Georgia at Villanova

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, September 20, 1953, page 64

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  PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 19.- Georgia’s Bulldogs came from behind with crushing ground game built around Fullbacks Bob Clemens and Howard Kelly to go with Zeke Bratkowski’ gilt edged passing to defeat Villa nova 32–⁠19 tonight before 97.802 at Municipal Stadium. 1t was the largest crowd ever to see an opening college football game. Villanova wasn’t figured to hold BratkoWski, who completed 10 of 16 pass attempts for IT’S yards. But their heavier, vet eran line folded at the tackles and Clemens and Kelly cheWed up the yardage as though it were a dummy scrimmage. The Bulldogs spotted Villa nova two firSt-period touch downs and then in workmanlike fashion came back to overrun the Wildcats in the second and third periods on Bratkowski’s

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Georgia leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.