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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 9, 1949, page 1 (results column)

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  Michigan Eleven Stopped by Army; Navy Beats Duke Michigan’s collegiate football leaders were toppled from their perch yesterday by Army, 21 to 7. The defeat snapped the Wolverine winning string of Is games. Navy. Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Minnesota and California continued on their victory trails. The Midshipmen sprang a mild upset over Duke, 28–⁠14, for their second straight: Notre Dame sank Purdue. 35–⁠12: Oklahoma got past Texas. 20–⁠14: Minnesota polished off Northwestern. 21–⁠7: California made it four in row with a $500 triumph over Wisconsin. Among Washington area teams, Maryland held Michigan State to a 14–⁠7 score; Georgetown upset Wake Forest, 1876; George Wash ington bowed to Kansas n the late going. 21–⁠14, and Virginia continued unbeaten over Virginia Tech, 26–⁠0. In some Of the other big college games. North Carolina downed South Carolina, 28–⁠13; Vanderbilt squeaked past Mississippi, ,28-27; Ohio State and Southern Califormia gave what many believe preview of the Rose Bowl with a 1913 tie, and Pennsylvania nosed out Princeton, 14–⁠13. (Stortes and scores in Sports Section

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Virginia Tech leads 62–⁠34–⁠5 in 101 meetings on file, counting the 72 since this game.