On this day in 1951…

The U.S. and GB&I Ryder Cup teams took a one-day break from the competition at Pinehurst No. 2 to attend the No. 1-ranked Tennessee Vols at North Carolina Tar Heels football game in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

The Sam Snead-captained American side led 3-1 after that Friday’s opening session of foursomes. Snead teamed with Lloyd Mangrum to beat Scots Jimmy Adams and John Panton, 5 and 4. Ben Hogan and Jimmy Demaret won by the same result over Fred Daly and Ken Bousfield while Jack Burke Jr. and Clayton Haefner earned the other full point in the leadoff match.

No golf was played on Saturday because of the football game, which Tennessee won, 27-0. (The Vols would later that season claim the program’s first national championship, though it’s been disputed by some since

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