Clemson at Auburn

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  Evening star, November 28, 1948, page 43

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  Tigers Rally for Slim 7-to-6 Triumph Over Auburn in Mud Battle MOBILE, Ala, Nov. 27.-Clemson’ S unbeaten Tigers came from behind to edge Auburn 7–⁠6 on q muddy gridiron before 14,110 fans. This was Clemson’s ninth in row. Trailing 0 to with less than Iseven minutes to play. Clemson hit pay dirt for the first time after an |80-yard drive. Speedster Ray Mat hews went of tackle from the J. yard line for the score after setting up the touchdown with q 39-yard pass to Oscar Thompson. Jack Miller provided the victory margin by booting the extra point from placement. 1t was Miller’s 26th conversion in SO attempts this year. Auburn went for its touchdown shortly after the second quarter opened with Zach jenkins going over after q 12-yard sweep around left end. Langners try for the extra point was low. With the field turned into quagmire by two days Of showers, fumbles were frequent. A wet ball handicapped both sides in their aerial games. Auburn, winner of only one game this year and rated to lose by three touchdowns, gave the crowd a thrill by outplaying the highly rated Clemson team for three quarters. After a scoreless first quarter Auburn took over on its own 81 as the second quarter started. A 27yard screen pass from Weaver to Inman gained to Clemson’s 35 jenkins ran to the Is and Russell Inman completed an 11-yard pass to Pyburn, setting the stage for Jenkins touchdown. Travis Tydwell, who has been handicapped by an ankle injury, showed his best running form of the season in helping keep the ball in Clemson territory for three quarters.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 29, 1948, page 3 (results column)

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  GRID STARS IN CONTESTS Al WEEKEND Arnold Ga,iffa, Army-scored one touchdown, trree passes good for 25 and Ao yards to set up two oth- CTS in 2l-2l tie with Navy. l Ell Hawkins, Navy-scored two touchdowns, did outstanding block ing and defensive job in tie with Army. Charlie Justice, North carolina ran 90 ano AT yards for touchdowns and passed 40 sEd 31 yards for two more touchoowns in teams 34–⁠12 victory over Virginia. Gil Johnson, Southern Methodist : engineered 99-yard drive in last minute and A. seconds of game to Erirg Southern Method st TT tie with TeAas Christian; ran 22 yards and passed for TT in touchdown surge. Frank Tripucka, Notre Dame threw three touchdown passes as Irish shut out Washington. 46–⁠0. Ray Mathews, of Clemson-threw 39-{ ard pass, then bucked line che yard for touchdown late in final period to give team 7–⁠6 victory over Auburn Larry Cooney, Penn State-cap- ped 55-yard march with IT yard cash for touchdown to give Penn state TO verdict over Washington State. Barney Poole, Mississlppi-caught two touchdown passes ill 34–⁠7 victory oyer Mississippi state; finishes sev- en years of college play at Miss sippi and Army

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Auburn leads 33–⁠15–⁠2 in 50 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.