Duke at SMU

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, September 27, 1952, page 9

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  DALLAS, Sept. ~. - Perhaps the teams in other sections don’t use the forward pass like the Southwest Conference, but If Duke is a criterion, they use it better. The Blue Devils threw only six here last night, but two of them were for touchdowns and they beat Southern Methodist, 14–⁠7. The sum total of yards gained in the air by Duke was “a, while SMU, a foremost exponent Of the forward pass, got 130 yards on seven competitions in II attempts. But Duke could stop the Methodist throwing when the time came, while Southern Methodist was pitifully weak on pass defense. Both Of the Duke touchdown throws were to men in the end zone standing all alone. Leader Of the smashing ground game that set up the Duke touch downs was a huge fellow named Jack Kistler. He crashed to 1923 yards and on the winning drive of the Blue Devils he accounted for 48 Of 80 yards. Duke scored its last touchdown with only five

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Duke leads 2–⁠1 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.