Pittsburgh at Virginia

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 8, 1953, page 68

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  Pitt Whips Virginia. 100 Ole Miss Romps in armup for Terps Soph Backs Run Wild As Mississippi Beats North Texas, 4O-7 OXFORD. Miss, Nov. mississippi sophomores ran and passed for five touchdowns as Ole Miss trimmed North Texas State 40–⁠7 today in a warmup football game for Maryland next week. Ole Miss used reserves most of the day with it’s No. 2 backfield of Houston Patton at quarter back, Bobby McCool at fullback and Earl Blair and Jimmy Patton at the halfback slots furnishing plenty of offensive power. North Texas drew first blood on a passing march featuring Quarterback Bobby Hughes ard End Norman Ingebrigtsen. The drive was climaxed by Ralph Reynolds 49, yard touchdown sweep. The MiSSissippianS scored two in the first with Houston Patton galloping 80 yards and McCool going eight; two more in third on Patton’s 23-.’rd pass to Dave Dickerson and McCool’s plunge from the one; and two in the final period on a five-yard run by Blair and a 14-yard dash by Harold Lotion. North Texas 20 O O. 7 Mississippi II q IS l3--4O North Texas scoring: Touchdowns- REYNOLDS. nvcrs.on-BahnSen. MissiSsippi gcoring; TouehdownS--H. Patton. McCool (2l. Dickerson, Lotion, Blair. ConyeTSionS-J Patton (3l. PaSlay.

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Pittsburgh leads 10–⁠5 in 15 meetings, counting the 14 since this game.