North Carolina at Maryland

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 26, 1951, page 64

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  four MOTT strong opponents renaming after tomorrow night, Maryland this week end reaches the key game on its schedule against Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge. Bowl games. supposedly have been voted out for Southern Conference schools, but Maryland still has hopes Of a major post season bid, and acceptance if il goes all the way. The Terps never have had an unbeaten team in a football history that dates back to 1892. Ahead after LSU lies Missouri which has won only one game; winless Navy; North Carolina State, which has lost four straight and a willing but young and losing team from West Virginia. Thus the LSU game is the big one fol the Terps. = Al Players in Squad. Coach Jim Tatum, his entourage and At players left by chartered plane this morning for Bator Rouge for Maryland’s first game with the Tigers and its secone visit to the State. DR.. H. G (Curley) Byrd took a Maryland team to Tulane 18 years ago ane lost. 300. With each player insured fol $l00. 900 for the trip. the total in surance ran over Sc million. There seems to be a feeling o. complacency among some Mary land rooters about this game but it is not shared by the coach. ing staff. After all, Maryland ii playing a team that defeated Rice | Georgia and Alabama, in addi. ton to Mississippi Southern. Tit only defeat was at the hands o. Georgia Tech, currently the coun. try’s third-ranked team. The Terps will be playing ir a humid setting, and the fog ane dampness that settles over ths stadium at night often make ball. handling difficult. The long tIir will be another disadvantage fol Maryland. 13-POint Fay0riteS. The Terps have been mentioned as favorites by as much as /; points. mainly because they de. feated Georgia with ease, 43–⁠7 while LSU edged the Bulldog. only TO last Saturday night However. that sEtcrno lfa.y’ land beat North Carolina by onI, one touchdown. 14–⁠7. and Caro-. lima lost to Georgia. 28-l6. Considering this is the fifth game of the season. the Marylant squad is In good physical condi’ ton. Bernie Faloney. an excel lent defensive halfback and sec, ond-string offensive quarterback lprobably will be restricted to ; defensive role because it is diff cult for him to talk after he suf fered q mouth injury against tn, Tar Heels. With Bob Wards fractured right hand still in a partial cast Tatum probably will use his All. America guard mostly on offense 10000 to See Game. Tommy Mont, who scoute. LSU against Georgia Tech ant Georgia. points out that Louisiana State depends more on balancs than individual stars for its tri lumphs. He hardly recognized tn team from one week to the mex except for the Tigers brillian back, Leroy Labat of La Place, La Against defense that has givel up more than one touchdown onl, to Georgia Tech, Maryland vii throw a rushing offense OF 81 yards per game. The Terps hav, rushed over Is of their 81 touch downs, and have scored five time in the air and once on an op ponents’ tumble. Maryland’s unbeaten status ha boosted interest and nearly 40, ,00l are expected in the Tigers 46. .O00 capacity stadium.

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North Carolina leads 37–⁠32–⁠1 in 70 meetings, counting the 52 since this game.