In the homecoming game, Charlie Weidinger completed a pass to William Bryant for a 13–7 go-ahead over Florida.
[14] In that era, when games were played in Southern segregation states, African-American players from Northern schools were banned from the field.
Because of his light complexion and name, Sidat-Singh was sometimes assumed to be a "Hindu" (as people from India were often called by Americans during this time).
shortly before a game against Maryland, a black sportswriter, Sam Lacy, wrote an article in the Baltimore Afro-American, revealing Sidat-Singh's was African-American.
[15] On Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013, the University of Maryland publicly apologized to surviving relatives at a ceremony during a football game at Syracuse.