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On October 19

The The Wilmington morning star's story: Crushes Richmond, II To O; Tennessee Topples Crimson Tide FRONT WALL OF VOLS PRODUCES 12-0 DECISION
October 19, 19469Tennessee 12, 7Alabama 01946 Tennessee · 1946 AlabamaThe Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 20, 1946, page 1
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Crushes Richmond, II To O; Tennessee Topples Crimson Tide FRONT WALL OF VOLS PRODUCES 12–⁠0 DECISION KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 49, Tennessee derailed Alabama, high riding Red Elephants fon. times in the shadow of the gosl “a, day and put together two sustained drives to dump the Rose Bon, champions from the unbea+o, ranks, 1910, before a canaci,a crowd of 20, DOC. 1t was the first defeat for Coao, Frank Thomas team in a regular. season game since Georgia turned the trick in 1914. 1t ended a IA. game winning streak. For Coach Bob Neyland of the Vols it was ~. Seth straight regular = season viz. tory, which started before he went into the Army in 1910. The Vols were a determined chin and would not be denied, desni,o entering the game as the under. dog. Harry Gilmer, the Tides grea, passer, put on an exhibition thai, had the partisan crowd on edse out the Vols stopped the aerial cas-. cades when it had to. Three time, in the last quarter, Gilmer passed his team inside the Vols 10, bp, to no avail. Neyland’s crew, with Bob Lund a substitute tailback in a starring role. drove As yards to a tally in the second period and then stopped an Alabama drive in the third No. Rod at the 80 and drove back 60 yards for a second touchdown. Lund scored both touchdowns on short plunges, the first after he had accounted for most of ts yardage and the clincher after Wal Slater, Tennessee’s captain, had engineered the effort to within inches of the goal. Lund replaced Slater and scored in one play. The vastly superior line play Of the Vols spelled the difference highlands big forward wall out, charged and outfought the South eastern conference champions after the first period, and refused to yield at critical moments after that. The second teams came out for the second period with Tennessees Billy Gold and Lund sparkling a ground attack 80 yards to midfield Until that point, Tennessee lad not made a first down. After te punt exchange, the Vols moved Il yards to score with Lund account ing for most of the yardage, carry. ing and passing. He and Gold alternated for two first downs to the tide Il. Lurd then plunged nine yards and pass ed to Bill Hillman at the eight

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Oct 19, 20245Georgia 30, 1Texas 15
Oct 19, 20191Alabama 35, Tennessee 13
Oct 19, 20131Alabama 52, Arkansas 0
Oct 19, 19961Florida 51, 16Auburn 10
Oct 19, 19911Florida State 39, Middle Tennessee 10
Oct 19, 19851Iowa 12, 2Michigan 10

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