Georgetown at Denver

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  Evening star, November 1, 1948, page 15

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  pretty lopsided but there were several heartening things about this game for the Colonials. With Bill Szanyi sitting out, Charley Jones, a heretofore unnoticed sub, got chance to play end. He formed a new passing combination with Andy Davis on the firing end that looks good for a lot more use. He pulled in five of Davis passes for 80 yards, and his two longest catches of 10 and 80 yards were high spots of G. WIS two touchdown drives. : Another injury put Pete Cor delli. a 165-pound’ halfback. into the line as offensive tackle. He played. like A. 2o0-pounder. Also heartening was the way the Colonials bounced back late In the game. They were penalized stwice and backed to their4l-yard line, but broke out of that trap to score a Observation-Disclosures. ~ i2ul -- ztnuns- Georgetown, 10: Denver, 10. Backfield Coach Bob Seymour of Denver, in explaining the Pioneers’ fine performance after five successive defeats, said: I’VE fumbled our way to defeat In several of those other games. Against Georgetown we didn’t beat ourselves. Our fellows played up to their capabilities” Georgetown’s line was out charged and the Hoyas’ passers

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Georgetown leads 1–⁠0–⁠1 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.