Pittsburgh at Miami

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  Evening star, December 8, 1951, page 13

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  Pittsburgh Surprises Orange BowI-Bound Miami Eleven, 21–⁠7 MIAMI. Fla, Dec. 8.-The Pittsburgh Panthers-and their coaches-are sorry the season is over. They just started playing football. Our team really jelled the last few weeks” Backfield Coach Edgar Jones said last night after Pitt had given a 21–⁠7 lacing to the Miami Hurricanes, who were supposed to win by a couple of touchdoWnS. That ended a once-dismal Pitt season on cheerful three game victory note after the Panthers had lost seven straight. Odds-makers had set Miami UP as a 13-point choice, but the HurricaneS, who will play Clemson in the Gator Bowl January /. never had a chance. With Bob Bestwick throwing passes to Chris Warriner and Richard Dietrich, and Bill Sichko, Louis Cimarolli, Bobby Epps and others chewing their way through the Miami line, Pitt shot into a 14–⁠0 lead in the first quarter. Miami. which accepted a Gator Bowl bid after a 7–⁠2 season before the Pitt game, didn’t even threat en- until the closing minutes, when the red-hot Panthers finally cooled down bit. Pitt hustled so yards to a touch down the second time it got the ball. with Cimarolli knitting 3 yards off-tackle for the score. After Bill Gasparovic recovered tumble on the Miami 25. the Panthers slashed down to score again before the end Of the quarter on 4-yard lunge by Sichko. The Panthers made it 21–⁠0 at the start of the second half by scratching their way IS yards to a touchdown from kickoff. Gina rolf made it with a 1-yard dive over the line. In the late minutes. Leo Mar tin, Miami end, blocked kick and recovered on the Panther 20, and Johnny Bow scored on a 10-yard end run.

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Miami leads 30–⁠12–⁠1 in 43 meetings, counting the 41 since this game.