Duke at Georgia Tech

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  Evening star, November 8, 1951, page 65

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  |vhI Has Bag Of Tricks For Georgia Tech, but Also Lot Of Respect I’VE aren’t taking them lightly. The speaker Is Tom Nugent head coach Of football at Virgins Military. He is talking about the next VMI opponent. Georgia Tech Naturally. Nugent is kidding, ir 10 way. He knows that Georgia Tech is rated as the eighth best football team in the country while his Keydets aren’t even mentioned on the latest list of rankings, But the young VMI coach isn’t one to say the impossible can’t happen, and he recalls an after noon last autumn when VMT met Tech and emerged with q 1913 upset win. “You know. the very fact we beat them last year win make II ever so much tougher on us this time.” Nugent admits. But We have some tricks up our sleeves and we hope to make 1t quite a battle” Have Loops Top Passer. A trick Nugent had up his sleeve the novel IT. formation helped VMI win in 1850. There’s mo telling what he might try this time. He has plenty of capable backfleld men to execute his schemes. Heading the list Of dangerous customers the Keydets will take Ito Atlanta is the Southern Con- |ference’s top passer. Bill Brehany The vMI quarterback has tossed his team to IL touchdowns and 844 yards so far. Nugent expoets Brehany to be locked in a passing duel with Georgia Techs ace thrower. Darrell Crawford. who has passed for 718 yards. Brehany’s favorite receiver is Jay Grumhling. who quite log ically is the leading pass catcher in the Southern Conference with IS snares for 437 yards and seven touchdowns. VMI. which stunned Tech last season with the running of Full back Joe Stump and Quarterback Jimmy Coley’s passing. has neither Of them this year. But Brehany has stepped into Coley’s shoes and to fill the gap left by Stump’s Nugent has a flock of good runners headed by Tommy Birge, Curly Powell, George Chumbley and Chuck Dininger. Coach High on Grumbling. Yesterday Nugent was wax ing especially enthusiastic about Grumbling, who he said. mot only can catch passes. but is one OF our best blockers. Chumbley and Birge. who had been on the injury list. returned to action in time for scrimmage yesterday at Lexington-the last rough drill the Keydets will have before Saturdays game. VMI will be seeking to become the second Southern Conference team in a row to embarrass Georgia Tech. Last week. Duke ruined an otherwise all-winning record for the Engineers by gain ing a 14–⁠14 deadlock.

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Georgia Tech leads 57–⁠35–⁠1 in 93 meetings, counting the 74 since this game.