One-Sided Affair Yanks Take First Cup Race
Columbia defeated Sceptre by a large margin in Newport Rhode Island in the opening race of the America's Cup best of seven. Briggs Cunningham skippered Columbia as President Eisenhower observed aboard the Mitscher. The American defender built an early eight minute lead and maintained it through light and later westerly winds on a 24 mile windward-leeward course.
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Will Grimsley
Cutter
Newport
R.I
Columbia
Great Britain
England
Britain
Eisenhower
Mitscher
Briggs Cunningham
Sceptre
Cmdr
Graham Mann
Tar Heels Rally Falls Short Against State
UNC battles back to score twice in the second half as Cummings connects with Goldstein and Schuler on multiple receptions to trim the lead, but NC State protects a 21 14 victory in a late 1960s gridiron clash with Dixon converting key points and completing drives.
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TAR Heels
Cummings
al Goldstein
Lowe
Coker
State
Carolina
Edwards
San Jose State Falls 14 6 to Washington Huskies in Opener
Washington Huskies defeated San Jose State 14 to 6 in the 1958 season opener. Key plays included a 46 yard run by a Huskies back and a 62 yard drive ending in a 36 yard pass to Bruce Claridge. George Fleming added the extra point and kickoff.
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Seattle
Spartans
San Jose State
Washington
Mike McCluskey
George Fleming
Iaan Ns
Etee
Bob Hivner
Bruce Claridge
Hivner
Fleming
Fort Wath
Hiener
Ron
Hambert
Jones
Pase
Wash—McClaskery
Oregon Routs Idaho 27-0 in PCC Opener
Oregon over Idaho 27-0 in a PCC football opener. Oregon broke open the game with three scores in the final quarter after a tight first three periods. Willie West returned a punt to the Idaho 24, Charles Tourville scored the final three on the drive, and Lee Day produced a key return and big plays as Oregon sealed the win.
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Eugene
Ore
Oregon
Idaho
Willie West
Charles Tourville
West
Wake Forest Dominates Maryland with Stout Ground Game
Snead directs a precise offense gaining 104 rushing yards while Wake Forest boosts its kicking with Wayne Wolff averaging 43.5 yards on two punts and MacLean kicking 24 yards. Deacons execute multiple 80 yard drives, including an 80 yard march in 17 plays and a 21 yard touchdown drive in two plays. Maryland suffers a tough state debut against a balanced WF attack led by Snead Dalrymple connections and a solid defense.
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Wake Forest
Wayne Wolff
MacLean
Deacs
Sneads
Deacon
Terp
Maryland
Dalrymple
Snead
Manning
Sneader
Robinson
Parker
FSU Beats Furman 42-4 Behind Renn's 50 Yard TD
Florida State University opened with a 50-yard touchdown by Bobby Renn and built a six touchdown lead to defeat Furman 42 to 4. Renn contributed 130 rushing yards and a 10-yard score before leaving after the third quarter as Furman shuffled in a youthful lineup and staged a late drive led by freshman QB Bill Canty and tailback Tony Carmignal.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Bobby Renn
Florida State University
Furman
Renn
Florida State
Seminoles
Bill Canty
Tony Carmignal
Canty
Tannery
Mitchell leads Browns over Lions in exhibition rout
Cleveland rookie Bobby Mitchell of Illinois ran 73 and 83 yards for touchdowns as the Browns defeated the Detroit Lions 41 to 7 in an exhibition game. Mitchell broke through for a 73 yard scoring run and later an 83 yard burst to highlight the victory.
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Cleveland
Bobby Mitchell
Illinois
Detroit Lions
Eagles top Western Carolina 20 to 6 in rain soaked game
Carson-Newman Eagles beat Western Carolina 20 to 6 in Jefferson City. Charley Bryant scored on a 10 yard run and added the extra point, Randall Jones and Shields Smith also found the end zone. Broadwater of WC had a late TD but failed on the extra.
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Jefferson City
Tenn
Western Carolina
Carolina
Tom Broadwater
Eagles
Charley Bryant
Dalmuth Shealy
Carson Newman
Randall Jones
Jones
Shields Smith
Carson
Carson-Newman
Bryant
Cn—Jones
Cn—Smith
Broahwater
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Joe Rodin
UNC
Dixon
Wolves
Driscoll
Goldstein
John Schroeder
Jim Schuler
Schuler
H.C. State
North Carolina
Trowbridge
Discs
Dison
Podwika
Mings
Rus
San Jose
Huskies
Pete Manning
Jim Dalrymple
Bob Layman
ACC
Winston-Salem
Layman
Ronald Laneve
Bob Rusevlyan
David Cox
FSU
LIONS
Browns
Ird
Jeff
Fetzer
W. Carolina
Newman
Piedmont
Building Systems, Inc
P.O
Greensboro
Tel
Clarence Wagner
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Neworome
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