Navy at Princeton

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 25, 1931, page 1

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  Navy Kicks and Drives Way To l5-to-O Win Over Ragged, Ineffective Princeton Team Middle backs a chance to plunge from midfeld to within % yards Of the goal line. Gets Second Touchdown. Before the quarter ended, however, Konrad laid the corner stone for the final Navy touchdown by kicking out side on Princetons 8-yard line The quarter ended with the hapleSs Tigers penalized to their own 3-yard line for offside. AS soon as the fourth quarter opened Willard Draudt kicked to Nays 40 yard line and Nays substitute backs, headed by Pat Hurley and Sammy Samuels, hammered down to Princeton’S S-yard line, but again a pass, this time from Quarterback Denny to Samuels, spoiled another touchdown. Samuels caught the pass just beyond the end zone and Princeton regained the ball on her 20-yard line, but an intercepted Tiger pass on the 38-yard mark, Hurley’S plunging, Samuels’ running and Kirn’s passing brought the ball back to the 6-inch line. Denny sneaked across for the touchdown on the fourth down. The sole serious Princeton threat came at the flag end of the struggle, with both teams crammed with sub stituteS, aided by penalties Of 40 yards, Princeton stumbled down the field from her own 20-yard line to the Navy is, where the final whistle ended the contest

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Princeton leads 18–⁠12–⁠6 in 36 meetings, counting the 16 since this game.