Miami at Auburn

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  Evening star, November 7, 1954, page 62

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  Two Late Auburn Scores ! Hand Miami First Defeat BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Nov. g. The Auburn Tigers, led by a great fullback in Joe Childress, defeated Miami’s sixth ranked Hurricanes today 14–⁠13 in a tremendous football upset. The victors smashed for their two touchdowns in the final quarter, after trailing 1870. Childress led 73-yard scoring march six minutes before the game ended, with Quarterback Bobby Freeman’s sneak from a yard away getting the score. Two minutes later Childress blasted into the end zone again on a four-yard gamer after Tackle Frank D’Agostino recovcred a tumble on the Miami q. Childress added both extra points. Miami. capitalizng on an alert pass defense, scored in the Sec ond period on a 13-yard pass from Carl Garrigus to End Tom Pepsin, and in the third on Mario Bonofiglio’s 53-yarder on a fake handoff. Childress gained 164 yards rushing in 20 carries. Miami, a touchdown or more favorite. found the going rough through the Auburn line, but fire. quent pass interceptions had kept the Tigers in check. A stunned crowd of $4,000 watched the Auburn players carry Coach Ralph Jordan of on their shoulders. Auburn, a preseason favorite for a share Of national gridiron honors, had lost to Florida, Kentucky and Georgia Tech in earlier games. An early Auburn threat, in the second period. failed when Halfback Hoppy Middleton was just outside the end zone when he hauled down a 27-yard pass from Freeman. Fullback Don Bosseler set up Miami’s first score by grabbing a Freeman throw on the Auburn 40 and racing back to the 81. A fourth down penalty gave Miami

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Auburn leads 7–⁠4 in 11 meetings, counting the seven since this game.