North Carolina at Georgia

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 26, 1953, page 16

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  Red Smith Of Duke Replaces FaIoney as ACC Scoring Leader James (Red) Smith, Dukes slamming halfback, is the new leader in the Atlantic Coast Conference scoring race as a result of his performance against North Carolina State Saturday. Smith, a senior from Winston Salem, N. c., scored twice and kicked one extra point in the Blue Devils 31–⁠0 rout Of the Wolfpack to run his total to 43 points for the season. He jumped ahead Of Mary lands Bernie Faloney. who had held the lead for two weeks. Faloney played a major role in Maryland’s 800 victory over Miami in the Orange Bowl Fri day night. but failed to score. His total still is 36 points, the result of six touchdowns. FELTON, is New Face. The new face to appear in the top five is Fullback Ralph FELTON, of Maryland, who moved into a third-place tie with Carl Brazell of South Carolina. Both have 27 points. Brazell failed to score against Clemson while FELTON, picked up one touchdown and two extra points against Miami. FELTON,. Brazell and Smith have used extra point kicking to help put them in the top five. Smith has booted seven points after touchdown and FELTON, nine. Bra zell has kicked three. Don Langston of North Carolima State holds the fifth place in scoring. His total is “a points, the same as the week before since State was whitewashed by Duke. Smiths jump into first place came after three weeks in sec ond. A chunky, 198-pounder. he is one of the hardest and fastest in the conference. Smiths First Score on Pass. Smith scored against State on a 15-yard pass from Quarterback Jerry Barger and again on a l3yard jaunt. The highlight Of the game was a 75-yard runback of a punt for a touchdown by Dave Lerps of Duke. Fullback Aldridge and Halfback Lloyd Caudle each plunged for the other scores. The vaunted combination Of Zeke BratkowSki and John Car son of Georgia proved too much for the University of North Car olina which lost, 27–⁠14. Brat koWski, one of the Nations top pasSers, completed 18 Of % aerials against the Tar Heels with Carson hauling in most Of them. The leaders:

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Georgia leads 16–⁠6–⁠2 in 24 meetings, counting the nine since this game.