Florida at Vanderbilt

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 22, 1950, page 46

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  NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 21.- Underdog Florida outrushed anc outpassed unbeaten and united Vanderbilt to win a 31–⁠27 South. eastern Conference football vic tory today. A stunned homecoming Grove Of $4,000 watched the Gators score early in the opening period ano match Vanderbilt score for score thereafter. 1t was Floridas first victory over the Commodores Rain marred the early quarters and left the field slippery in the latter stages. Four of Florida’s touchdowns were scored on the ground Sophomore Haywood Sullivan. passes clicked for one touchdown and helped set up the others. Nichols Runs IS Yards. The famed Vanderbilt passing combination of Bill Wade tt Bucky Curtis accounted for two touchdowns. Two other Wander. bilt markers were scored by rush. ing. Jack Nichols broke away for s 55-yard touchdown run for Flor. ida and teammate Loren Broadus almost matched it with a 51-yarc payof jaunt. Vanderbilt’s most spectacular play came in the final minutes of the fourth quarter on 76yard-play sequence. Wade passed from his “a to Curtis, who lat eraled to Mac Robinson as he

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, October 23, 1950, page 6 (results column)

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  COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEW YORK, Oct. 23-PLThe ranks of the nations unbeaten and united major college football teams whitfield to mere dozen by a wave of upsets, headed for further thin ming this weekend. The perfect records of Cornell and Princeton will be matched in The Ivy League headliner at Prince on, and one is bound to be sullied. Northwestern and surprising Miami of Florida will risk unblemished marks against dangerous rivals. The Northwestern Wildcats, with four in a row, will take their Big Ten campaign to Wisconsin, where hey will play Badger team that was unbeaten until spilled by Mich igan Saturday, 26–⁠13. Miami, the rugged little David chat felled giant-killer Purdue, will 20 against a winless Pittsburgh that has yet to explode its full might. Other clean records, including those of top-ranking Army and Ok ahoma, appear safe enough for the lime being. The list includes Ken lucky, California, Southern Meth dist, Wyoming, Wichita and 10y ola of Los Angeles. Wisconsin, Washington, Stanford, Rice and Vanderbilt we’re the powers Who fell for the first time Saturday rs the sport was rocked again by upsets from coast to coast. Illinois put skids under the highly rated Washington Huskies, who came east to absorb 20–⁠13 lashing Sowl-minded Stanford was tripped by Red Sanders high UCLA eleven at Los Angeles, 21–⁠7. The Rice Owls, defending South west Conference champions, ran afoul Southern Methodist’s power lied Mustangs and succumbed, 1921. Vanderbilt got started late and lost to Florida, 31–⁠27. Bobby Robertson, a fleet Negro halfback, led the attack that gave Indiana it’s first victory since 1906 over Notre Dame 20–⁠7, and handed the Irish their second setback in | five seasons. Navy’s forces rallied from three straight defeats to whip Southern | Cal, 27–⁠14. NC. States victory mar gin over Maryland, ranked eighth nationally, was 1913. Lehigh re- manned unbeaten by slapping favored Dartmouth, 1914.

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Florida leads 44–⁠11–⁠2 in 57 meetings, counting the 53 since this game.