Georgia Tech at Kentucky

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  Evening star, October 7, 1951, page 45

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  Georgia Tech Defeats Kentucky, Is 10 7, as 3-Yard Gamble Fails ! LEXINGTON. KY, Oct. 6. - Kentucky gambled for three yards + in the final period today. but lost the football and then the game to Georgia Tech, 1877. / Leading. 7–⁠6. Kentucky needed the three yards for a first down. Halfback Larry Jones failed to make them on his fourth-down plunge, and Tech took over on the Kentucky 35-yard line. From there, a mixture Of short gains and penalties put the ball on the Kentucky one, and Darrell Crawford, T h quarterback, sneaked over for the winning touchdown. The crowd of $4,000 fans saw Kentucky, sticking to the ground, march the opening kickoff to a tally in less than four minutes. Halfback Emory Clark made the touchdown. Tech Scores in Third Quarter Tech, still undeleated this season, got its first touchdown in the third period as Fullback Glenn Turner bowled across from the three. A 68-yard run through the center by Johnny Hicks set up the play. Kentucky almost recovered twice after its gamble backfired. Turner started the Tech drive with a Vineyard advance and George Maloof got first down on the Kentucky “a. A series of plays and penalties set Tech back to the Kentucky 81 with third down and II yards to go. Then misfortune struck the Kentuckians again. RoughnesS Penalty Hurts. A pass was incomplete on the Kentucky 20, but a roughness penalty carried the ball to the Kentucky II, with fourth down and two yards to go for a first down. Crawford, surrounded by Ken tuckians and seemingly trapped for a loss. pitched out to Pete Fer riS on the one. Then a Tech tumble. was recovered by Ken lucky, but there was an offside penalty to nullify the advantage the Sugar Bowl champions would have gained. Crawford scored from the one and that ended the ball game in sofar as scoring was concerned. Kentucky suffered it’s third defeat in a row. This is the first time such disaster has struck Ken lucky since 1948. Georgia Tech – O q a ia Kentucky 7 O q a Georgia Tech scoring Touchdovnsturner, Crawford. Point after touchdown Turner. Kentucky Scoring: Touchdown-clark. Point after fo1irhioun

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Georgia Tech leads 12–⁠7–⁠1 in 20 meetings, counting the seven since this game.