West Virginia Wesleyan at Navy

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  Evening star, November 6, 1927, page 81

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  NAVY HAS AN EASY TIME TO WIN, ESQ Pony BackfieId Proves Too Fast for West Virginia Wesleyan Gridmen. ANNAPOLTS. Md. November 8 N2Vy’s powerful eleven today easily defeated West Virginia Wesleyan. ~ TO q. Concentrating their attack in the third period behind Joe Clifton’s vi cious line jabs and Whitley Lloyds baffiing end runs. the Middies piled up three touchdowns and clnched game whose issue was never in 6ouDt. Coach Ingram started his pony backfield. Led by Shorty Isansford the Middies reeed off three first downs in less than five minutes The visitors held for downs on their own 10.yard line. Here Ransford received their punt and ran so yards through broken field for Nays first score Eodriguez’s punting and several long passes STAYED off Nays attack, until wholesale substtutions negan to have their fleet. West Virginia rally in the final period which brought the bail to Navy’s 10-yard line was cut short when the game ended

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  The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], November 7, 1927, page 12 (results column)

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  TEAM STANDING SATURDAY FOOTBALL STATE Purdue. ID; Northwestern. 6. N0tTe Dane ,c Minnese stats tie)‘ Earlham. s, franklin. 6 Ctiel. wabash, l5; Bradley Tech, q. State Normal. T. Eastern Illinois Nor panville Normal. 49, Oakland City. 7. Butler Freshmen, 26; Culver. IL. Wabash Freshmen. 6; State Normal Detroit College. 6: Valparaiso. o. OTHER GAMES Alabama. 81; Kentucky. g. Auburn. 6; Tulane, 6 (tiel. Augsburg. College (Minneapolis). I’ll; oo9Se S3na cO HflRsda ,MOO q o. Ar PnGn’ s. IS f FIrrasnnSSiiiIn-MSarshan. 0. Arkansas, 10: Christian. 8. Brigham Young. 60; Western State Col ‘‘f Baldwin Wallace. 49, Hiram, o. Button. 25: Findley. 0. B0sCaR1 T. 3d. b PFUSidsn Ses GSlege g. Bucfneh. 20; Lehigh. 6. Creighton. 16; Utah, z. GSlHEaqH A g. M 81 9ran AFsieS Carroll, 81: Chicago Y, s. . Colorado, i; Colorado College. 8. 6aTstQ Wes Gess r. a M M9Efa DakHa IT, Chattanooga. Is; William and Mary.7. Columbia, 4 Johns Hopkins. ttie). Cent Gsaten q: M g.; u Ricf, Il d. (Connecticut Aggies, rs; Trinity, 10. Colorado Mines. 81; Colorado Teach q & Carroll roll 10; Lombard. g. Dartmouth M -; B y0Tt A z; O. Delaware, o; Swarthmore, 7: Duouesne. IL: st. Francis. 0. ExteT o. r. aeb WAKE Ai Forast O. ie’ Findlay. o; Button, 26. Geneva. 10; Grove City, o. Georgetowna. q: Lafayette. 2. GETTYSBURG. 26 Dickinson. 6. GG 3stavus A Adj 2s; McAlester, o. Haverford 6; Hamilton, O; HOLY Cross, 7: Fordham, z. Howard /: WHEREFORE. 0 forfeio. Idaho. 8; ST.. Mary,,s College. 3. Illinois. Ia; Iowa. o. Iowa State, Z: Drake. 9. Iowa State Teachers. 20; Dekalb Teach e’J Juaniata College. 27; Randolph Ma ’0 Kentucky Western Teachers, 7; U. Of Iq Rentueky o Wesleyan 80; Rio orande. o. KENYON. 7: Marietta, 0. Lacrosse Normal, 10: Luther College, 0. Little Rock College. 0; State Teachers oG IouEisiana Tesch 49, S. W. Louisiana In Marquette, 26; st. Louis University. O. Maine, 81; Bowdoin. o. Miami, “a: Ohio Northern. 0. Michigan Ia Chicago, 0. Mississippi College. IL: Howard, 0. Missouri. 10; West Virginia. o. Muskingum, 80: Heidelberg. o. Miarni. 46: Piedmont. 9. Manhattan, s; C. c. of N. Y. s (tle). North Dakota Aggies. z; st Thomas. g. Navy. 26; West Virginia Wesleyan. 0. Nebraska. Al: Kansas. 49,. New York T.. 20: Carnegie Tech. 6. Niagara u, 81; De Paul. z. Nevada, i9; Pacific. 10. Oklahoma. %; Washington. T.. Oglethorpe. IA; Presbyterian, 6. Ohio u. IL; DeniSon. T. Oberlin, 10; Akron, IA. Occidental, SO; -Redlands. o: Princeton. 90 Ohio State, o: Pennsylvania, “a: Harvard, o. Penn Military. IL; SusQuehanna, o. Penn State. 10: George Washington. o. Rutgers.’ 40, Alfred. 0. Phalen Luther lSt. Paul.. 10; st. johns Pittsburgh, o; Washington and Jefferson. ~ R : rSar. ,oaiis Teachers. IL; Superior Rhode island State. IA; United States Coast Guard, 6. Richmond. 10; Lyrchburg. 6.

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Navy leads 7–⁠1–⁠1 in nine meetings, counting the four since this game.