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North Carolina's Tatum, working behind the safety of a first-period touchdown, sent his ends deep, while his backs held onto the ball as if they never meant to pass. When Miami's defenders finally decided that those ends were merely a decoy, they moved up close to the line, and the Tarheel trap sprang shut. A pair of running passes set up North Carolina's second touchdown, and the Tarheels were out front for keeps...
Actually this was the last real A.I.C. scoring opportunity. In all, Crimson Captain Jim Bailey had to make only 17 saves against Bennetts' official total of 50. After the A.I.C. first-period scores the varsity offense picked up and dominated the play...
Coach Johnny Michelosen's Panthers stuck to familiar tactics too. All season long they had not run up a single first-period score; they did no better at the 'Gator Bowl. A pass interception by Tech Halfback Paul Rotenberry gave the Jackets the kind of break they have learned to look for, and they went out in front, 7-0. Tech's defense kept the Panthers' offense continually off balance. A Pitt drive died on the Tech one, and the Engineers pushed out in front, 14-0. Only a 42-yd. desperation pass that Halfback Dick...
...Crimson took the ice in the opener with West Point obviously overconfident and then tallied three first-period goals to enhance the impression. The playmaking and scoring abilities that had characterized the 10-2 rout of Providence College the week before were much in evidence...
Princeton Coach Charley Caldwell had evidently realized that with Agnew gone for the game, the Tigers could not expect to gain much from the charging Crimson line. And so he decided to stick to his strong first-period aerial attack. The idea resulted in Princeton's second first-half touchdown, just five minutes later. Two long passes, one for 60 yards and another for 20, from substitute tail-back Jim Mottley to end Bob Kent and quarterback John Sapoch made the score 14 to 0 at seven minutes of the second period...