Presbyterian at Furman

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 2, 1954, page 1 (results column)

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  | Irish-Purdue Game Tops Today’s Card as IUCLA Gains Stature Notre Danes clash with Purdue and the Illinois–Stanford struggle in the televised game of the week topped today’s col lege football card as UCLA moved to the forefront among the Nations collegiate power houses with. it’s 1877 victory over Maryland last night. (The Stanford Illinois game will be seen in Wash ington over WMAL-TV, Chan mel 7, beginning at S PM The Miami (F1aD Hurricanes likewise gained in national pres tige last night by upsetting Bay lor. 1913, at Miami. These two Friday night games opened an impressive list of in tersectional games scheduled for this afternoon and tonight. Bruins Come From Behind. UCLA, champions of the Pa cific Coast Conference and cur rently ranked fourth in the As ISOLATED Press poll behind Notre Dame, Oklahoma and Iowa. cap italized on two breaks to nip the Terrapins before 1876 at Los Angeles. An 18-yard sprint by Carl Garrigus in the last quarter gave Miami its surprise victory over Baylor. ranked 18th nationally. The play was set up after Cor don Malloy intercepted Baylor pass at midfield and returned it to the Baylor 80. Wichita drubbed Drake, 54–⁠6; Furman BANKED Presbyterian, 27–⁠0: Chattanooga took Tampa. 1876, and the Quantico Marines whipped Detroit, 200. in other games last night. Three Touchdown Passes. Jack Conway spanked Wichita by throwing three touchdown passes. including one good for 80 yards. Among the imposing list of intersectional trays tonight, Cor nell travels into the Southwest to battle Rice; Georgia Tech does likewise to tangle with Southern Methodist. Mississippi reverses the process, coming north to battle Villanova. Other top games tonight pit Arkansas against Texas Chris tian; Vanderbilt against Ala bama. Tulsa against Cincinnati, Louisiana State against Ken lucky. West Virginia against South Carolina, Oklahoma Aggies against Texas Tech, Utah State against New Mexico, Brigham Young against Colo RADIO AIM and VMI against Richmond.

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Furman leads 33–⁠12–⁠1 in 46 meetings, counting the 27 since this game.