heart of the Tech defense, were also injured in Knoxville and Buck Andel's weekly list of the walking wounded began to look like a World War II casualty list. Sans King and Good, the Jackets went against Auburn on Grant Field in the fifth game and Ken Bonifay started as quarterback after being out all fall with a knee injury. On the second play, you guessed it, Bonifay's knee gave way and the number three quarterback was through for the year. Enter number four Bobby McKinnon who really was about number six or seven as the Jacket defense is loaded with ex-quarterbacks. McKinnon had a bad afternoon so number five, Jim Person, came to the rescue. Person hit Sias for 65 yards to put Tech in front, 7-6, in the first period. But Auburn came roaring back with a passing attack of its own to beat Tech. 28-10. During this afternoon. Person also suffered a serious injury (to his shoulder) and went to the hospital for an immediate operation. The following week. Carson moved Bill Eastman to quarterback, knowing that he was robbing the defense
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of its best back. Eastman took a half to get accustomed to his new job and by that time, the Tech team had committed a series of errors in a fiveminute span that enabled Tulane to score 16 points and go out at the half with a 23-0 lead. Eastman rallied the Jackets in the second half but the best they could do was score 12 points to lose, 23-12. Eastman came back against Duke to lead Tech to a 19-7 win but again it was a costly one. Carlisle went down again and Mike Ashmore joined him not to return until the Georgia game. Eastman scored the first touchdown on a busted play from the Duke 16 in which he fumbled the ball, scooped it up and ran around the wrong side for the score. Tommy Carmichael added a pair of field goals and Tech was in front, 12-0, with one play left in the half. That final play was something else again and again indicative of the kind of a year Tech was having. Duke quarterback Woodall threw a bomb to end Carter in the end zone. Three Tech men were in the area and hit the ball away from Carter into the hands of end Hysong who
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had just drifted into thi Tech came back with a li I at the helm to score on a yards that ended with I dashing 11 yards around for the final score Then came more trag( ami, Lenny Snow was inj opening kickoff and wen knee operation the folk day. Carlisle also went d one and his leg went un the following week. Tecl exceflent second period ami's early margin to 14 out the Hurricanes witl down. But all hell broke third and fourth period scored in all sorts of w going away, 49-7, the v suffered by Tech since Dame came to Grant F: the patched-up Jackets King and Good still hob the Irish came from a 0 win 36-3. Tech stayed in the first 20 minutes an Irish a couple of scares Hanrattey, who is all the anybody could want, wen with a series of long plays