, Oklahoma, Hawaii and Delaware teams all contributed to this New Year display Of gridiron fireworks, but the game that will be remembered longer than any of the others is the 33d edition of the Tournament Of Roses. Near-Rec0rd Point Total. Inaugurating the Big Nine-Pacific Coast Conference f1ve-year plan, the underdog nlini scored in every period except the third to register as many points against bewildered Bruins as previously unbeaten U. G. L. AS last seven opponents COM bined. In only two other Rose Bowl games have teams scored more points. Michigan, in the classics inaugural in 1902, scored 40 points in banking Stanford, and Southern California registered Al points against Pitts burgh in 1890. The Big Nine champions one sided victory gave the visiting elevems two straight, the first time this has happened since Columbia and Alabama collaborated to defeat the Pacific Coast teams in 1884 and ’35. Alabama whipped U. S. G. last year, 34–⁠14. Coach Ray Eliot’s “little boys” rolled up 245 yards via land and air. with Buddy Young, speed Negro star, scoring two touchdDwns, and Julie Rykovich, Paul Patterson, Perry Moss, Russ Steger and Stan Green tallying the others. The big thrill, however, was provided by U. C. L. AS 143-pound tailback, AL Hoisch, who raced a kickoff back 103 yards for touch down, the longest and only one from a kickoff in Rose Bowl competition. $4,000 See Georgia Win. A capacity crowd Of $4,000, which came to watch q scoring duel between Georgia’s all-America Charley Trippi and North Carolina’s fresh man Charley Justice, saw the undefeated Bulldogs come from behind to hand the Tar Heels a 20–⁠10 lacing. Georgia scored all its points in the second half. The duel between Trippi and Justice never materialized as Trippi gained but 54 yards in IA rushes and Justice only 81 in II attempts. Trippi completed two passes in seven attempts, netting 10 yards. One Of his tosses brought a score, but another was intercepted to set up Carolina’s score. Justice threw only one pass, completing 1t behind the line for 5-yard loss. p An 83-yard drive, clinaxed by Halfback Carl Russ 25-yard run and lateral to Hugh Keeney, who ran another Is yards for a touchdown, and a safety, all in the first period enabled Rice to blank a rugged Tennessee team, 80, before $4,000 Orange Bowl spectators at Miami. Arkansas, outgained 271 yards to 81, baked three drives inside its own 1O-yard line to gain scoreless tie with Louisiana State in the 18th annual Cotton Bowl game at Dallas before $4,000 fans. The Razor backs once halted the Tigers on the 2-yard line: another time they threw Louisiana back from the 4, and still another time they wriggled out after being pushed back to the 8. Oklahoma Beats N. C. State. With Fullback Edds Davis scoring three touchdowns and Bill Wallace one, Oklahoma overwhelmed North Carolina State, 34–⁠13, before 1900 in the second annual Gator Bowl game at Jacksonville, Fla. Clyde Leforce, quarterback from Tulsa University, threw two touch down passes and placekicked an exira point to give the Western Col lege All-Stars a 1879 victory over their Eastern rivals in the 22d an nual East-West charity game, played in San Francisco for the benefit of the Shriners’ Crippled Children’s Hospital. An overfiowing crowd of 81, 900 saw the game.

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  The Key West citizen. (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, Florida, January 2, 1947, page 3

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  Ice Hats Alamo Bowl Game But 10 Others Garry On, Six In Florida Football fans ushered in the New Year yesterday by attend ing Is Bowl games. At San An. tonic, Texas. the Alamo Bow contest b etw e n Hardin-Sim- mons and Denver was postponed until Saturday because of ice and sleet. Of the II Bowl games origin ally scheduled for New Years, Florida had, six, Texas four, Cali fornia four, Louisiana one, Georgia one, and Oklahoma one. A crowd of 36,t52, including General Wright D. Eisenhower, saw Rice Institutes Southwest Conference champions hold ain early lead to defeat Tennessee, 8 to 0, at the Orange Bowl in Miami. AT Pasadena, Calf, in the Rose Bowl, Illinois, Big Nine cham plons, handed University of Cali fornia at Los Angeles, undefeated champions of the Pacific Coast, a 45-l4 sdrubbing before $4,000 spectators. Before $4,000 Sugar Bowl fans at New Orleans, the unbeaten Georgia Bulldogs rallied to defeat North Carolina, 20 to 10. The traditional East West game at the Shrine Bowl at San Francisco, saw the West ALL Stars exc out a 13-to-9 win over the East All-Stars before $1,000 persons. In the Cotton Bowl at Dallas, $4,000 watched Arkansas and Louisiana State battle to a scorelesS tie. At Houston, Georgia Tech triumphed over St. Mary’s. Al to 10, in the Oil Bowl. In addition to the Orange Bowl contest, five other Bowl games took place in Florida. At Jack sonville, 1900 persons saw Ok lahoma overpower North Carolima State, “a to IS, in the Gator Bowl. Delaware turned back Roll Inns, 81 to 0, in the first Cigar Bowl game at Tampa, before o. 500 spectators. 1t was Delaware’s 3lst victory without a defeat, although generally against minor teams. The other Florida tits were the Tangerine Bowl contest at Orlando, where Catawba won from Marysville. 81 to 6; the Flower Bowl game at Jackson vile. for colored schools, won by Delaware State, Z to 6, over Florida Normal, and the Coconut Bowl tilt at Miami, another col ored school contest, in which Bethune-Cookman of Columbia, S. c., defeated the S. S. Athletic Club, Is TO 0. Other Bowl results: Sun Bowl, at Ell Paso, Texas

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, January 2, 1947, page 1

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  OkLAHOMADEFEATSN. STATE, 34–⁠13 GEORGIA TAKES THRILLER. 20 TO 10 Z, 900 Attend Annual Classic As. Mighty Grid Giants Clash IA the Tar Heel line to add it’s cllncher on an 80-yard drive, with iflppl, Smith, John Rauch and Eli Nariclch ripping off the yardage. North Carolina’s dying effort was seeming touchdown pass to end Ken Powell but it was called back ON the grounds that Powell had pushed the Georgia defender, Smith. Powell fell unconscious as ne caught the ball and it seemed ne was the one who was pushed. But the fog was sWirling into the stadium by this time and maybe it just looked that way from the pressbox.

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Georgia leads 16–⁠6–⁠2 in 24 meetings, counting the 15 since this game.