Clemson at Virginia

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 27, 1959, page 45

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  Virginia Pasted, 40, By Powerful Clemson CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va, Sept. 26.-Hard-pressed Virginia was given a most I’M comfortable afternoon here today at Scott Stadium. Glenn son. defending Atlantic Coast Conference football champion, buried the Cavaliers. 47–⁠0. The loss was the 10th in Q row during which the Cavaliers have given UP 353 points The Cavaliers nearly scored in the closing seconds Of the second period when Quarter back Arnold Dempsey passed IL yards to Halfback Tommy Gravins on Clemson’s II. This threat fizzled on the next play when Dempsey fumbled. The ball was recov. cred By Virginia Halfback Joe Board on the 80 and a 5-yard penalty pushed Virginia bach to the Clemson IS where any Cavalier hope of moving the ball vanished when the Tigers deployed their defensive force: in earnest. Clemson, off to a flying star in the ACC with North Carolima as its first victim last week and now Virginia. looked like a football powerhouse. OF the 80 players Coacf Frank Howard brought here from South Carolina, SO wert used. Two did not play be. cause of injuries but no reason was given why the seth player was not called on to take part in the rout. Virginia had some individual standouts in the passing Of Dempsey and the running o. Halfbacks John Barger anc Ted DENLY. who couldn’t come out for the second half because of injuries. Dempsey completed II of II passes for 116 yards. Barger and DENLY spanked what ground power Virgins did mount. Defensive back! Tom Gravins and Tony Ulehls stopped several more possible touchdowns by hating Tigel backs who had broken into the Virginia secondary. Clemson’s offensive varia. tons soon had Virginia’s de. tense bewildered. Clemson scored in the first minute wher Quarterback Harvey White threw to Halfback Bill Mathis on a pass-run which covered 81 yards. Another pass-run play, this time with Second-string Quarterback Lowndes Shinglel throwing to End Ed Bost COW cred 48 yards a few minutes later. Clemson cooled of and was held scoreless in the second period. The Tigers broke out into another scoring rash in the third period when they regis. tered 81 points on touchdown runs of IS yards by Bill Mathis 5 yards by George Usry; yards by Jim Wilson and or a 53-yard pass-run play which found Shingler tossing Il

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Clemson leads 41–⁠8–⁠1 in 50 meetings, counting the 45 since this game.