Maryland at Tennessee

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 28, 1956, page 74

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  Majors Leads Tennessee To34–⁠7Win Over Terps The Terps got tough at this point. Majors made one of the three yards, and one more with Fritsch hanging on. Bronson hit a solid Maryland line on thiro down, and on fourth, when he apparently scored, Tennessee was offSide. That put the ball back on the f1ve-and-a half, fourth down but Majors was equal to it. He sent Cruze wide. past the bad legged Jack Healy, and Cruze took the touchdown pass with out a hand on him. Washing tons Bob Smithers added the point. one of three. The stands booed Maryland on the subsequent kickoff when Bob RuSevlyan downed the ball in the end zone with nobody close. but they cheered a moment later for Tennessee. After the Terps failed to make a first down, Fritsch went back to punt, but the Tennessee line broke through and smothered him. On the very next play Bobby Sandlin went deep and Majors hit him with a touchdown pass as Sandlin crashed into the pad ded goal post. This time Sammy Burklow converted. The Terps came back with Fred Petrella’s passes to RuSevlyan and Ralph Hawkins moving the ball to the Vols 10. But Roger Urbano intercepted pass and Al Carter quick-kicked. The Terps drove back to the eight. lost the ball and then scored their only touchdown. Majors Takes Charge Majors was the difference as the Vols took the second-half kickoff and soon made it 21–⁠7. He and Bronson ate up the yardage in a 61-yard drive CHI NAKED when Majors rared back and whipped a chest-high pass to Bill Anderson for the final 13 yards. Smithers added the point. Maryland was in trouble again as Bob Layman fell victim to Tennessee’s charging line on a punt and couldn’t get it away. Tennessee recovered on the Maryland 10 but failed to score when Carter tried a rather alb surd pass from the one, a flip that Layman easily intercepted. A 43-yard pass from Fritsch to AL Beardsley. who faxed nicely and made a fine catch, helped the Terps to the Vols is, where Fritschis pass was batted to Urbano for the 84-yard touchdown rum. Lon Herzbrun, a former Will

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