State College claims Virginia football title with upset win
Beattie Feathers led NC State to a 39 0 victory over Richmond ending the 1944 season with seven wins in nine starts. The writer asserts State College holds the gridiron championship of Virginia after routing William and Mary Virginia Military Institute and others while urging a post season game with Carolina to aid war bonds.
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University of Richmond
Milligan
Catawba
Miami
Old Dominion
State College
Virginia
College football scores from various teams and services
A long list of college football results across the nation includes Yale over South Carolina 13 to 6, Duke over Carolina 19 to 7, Navy routing Purdue 32 to 6, Syracuse 43 Colgate 1, Cornell 14 Dartmouth 15, Penn State 4 Maryland 19, and multiple other matchups with scores ranging from blowouts to narrow wins across conferences and service teams. Notable entries feature Navy Plebes 58 over Richmond AAB 0, Georgia 49 Auburn 15, Texas Christian 7 Texas 6, and Southern Methodist 20 Arkansas 12, among many others across the Southwest, Midwest, and West.
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Neast Army
Pennsylvania
Scranton UA
Bloomsburg
Navy
Purdue
Syracuse
Colgate
Cornell
Dartmouth
Brown
Columbia
Penn State
Maryland
N.Y.A
Brooklyn
Lafayette
Lehigh
Swarthmore
Princeton
Harvard
Tufts
Rutgers
ASTP
Navy Plebes
Richmond
souTh Murray
Ilinois Westevan
Alabama
Miss. State
Kentucky
West Virginia
Georgia
Auburn
Georgia Tech
U.S.A
Tennessee
Temple
Tulane
Clemson
Jacksonville Navy
Fourth Infantry
William and Mary
VMI
Tennessee State
Lincoln University
Cherry Point Marines
Chatham Field
Chattanooga Club Head Taken Ill During Meet
Joe Engel president of the Chattanooga baseball club of the Southern Association is described as a pretty sick man by his physician after returning from a pigeon racing meet in South Carolina He will be taken to a hospital today for treatment as he runs a high fever.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Joe Engel
Chattanooga Baseball Club
Southern Association
South Carolina
Engel
Pek-O-Tabs Lift for Men Over 35 Promises Youthful Vitality
Advert says Pek-O-Tabs restore energy and ambition for men post 35 facing fatigue and waning vigor. Claims thousands of testimonials and a plain wrapper delivery, offering 700 tablets for 3.00 and 400 tablets for 5.00, from Rite Health Dist Co.
Aggies Stopped by Va. State Trojans 25 to 0
In Greensboro Virginia State Trojans defeated the Aggies of Greensboro 25 to 0 at World War Memorial Stadium. A&T held scoreless first quarter but Virginia State struck late in the half and dominated the second half led by Price and Porter. The Aggies meet Johnson C. Smith College Thanksgiving Day at 2 pm.
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Greensboro
N. C
Petersburg
Virginia
Agricultural Technical College Aggies
World War Memorial Stadium
A&t
Trojans
Reater
Weaver
Egies
A&t Aggies
Johnson C. Smith College of
Charlotte
Memorial Stadium
Swarthmore Tops Princeton 8-0 on 17 Yard Field Goal
Swarthmore College defeated Princeton 8-0 in Palmer Stadium as Tackle Dave Work kicked a 17 yard field goal in the third period. The game drew about 2,500 spectators and marked Swarthmore’s first football victory over Princeton. Zinnias and cosmos are native Mexican flowers.
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Swarthmore
Princeton
N. J
Swarthmore College
Princeton University
Dave Work
Little Quakers
Palmer Stadium
UNC Eyes Faurot Snavely for Head Coach Post
The High Point Enterprise reports UNC may hire Carl Snavely or Don Faurot as head football coach with Jim Tatum to serve as No 2. Snavely, Faurot, and Tatum are Navy officials in Jacksonville and all have ties to Carolina. If Snavely declines, Faurot could take the job, with Tatum anchored on the staff.
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Carolina
Carl Snavely
Cornell
Don Faurot
Jim Tatum
Jacksonville
Fla
University of North Carolina
Faurot
University of Missouri
Tatum
University of North Carolina Grid
Snavely
United States Navy
Edward V. Mitchell
High Point Enterprise
Florida
Iowa
Chapel Hill
Ray Wolf
Cargo
Kirksville
State Teachers College
Missouri
Athletic Council
Georgia Tech Edges Tar Heels In Close Cross Country Meet
Georgia Tech Native Clapp and Durst finished first and second on Fetzer Field as Tech edged North Carolina 26 to 29 in a 3 7/8 mile race. Ersth of Carolina was third. the Tar Heels had previously beaten Tech in Atlanta.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Georgia Tech
Tar Heels
Fetzer
Merwin Clapp
Dave Durst
Carolina
Doug Ersth
Atlanta
Clapp
Durst
Ersth
Vann
Burith
Hinsdale
Dodson
Holder
Brinke
Gunn
Injured Bison star Curt McDonald moves to hospital
Curt McDonald, High Point-R. J. Reynolds football standout, was taken to Bowman Gray Hospital after a sprained neck from a late game tackle. Friends and Black Bison teammates visited. doctors expect return to play soon, though he will miss Friday’s final 1944 game.
