VMI at Tulane

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 18, 1955, page 1

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  Keydets Beaten BY Tulane, 2O.7 NEW ORLEANS. Sept. II (R. Gene Newton. a deft 1885, pound sophomore quarterback. injected fire into a sagging Tulane offense today. passing for q first quarter touchdown and guiding two scoring drives in the third for a 20–⁠7 victory over Virginia Military Institute, Newton. whose ball handling ability outshone that Of starter John Caruso, won the confidence Of his sophomore studded team early In the game. After two Tulane Offensive tries under Caruso proved punchless. Newton took over and the complexion Of the game changed almost Immediately. He spearheaded a 61-yard scoring drive late In the FIRST quarter, setting up long runs by Fullback Ronnie Quillian as his taking drew the defense out Of position. He capped the drive with q 31-yard scoring pass to Sophomore Halfback AL Cottrell. Newton proved a dangerous runner. carrying eight times for 50 yards. Several Of his broken field dashes came after he was apparently trapped far behind the line. The running Of Quillian. q lS8-pound punior letterman, matched Newton’s quarterback ing. He scored both third quarter touchdowns with line crashes Of 10 and two yards. Guard Emmett Zelenka converted after each. VMI scored midway the fourth quarter on a courtyard dash through guard by halfback Charles Lavery. Sam Wooline booted the conversion. IN. - ------.. - 9 9 Il SD Tulane scoring: tsuchdosns. Cottrell Zelenak 2. VMI scoring: touchdovns. Larry. 4; conversion. Weed

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Tulane leads 5–⁠0 in five meetings, counting the two since this game.