Wake Forest at Baylor

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 18, 1951, page 62

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  IsbeII Sparks Baylor To Easy 42-O Victory lover Wake Forest WACO, Tex, Nov. 17.-Larry Isbell bombarded Wake Forest with two touchdown passes and guided Baylor to a third tally in less than AZ minutes today. Baylor rolled from there to q smashing 42–⁠0 victory. Isbell scored once. Baylor End Stanley Williams made brilliant catch of one of Isbell’s second quarter payoff pitches and threw key blocks all afternoon as Baylor gave Wake Forest its worst drubbing and only shutout of the year. Linebacker Cosimo Brocato also shared much of the Baylor Bears glory. picking off two Wake For est aerials to start Baylor goal ward and kicking all the extra points. But Isbell. with his fancy Iflinging. fine running. great punt ing. and cagy generalship was the big show. His one-yard sneak for “a last quarter score was almost incidental. He hit the button on 13 of 10 passes for l55 yards. He romped through the line for % and he punted seven times for a 1874 average. A rare 15-yard penalty against Wake Forest helped Baylor move to pay dirt the first time. Wake Forest Back Larry Spencer was hit in the head by his teammates punt, interfering with the Baylor safety’s chance to receive punt. and Baylor got possession on the Deacon’s l8. Fullback Parma Pile drived TO the 5, and Isbell found Riley In the end zone.

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Baylor leads 5–⁠1 in six meetings, counting the four since this game.