Newberry at Furman
Friday, November 9, 1951 Share
Furman beat Newberry 33–13. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Furman led the series 11–1.
FinalAttendance 2,500
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, November 10, 1951, page 2
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Hot Games Are Played, South Grids The hurricane really blew in the south last night. Miami University’s Hurricanes de- feated Chattanooga, BAT, in the top college football game on the light nationwide program and Fur mans Hurricanes blew hot for a 33–13 victory over the Newberry h. dians. Touchdown plays ranging in dis tance from 2l to 69 yards carried Miami to victory. Jack Hackett passed to Ed Lutes for two talies, one covering 69 yards and the other 39 yards Frank Smith ran 56 and 39 yards for two more and Bud Constantine raced 1T yards for the other Chattanooga didn’t score until the final quarter. The tally came on a seven-yard run by Damn Orlich. Sonny Horton, scoring three touchdowns, and Russell Sutton paced Furman to its triumph. Hor- ton gained 153 yards and Sutton 13O of Furman’s 323.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Furman 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Newberry–Furman gameFurman leads 16–3 in 19 meetings, counting the seven since this game.
| 1966 | Furman 29, Newberry 7 | |
| 1965 | Furman 48, Newberry 12 | |
| 1956 | Newberry 13, Furman 7 | |
| 1955 | Newberry 14, Furman 0 | |
| 1954 | Furman 19, Newberry 6 | |
| 1953 | Furman 33, Newberry 0 |
Around this game
Newberry
- Next gameat FurmanSept. 19, 1952
- SeasonNewberry in 1951
- ProgramNewberry history and records
Furman
- Next gamevs. ClemsonNov. 17, 1951
- SeasonFurman in 1951
- ProgramFurman history and records