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R. J. Reynolds
Curtis McDonald
Bowman Gray Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
McDonald
Curt
A. J. Simeon
Black Bison
Terry Braswell
Hugh Gordon
Pete Armstrong
Donald Hooper
Albert Thomas
Bob
Stone
D. P. Whitley
Homer Meig
High Point
Bison
Navy wallops Purdue 32 to 0 before 35000 at Baltimore
Navy's Middies blank Purdue 32 to 0 in Municipal Stadium as four backfields share the action. Navy scores four touchdowns with two in the first period, one in the third, and two in the final stanza to hand Purdue its first whitewash in 18 games. Attendance about 35,000.
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Baltimore
Navy
Army
Purdue
Boilermakers
Municipal Stadium
Middies
Indiana
Pumile
Scott
Martin
Hansen
Walton
Markell
Bramsett
Georgia Domination Seals 49 13 Victory Over Auburn
Georgia ran roughshod over Auburn in a Southeast Conference football clash in Columbus, scoring 49 points to 13. Three Georgia quarterbacks Billy Hodges George Skipworth and Kenneth McCall led a prolific passing attack in the lopsided win with multiple TDs and successful placements.
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Columbus
Georgia
Auburn Tigers
Billy Hodges
George Skipworth
Kenneth McCall
Auburn
Ball
Watkins
West
Trapani
Perl
Rutland
Moseley
Edwards
Hipps
Bryan
Bouleyd T
Army routs Penn as Cadets roll to 62 point win
Army overwhelmed Pennsylvania 62 to 7 before 65 000 fans in Philadelphia. Glenn Davis scored three touchdowns and Dick Walterhouse kicked five extra points tying the season record. Felix Blanchard led the Cadets with standout runs as Army built a 27 7 halftime lead and a 28 point third period.
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Philadelphia
Army
Pennsylvania
Notre Dame
Navy
Glenn Davis
California Comet
Dick Walterhouse
Felix
Doc) Blanchard
Walterhouse
Amy
Cssess
Poon Hse Coo
Minor
Hall
Blanchard
Davis
Poole
Pitzer
Sensanbaugher
Place
Chabot
Penn
Schuman
Rosenthal
Lawless
Seidenberger
Placeck
Bluejackets blank Marquette in Great Lakes clash
The Bluejackets, without coach Paul Brown, played reserves most of the game and rolled past Marquette University 32 to 0 for their eighth win of the season, with only a loss to Ohio State and a tie with Purdue.
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Bluejackets
Marquette Great
State Routs Spiders In Final Home Game
North Carolina State celebrated a three year contract for coach Beattie Feathers by routing the University of Richmond 39 to 0 in Raleigh. The Wolfpack, led by Howard Turner, posted four long scoring drives and had Charlie Richkus connect on 34 and 42 yard passes.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State
Beattie Feathers
University of Richmond
Feathers
State
Ware Forest
Clemson
Wolfpack
Howard Turner
Charlie Richkus
Cherry Point Routs Chatham Field 35 to 0 in Nov. rout
Cherry Point, sparked by former Alabama back John ny August, crushed Chatham Field 35 to 0. The Flying Leathernecks scored two TDs in the first period, one in the second, two in the third, and added a final safety in the last quarter. Attendance around 10,000.
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Cherry Point
Cherry Point Eleven
Johnny August
Alabama
Chatham Field
Leathernecks
Reese
Sollay
Mitchell
Mitchel
Hegler
Duke Cruises Past South Carolina 34 to 7 in Columbia
Duke Blue Devils dominated South Carolina Gamecocks 34 to 7 to stay unbeaten in the Southern Conference before 12,500 fans. Duke opened with a quick score, added two more in the second, and scored again in the fourth while Carolina’s only touchdown came on a 65-yard drive in the second period.
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Columbia
S. C
Duke University
Blue Devils
University of South Carolina Gamecocks
Gamecocks
Tom Davis
Duke
George Clark
Gordon Carver
Davis
Cliff Lewis
Clark
Carver
Gamecock
Lewis
Curly Kuldell
Jim Hunnicutt
South Carolinians
South Carolina
Yale tops North Carolina in hard fought 13 6 clash
Yale, led by Big Paul Walker the All American end, defeated North Carolina 13 to 6 in New Haven in a fierce intersectional battle that preserved a seventh straight win with one game remaining. Walker assisted the first Bulldog score and scored the final TD on a well executed pass play.
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Walker
Bill Sadowski
Frank Collins
Yale
North Carolina
Bill Warren
Dom Paul
Thon
Eli
Jake Hall
Billy Penn
Collins
Warren
Bob Camp
New Haven
N.C. Y
Cheenweeee
Conn
Paul Walker
Elis
Bulldogs
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U.N. C
West Raleigh
Duke University Stadium
Durham
Blue
Treasuries
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Camp Peary
New Mexico
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Great Lakes
Marquette
Outerbin
Capital
Northwestern
Oberlin
Ohio Wesleyan
Ohio State
Olinois
Pittsburgh
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa State
Drake
Wilberforce
Olathe Navy
Kansas State
Southwest
Texas Christian
Texas
Randolpd Field
Southwestern
Tex
Texas A&m
Rice
Southern Methodist
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Rocky Mountain
Far West
Idaho
South Ranch
Edmonton
Southern California
California
Second Air Force
Washington
Colorado U
Colorado College
UCLA
College of Pacific
Chattanooga Club
Rite Health Dist CO
Steel Boy Aw Phila
Aggies
Cosmos
Curt McDonald
Navy Wallop
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Blue Eleven
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