Tulane at Northwestern

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 7, 1956, page 68

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  STATISTICS displayed fine basic fundamentails, especially downfleld block ing, drilled into them by Coach Andy Pilney. Gene Newton. dropping back to pass then deciding to run, scored from the Wildcats 10 for Tulane’s first touchdown at the outset of the second-a play that capped a 41-yard thrust in six plays. About 312 minutes later a recovered Northwestern punt that was blocked gave Tulane the ball on the Wildcat %. In five plays Fullback Ronnie Quillian drilled over from the two and the Green Wave led 1876. The Wildcats came back to tie the score with the aid OF Bob McKiever’s 50-yard run to the 20. only to have Tulane go ahead at the half. 20–⁠13. Tulane .- o 20 o 90 Northwestern – q 7 o 0-l3 Tulane scoring: Touchdowns1New- Il, rum. Converstons--zelenka, .. Northwestern scoring; Touchdown McKiever g, rum; Quinn q. rum. conversions--McKiever

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Tulane leads 4–⁠1 in five meetings, counting the one since this game.