Navy at South Carolina

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 6, 1955, page 72 (results column)

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  Pitt Game Will Provide First Real Test for Noyy ANNAPOLIS, Oct. 8 (special) !. The first major obstacle to Mays hopes for another real good football season comes up Saturday when It meets rough. tough, Pittsburgh in the ninth game Of an irregular series dat ling back to 1912. Kickoff time Is 2 pm. In Bal ltimore’s Municipal Stadium. The lPanthers will work out there at I4 pm. Friday. about two hours after arriving from Pittsburgh Iby chartered plane. Last year Pitt. with its regular coach, Red Dawson. In the hos lpital. and under the direction Of Its athletic director. Capt. Tom Hamilton. beat Navy BY two points. 2l-1o. in Pittsburgh. It Twas q bruising contest with q number Of Navy players carrying AWAY cuts. markings and relvengeful wishes as souvenirs. This time the oddsimakers have Installed Navy as . seyen-point favorite. Coach Eddie Erdelatz Of Navy lhad q little difiiculty getting some of his players to concen- Itrate ON the South Carolina game last week. so intent were lthey on the Pitt game. Panthers In Good Shape John Nicholson. who replaced Dawson after last season, says his team is In good physical condition after the 26–⁠14 loss Ito powerful Oklahoma last week. Pitt won its first two games from California t27–⁠7) and Syracuse (22–⁠12), taking both Igames with second-half surges, Both Of its touchdowns against the Sooners came In the second half. Navy beat William and Mary lt7–⁠0) and South Carolina t26–⁠0l but these victories are not in ldicative Of what to expect against the likes Of Penn State, Duke, Notre Dame and Army. Erdelatz and his staff hope to Eget a number Of questions an- swered Saturday. | Pitt owns q 6-1-l edge in the series and has an array of back field and line talent that has Len Eshmont shaking his head Eshmont, the Navy backfield coach, has been scouting the Panthers and claims their line is the biggest Navy will see all season. It averages 2i2 pounds. Salyaterra Leads Attack Corny Salyaterra. a major in civil engineering. engineers the Pitt attack from his quarterback

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South Carolina leads 5–⁠3 in eight meetings, counting the six since this game.