Davidson at Furman

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 24, 1956, page 10 (results column)

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  Win by Miami Opens Last Big Grid Week End Iowa Facing Irish, Buckeyes Meeting Michigan Today ceSSful year on record-despite NCAA restriction-to launch the last full-scale college football week end dotted with it’s traditional games. AS the Nations second best team in rushing defense, the unbeaten Hurricanes checked West Virginia at As ground yards last night for an 1870 triumph. Miami’s fellow probation sufrers-Florida, Ohio State and UCLA-hoped to follow in the footsteps of the Hurricanes today with much prestige and a few tangible honors at stake. Florida, tied with Georgia Tech for second place in the Southeastern Conference behind unbeaten. united Tennessee. meets Tech today. Though the Gators are banned from bowl participation, they could take sole possession of the runnerup spot and even pick up the Southeastern crown should the Vols, rated No. 2 team in the country, falter in their two renaming conference tests. Ten nessee faced ancient rival Ken lucky today. Buckeyes Could Take Title Ohio State, ruled out of the Rose Bowl because of personal loans by Coach Woody Hayes to his players last year. could tie Iowa for the Big Ten champion ship by whipping Michigan. Iowa’s Hawkeyes take on a pleasantly unaccustomed role of favorite today against Notre Dame. In past. less successful years, Iowa’s football season was always made if it could defeat the Irish. But this year, the first time in Is games between the two schools. the oft-beaten Irish could come up with a successful season by beating Iowa. On only three occasions have the Hawkeyes upset Notre Dame, the last being 1910. The Irish have won eight times and the 1850. 1851 and 1858 contests ended in ties. Iowa clinched a share Of the Big Ten title and a Rose Bowl berth by stopping Ohio State a week ago. A victory today would give Iowa a regular season mark of 81. its best record in “a years. Notre Danes only triumphs in eight games this fall were against weak Indiana and North Carolina. UCLA-USC Game on TV In the national television game of the day (NBC) UCLA and Southern California squared OF in a backyard battle between two clubs caught in the middle of the preseason Pacific Coast Conference punitive measures. (The game will be shown over WRC-4 at 4 p.m) Part of UCLA’s punishment IS that the Bruins can’t claim the Pee title even if they post the best record but nothing would be more satisfying to Coach Red Sanders charges than to COM plete more successful confer ence campaign than Bowl-bound Oregon State. csc finished with a 6-1-1 record while a triumph over the Trojans would leave UCLA with better 81 mark. / At first glance it would appear the restrictions and penalties would discourage the teams by decreasing or killing incentive but it hasn’t turned out that way. The only Miami varsity team to finish a regular season UNI beaten was the 1850 aggregation which promptly lost to Clemson in the Oronge Bowl, 1914. for an overall 9-1-1 mark. Banned from a Bowl and tied only by Georgia, the current Hurricanes need only to hurdle Florida and Pitt to better that showing. Ed divers l6-yard field goal, Center Mike Hudock’s 25-yard pass interrogation runback to set up a 20-yard scoring pass from Bonnie Yarbrough to Paul Hefti. a safety and Sam Scarnecchia’s 1-yard plunge were the features of last nights conquest. 1t was the first shutout suffered by the Mountaineers in SIS games. Furman Beats Davidson In another contest, Furman defeated Davidson 27–⁠13. Top-rated Oklahoma expected to stretch its victory skein % 80 against Nebraska. Atlantic Coast Conference Of ficials expect to name their most representative team” to Gao EnnTnATV pana Al

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Furman leads 33–⁠15 in 48 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.