Georgia Tech at Tulane

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 6, 1947, page 1 (results column)

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  lack was the whole show as Notre Dame downed Pittsburgh 40 to 6. Michigan used the third team the entire second half in clubbing Stafford 40 to 13. Sizing up Illinois 1912 conquest of Iowa, Harold (Red) Grange OBJ served that the 1947 contingent is better than last years Big Nine champions. In the East, Army Penn, and Penn State won easily. Army BANKED Colorado At to 0, extending the Cadets string to 80 without defeat. The new Army team bumps into Illinois in New York’s Yankee Stadium next Saturday. Penn opened by swapping Lafayette SO to 0. Penn State romped to a $40 win over Bucknell. Columbia ran all over Navy |yet had to come from behind to win Is to 6. Spanked by halfback Fred Nadmery, Yale trlpped Cornell IA to 0. In the south, Georgia Tech mastered Tulane 20 to 0. Tech displayed a top-notch first team, but little in the way of reserve strength. The mud and rain failed to stop Mississippi’s Charlie Conerly, as Mississippi routed South Carolina 80 to 0. Southwest Conference teams won two, lost and tied one in non-league contests. Texas Jared some $1,000 spectators by crush ing highly regarded North Carolima, “a to 0. The fighting Doak Walker led Southern Methodist to a 1919 victory over Missouri. Texas A. and M. dropped to a decision to Oklahoma, 26 to IA. Rice travelled to Los Angeles to tie Southern California 7 to Z. Coach Lynn Waldrof’s Califor- MIA Bears made it three straight, routing St. Mary’s As to 6. A blocked punt gave Oregon state a IA to 7 win over Washington. Two brothers, Jerry Williams of Washington State, and Idaho’s Bill Williams, paced their re- |spective teams as Washington State topped the Vandals 7 to 0. Jerry made the games only touchdown.

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Georgia Tech leads 37–⁠13 in 50 meetings, counting the 34 since this game.