George Washington at The Citadel

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  Evening star, September 26, 1961, page 19

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  Stronger CIV Defense Promised for Furmon Coach Jim Camp promised the alumni yesterday, at the weekly luncheon at the Roger Smith Hotel, that George Washington will show a 900 per cent” improvement on defenSe Saturday night at Fur man. II q 100 per cent improve ment means twice as good, then 200 should figure out to. four times as effective. Applied to yardage given up. that would limit the unbeaten Paladins to a mere 86.5 yards. or a quarter of the total gained by The Citadel last Saturday. Camp was speaking in gen. eralitieS. of course, but it is no secret that he expects a better performance by his defensive corps. This, despite a switch in the depth charts which will result in a certain amount of dependence on the smallest member of the squad, who hasn’t yet played a second of varsity football. Bob Lukomski, 162-pound sophomore who last week was shifted from third-team quar- Uerback to No. 3 right-half, yes terday was handed the added job of second-string fullback on defense, or Jim Johnson’S principal substitute when the ColonialS give up the ball. That might seem a micro Scopic move in weekly person. mel shuffles by most college football teams, but for the paper-thin Colonials it bestows a major responsibility. Charley Reed was the No. 2 fullback the first two games and his defensive play contributed largely to GW’S 17–⁠13 victory at The Citadel. But Reed is nursing a bruised

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George Washington leads 11–⁠3 in 14 meetings, counting the four since this game.