Missouri at Maryland

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  Evening star, November 27, 1954, page 12

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  Bowl Fever Low As Duke Meets Carolina Followers Believe Blue Devils Will GET Bid if They Win CHAPEL HILL, N. c., Nov. ~. There was not enough Orange Bowl fever here today to fill Kenan Stadium as Duke and North Carolina met before what was expected to be the smallest crowd to see this game since World War u-about $4,000. Almost everybody who follows football in this section believes Duke will get the Orange Bowl bid If it beats the Tar Heels today, but those same people do not seem too excited about the prospects of the Blue Devils 60. ing to Miami. A Duke victory will give it a 7-2-1 record for the season and 40 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, to 7-2-1 for Maryland and 4-0-1 in the conference. However, conference games are not supposed to count more than any others in picking the most representative” team for the Orange Bowl. Nebraska already has been named to represent the Big Seven Conference against the ACC choice. Terps’ Bowl Trip Cited. The thinking here seems to be that If Duke wins and ties Maryland’s season record. Duke should go because Maryland played in the Orange Bowl last year. and because Maryland al ready has played a regular season game in Miami this year. However, that thinking should not influence the faculty athletic chairmen Of the ACC schools, who supposedly will confer with the coaches and athletic directors after today’s game and wire votes to Dr.. James T. Pen ney, conference president, at the University of South Carolina. Commissioner Jim Weaver will announce the results. Maryland’s televised 74–⁠13 rout Of Missouri Thanksgiving Day unquestionably had its affeet through this State. One columnist said yesterday that Maryland appeared to be five times better than the team that was tied by Wake Forest. Tar Heels Keyed Up. Dukes football followers have not been talking too much about the Orange Bowl because they’ve had troubles of their own. Last week the Blue Devils played q dangerous South Carolina team and today it’s their old rival, North Carolina, which will not roll over and play dead even though It’s an underdog by II to 13 points, North Carolina is keyed up by the hope Of knocking Duke out Of Q bowl bid and also the chance of posting its first win ming season in five years by beat ing the Blue Devils. The Tar Heels haven’t defeated Duke since 1949. The teams will play to fewer than 10000 fans for the first time since 1914, because the alb sence of winning team is tell ing on the turnstiles at North Carolina. Reports that Duke students were chanting, “We want the Orange Bowl” last week are said to be greatly exaggerated. That’s the same group that was yelling “Bill must go’ when Duke was losing to Army. Meaning Bill Murray, the coach. Duke Turns to Passing. Duke suddenly has blossomed as a passing team for the first time since Murray took over as coach here. Five Of their eight touchdowns in the last two games have been through the air, with Jerry Barger, senior quarterback. doing most Of the throwing. Carolina Is looking to It’s sophomore fullback, Don Klochak, for help. After bench-warming most of the season he gained las yards when the Tar Heels upset South Carolina. Notre Dame held him to 5 yards, but he came back with 100 in the first half against Virginia last week. Maryland defeated North Car olina, $50. and on top of the Terps’ rout Of Missouri Duke figures to be gambling for a high

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Maryland leads 6–⁠0 in six meetings, counting the one since this game.