Tennessee at Vanderbilt

• 

  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 28, 1948, page 45

  Read the text

  Speedy Commodores Score Two tbs in 90 : Seconds in 28–⁠6 Win NASHVILLE. Tenn, Nov. 27.- The speedy Vanderbilt Conmodores scored two touchdowns within 9t seconds to smash the Tennessee Volunteers, 2s-6, in a thrilling Southeastern Conference football game today. The victory was Vanderbilt’s sew ,enth straight. It marked the first time the Commodores had beatet, their cross-State rivals since 1887 A record crowd Of 24,074 fans saw the game. Vanderbilt scored one touchdown in the first quarter, begged down In the second and third periods, then collected three more In the final. Tennessee’s lone score came at the end of an 80-yard march after Vanderbilt was leading, 2l-0, in the fourth period. Vanderbilt then bounced back to score again in the final minutes. The Commodores’ first score came when Herb Rich grabbed Bobby Berry’s pass from the Tennessee ~ and raced over for a sik-pointer. Lee Nalley-who holds the Ma tons punt return record-set up Vanderbilt’s second score when he carried a punt back ST yards to the Tennessee 30. Two passes put the ball on the 4. Jamie Wade passed to Bucky Curtis for the score on the first play in the fourth quarter. The runback upped Nalley’s total to 800 yards-74 more than the previous record Of GIG. Seconds later Joe Hicks interrupted a pass on the Tennessee IS and churned back to the 5. Wade scored. w. G. Cooper sparked Tennessee’s 80-yard touchdown march, racing 35 yards to Vanderbilt’s u. Passes and runs put it on Vanderbilt’s 8. Ralph Chancey carried 1t over – Dean Davidson’s running and passing accounted for Vanderbilt’s final marker late in the final period.

• 

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

  Read the text

  FOOTBALL . SCORES Final scores of football games played during the weekend are as follows: Nebrasks. iz, Oregon St. 28. Penn $. ‘; Washington s. o. Michigan S21 Santa Clara 21. Oklahoma 19; Okla. AIM 15. Clemson ‘; Auburn 6. Detrcit 26; Tulsa 22. Texas Christian ?; SMU T. Tennessee 6; Vanderbilt 28. Wm. and Mary g; Arkansas 0. Tulane 46; Louisiana State O. Florida 28: Alabama 34. Washington 27, Louisville 12. Fordham 26; New York U 0. Maryland IA; w. Virginia 16 Villanova 21; w. Virginia 16. Washington 0; Notre Dame 46. Georgia Tech 13 Georgia 2l. Holy Cross 20; Boston College 21. N. Carolina 34 Virginia l2. Miss. State T; Mississippi 34. Rice ‘; Baylor T.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Officially, Tennessee leads 79–⁠33–⁠5; as played, 81–⁠31–⁠4 in the 116 games on file; the official count covers all 120 meetings, counting the 77 since this game.