Four Teams Remain Undefeated In College Football Charmed Circle
LSU and Ole Miss clash in Baton Rouge with potential SEC title and Sugar Bowl berth on the line. Rutgers, Colorado also unbeaten. Oklahoma looming for Colorado as Army and Ohio State stumble. Auburn and Air Force stay unbeaten but tied, California eyes Rose Bowl, Ivy League shaken as Cornell dominates.
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Scoring Race Highlights VMI Pursuit of Conference Lead
Horner leads the league scoring race with 38 points for VMI as Johnson trails with 36. West Virginia rises to sole conference leader after a 24 league record, aided by Reight and key plays from Furman and The Citadel. Upcoming games include VMI against Virginia at Norfolk and West Virginia hosting George Washington.
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Bucs Bears Battle For NSC Title Narrowed To Two Teams
The North State Conference race tightens as East Carolina and Lenoir Rhyne share the lead after Lenoir Rhyne beat Western Carolina 36-30 with a late onside kick and short run by Lee Farmer. East Carolina dropped a non conference game to Newberry 28-6.
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Coach Earle Edwards criticizes hit on Podwika after Duke game
NC State coach Earle Edwards fumes over injuries to starting right halfback Ron Podwika and Finley Reed, blaming late hit plays and seeking stricter officiating. Podwika faces season ending hospitalization for a collapsed lung, while Reed misses time with a foot fracture as 11 players sidelined this season.
Dodd Urges Tougher Stand by Coaches and Writers
Georgia Tech coach Bobby Dodd says coaches like Bud Wilkinson and Ralph Jordan knew alumni were pressuring teams into NCAA trouble. He urges probationed programs to be ineligible for honors and for writers to withhold votes and All America picks. He criticizes football writers for not publicly punishing offending programs.
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Randle Leads ACC Scoring Chase Amid Close TD Race
In a tight five year ACC scoring race after six weeks, Virginia halfback Almo Sonny Randle tops with 32 points and five touchdowns, narrowing the gap with Wake Forest fullback Neil MacLean who has 30 points. Bobby Bunch climbs to third with 26 as Clemson’s George Usry sits fourth with 22 and Duke’s Wray Carlston and South Carolina’s Alex Hawkins tie for fifth at 20.
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Catawba Beats Elon Behind Ball 60 Yard Keeper
Quarterback Ronnie Ball rushed 60 yards on a keeper play in the third quarter to give Catawba a 14 to 8 lead. The comeback followed a close start with Elon trailing 8-6 at that moment. Simmons contributed in the backfield for Catawba.
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ACC Standings Show Parity Despite Early Records
Maryland sits at 1-3 in the ACC while Duke is 1-2 as no team avoids a league loss. Duke moved up from the cellar with a 20-13 win over North Carolina State, who stood 2-3.
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ACC Teams Face Key Weekend Tests After Rugged Week
The article surveys a turbulent ACC with Duke, North Carolina, and Wake Forest in battles to finish high. North Carolina won 26-7 over Wake Forest while Maryland fell to Auburn 20-7 and Virginia was crushed 39-6 by Vanderbilt. Clemson and South Carolina were idle after a rescheduled Big Thursday game won by South Carolina 26-6.
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Duke Announces 1959 Football Schedule With Five Conf Opponents
Duke University released its 1959 grid slate listing five Atlantic Coast Conference foes and five outside opponents. The schedule includes games at Ohio State Rice Pittsburgh Army Georgia Tech Clemson Wake Forest and North Carolina State with home and away dates through November.
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Edwards complaints over podwika injury escalate in NC State loss
North Carolina State halfback Ron Podwika remained hospitalized with a collapsed lung after a fourth quarter injury in the 2013 loss to Duke. Coach Earle Edwards condemned what he called excessive piling on and clipping by officials and warned further harm could follow. Finley Read also injured, with a hairline fracture, ruling him out of the upcoming Virginia Tech game.
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