Vanderbilt at Tennessee

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, December 2, 1951, page 58

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  Vols Beat Vanderbilt In Hard drought Game Ending in Free-for-AI KNOXVILLE. Tenn. Dec. l. A fighting Vanderbilt football team. fired to great heights by the sensational passing of Quarterback Bill Wade, gave mighty Tennessee a real scare today before losing, 35 to 27. A crowd of $4,000 homecoming fans shouted itself hoarse as Wade Six Tennessee Players Win AII-south’ eastern Honors. Poae 3D. riddled unbeaten Tennessee’s sec ondary with passes and almost pulled off the biggest upset of the season. The bitterly-fought game ended in a free-for-all which was quick. ly brought under controls by off. cials, coaches and police. The hard-won victory was the 10th straight of the season fol the Sugar Bowl-bound Volunteer and marked their first unbeater and united season since 1910. i also was their goth consecutive win over a two-year period. Wade Completes 16 Passes. Wade completed 16 of “a passes for 251 yards and no interceptions He failed to score directly through the air, but his tosses set the stags for each of the Commodores’ foul touchdowns. Tennessee completely dominated the first half and left the fielC for the intermission with a 14-( lead. The Vols struck quickly fol a third touchdown in the frs minute of the third quarter. Guard Ted Daffer crashed through and blocked Halfbacl Dick Fosters punt on Vandy’ eight and big Doug Atkins scoopet up the ball and raced six yards TOa touchdown. Capt. Bert Rechi char added his third straight con version. But the complexion of the game changed quickly as Tennessee kicked off to Vandy. Wade, who had failed to maneuver the Com modores past midfield in the first half, started hitting with hi. passes. Vanderbilt marched II yards il (See TENNESSEE, Page B-4.)

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Officially, Tennessee leads 79–⁠33–⁠5; as played, 81–⁠31–⁠4 in the 116 games on file; the official count covers all 120 meetings, counting the 74 since this game.