Virginia Tech at Tulane

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 23, 1956, page 1

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  Tulane Erratic, But Snuffs Out NEW ORLEANS. Sept. % (P) Little Gene Newton looped three touchdown passes today in leading cratic Tulane to a stumbling 21–⁠14 football victory over Virginia Tech. Newton tossed twice to End Will Billion and once to Halfback Willie Hof before bowling out in the third quarter with an ankle injury. Trailing, 21–⁠7. Tech got the ball on the Tulane / on a pass interference penalty early in the fourth period and controlled play the rest Of the game. Halfback Don Divers plunged over for the second VPI touch down and Fullback Bobby Conner spearheaded a drive that carried to the Tulane 2. Halfback Harry Keast lost eight yards to kill the drive that threatened to tie the game. Newton. a 150-pound Junior pulled the VPI pass defense in with his clever taking to Full back Ronnie Quillian to set UP all three scoring losses. He passed for II yards to Billion in the first period, nine to Hof in the second and SO to Billion in the third. VPI scored in the second pc riod on a 60-yard drive that ended with Keast taking a ga yard pass from Quarterback Jimmy Lugar after slipping behind Tulane’s defense. Tulane % Tech scoring: Touchdowns-Keast ga pass-run from Lugarl, Divers Il, piungeJ Conversions--Frazee . Tulane scoring: Touchdowns-Billor 2 az, pass from Newton; 80, pass-rur from newton. Hon %. pass from New toni, Conversions---zelenka 2, zimmeri,

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Virginia Tech leads 6–⁠4 in 10 meetings, counting the nine since this game.