Clemson at Auburn

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 21, 1954, page 69

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  Middleton Scores Three in Tigers 5ih Victory in Row AUBURN, Ala. Nov. 20.-- Halfback Hoppy Middleton ran for three first-half touchdowns to lead the Auburn Tigers to an impressive 27–⁠6 victory over Clemson today for his teams fifth straight win. Middleton. a 195-pound speed ster who also stars as a dash man on the track team, made the important yards on quick 5up-the-middle srnashes. The victors ran up impressive yardage all day but were handicapped BY frequent penalties, in cluding one which nullified a Ct yard touchdown pass from Bobby Freeman to End Jim Pyburn. Fullback Bill O’Dell ran well for the losers but they never managed to get into scoring ter ritory until the final minute. Auburn’s first score midway Of the opening quarter followed a f1ve-yard march in 10 plays, the next two in the second period climaxed marches of As and 81 respectively. A 20-yard pass again from Freeman to Pyburn gave Auburn another touchdown in the final minutes. Fullback Joe Childress added three extra points to run his seasons total to 55-a new Auburn record. The Clemson touchdown was made on four-yard pass, Don King to Scott jackson. with 10 seconds left.

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Auburn leads 33–⁠15–⁠2 in 50 meetings, counting the 15 since this game.