Maryland at North Carolina

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 18, 1953, page 65

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  Maryland squabble on the field which quickly was broken up. The Tar Heels had their chances to score, too. Twice Maryland fumbles and their own famed alertness at recover ing loose footballs presented them with scoring opportunities. In the opening period FELTON, fumbled and .226-pound Francis Fredere, a tackle, claimed it for Carolina on the Terrapins’ IL. Four plays later, however, Mary land took the ball on downs. tumble Ends Threat. North Carolina had a golden opportunity to score early in the third period when Faloney fun bled and Dick Starner, an end, recovered on Maryland’s SO. 1t was the 18th tumble recovered by the Tar Heels so far this season and this one looked as if it might cost the Old Liners. A fourth-down run by Ken Keller, good for 20 yards, put the ball on Maryland’S 4, first down. Connie Gravitte hit the line and reached the 2, but at this point Carolina’s tumble luck deserted the Tar Heels. Keller, desperately trying to dent the stout Maryland line, fumbled on his next plunge and Bob Morgan recovered so that Faloney could punt out. He didn’t punt far but North Carolina lost the ball on downs on Maryland’s % and from here the TerrapinS staged their third scoring drive. They went 70 yards on nine plays, with the familiar cast of FELTON,, Faloney, Nolan and Chet Hanulak toting the ball. FELTON, went over from the 6-yard line but missed the kick and it was 900. Maryland’S final touchdown. coming early in the final quarter, started the customers home. This one started with another splendid punt by Lackey, which barely rolled into the end zone. But, instead of starting from their own 20, the TerrapinS drew a delay-o -the-game penalty and began from the Is. Nine plays later they had it made: 26–⁠0. Dennis Scores on Pass. Tatum’S flrst-Stringers weren’t playing at the time. Boxold was back at quarterback and Dick Burgee, Ronnie Waller, Russell Dennis and other SophomoreS were in the game. Still, they went IS yards on runs and passes, finally scoring from Z yards out on a pass from Boxold 70 Dennis. It was the first col

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North Carolina leads 37–⁠32–⁠1 in 70 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.