North Carolina at Wake Forest

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 11, 1948, page 15 (results column)

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  Undefeafed MICHIGAN, Penn Facing Rugged Tests This Week NEW YORK, Oct. 11-Although p-the-favorite continues a pop ular Saturday pastime, four major elevens-Notre Dame, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Penn State-are riding unbeaten streaks that now bridge three seasons. The fighting Irish haven’t been licked since Great Lakes turned the trick in the last game of the 1945 seaSon-a string of 20 victories marred only by 1946 tie with Army. Michigan has reeled of II in row, counting the 49–⁠0 walloping of Southern California in the Rose Bowl January l. Penn State, tied by Southern Methodist in the last Cotton Bowl game, has II regular season triumphS as has its neighbor, Ivy League Champion Pennsylvania. This quartet survived last week ends wave of upheavals that saw the defeat of the only other unbeaten power of 1947-Southern Methodist-and a full dozen other of the chosen. S. M. US Mustangs, despite the herculean work of All-America Doak Walker, were tossed by surprising Missouri, 20-l4. Michigan, Penn Face Trouble. 4f xxI,io1, 0f the unblemished is next to get its string shipped and which can tack up the longest clothesline of sue cess Michigan and Pennsylvania face troublous times this week. The Wolverines, who Smothered Purdue, 400. Saturday in magnificent show of pwoer, engage North Westerns unbeaten Wildcats, who made Minnesota their third straight victim, 1916. This is the top game Of the week. Penn runs up against rebound ing Columbia team that throttled Yale in a wild-scoring fray, 1923. Pern’s second victory of the year was racked up at the expense OF Princeton, 29–⁠7. Meanwhile, there appears no STOP ping the Irish. Michigan State stood up to Notre Dame for while Saturday, but bowed to superior guns, 26–⁠7 Nebraska is next up for the South Benders. Penn State, winner over Syracuse Friday night. tackles West Virginia and should stretch its string to an even dozen. Upsets were plentiful Saturday, but sectional leaders managed to hold their own and the Big Nine, which has been bullying the boys around. ran into some scrappers its own size. Upsets Wide Spread. California, the Pacific Coast favorite. put skids under Wisconsin, 40-l4. Army continued to look the standout of the East by humping Illinois, 1921. Texas Christian shaded Indiana, rs. Iowa turned back heavily favored Ohio State, 14–⁠7. In Dixie. North Carolina continucu It’s 1OlC Ny ofC4PO” ering Wake Forest, a Southern Conference rival, 28–⁠6. Georgia Tech, the Southeastern biggie. whip ped Washington and Lee. 27–⁠0. While the Southwest was suffering a couple of humbling losses to outside foes-S. NJ. us defeat by Missouri and Texas 20–⁠14 surrender to Oklahoma–Baylor was moving to the fore by trouncing Arkansas, 237. Also in the upset category were Clemson’s 2l-7 victory over MiSsissippi State, Washington’s 27–⁠6 verdict over U. c. L. A., Dartmouth’s 1916 rout of Holy Cross, Texas Techs smashing 41–⁠20 triumph over Tulsa and Santa Clara’s 27-l4 conquest of Stanford. To climax the reversals Of form, Kansas State defeated Arkansas State of Jonesboro, 37–⁠6. for its first football victory since 1945. 1t had lost “a in a row

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Officially, North Carolina leads 74–⁠37–⁠2; as played, 71–⁠34–⁠2 in the 107 games on file; the official count covers all 113 meetings, counting the 67 since this game.